Patents by Inventor Helen C. Kiefer

Helen C. Kiefer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for analyzing nutritional content of a composition of food to produce a calculated printed representation
    Patent number: 5558742
    Abstract: A process for producing pictorial labels representing content of a composition of food, the process including the following steps: obtaining nutritional data for a composition of food, the nutritional data representing a quantity of a nutrient in the composition; defining a pictorial image representing a standard for daily human consumption of the nutrient; defining an area representing the quantity; and printing a label having the pictorial image and the respective area, to form a pictorial comparison of the quantity of the nutrient in the composition with the standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Inventor: Helen C. Kiefer