Patents by Inventor Jonathan Merkle

Jonathan Merkle 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).

  • Patent number: 7288279
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the formulation and process for preparation of a fried egg product which may be frozen for future heating within a microwave or other oven for consumption by an individual. Various ingredients are added and mixed to each of the liquid egg white and liquid yolk portions. The liquid egg white portion is preheated and then deposited within a mold for slow cooking under controlled temperature and humidity conditions. The liquid yolk portion is preheated and then is added to the mold for placement on the egg white portion. Following a short period of cooking the mold containing the formulated fried eggs is transported to a freezer unit for freezing, packaging, and storage. At a future time the frozen formulated fried egg product may be retrieved for thawing and cooking for consumption by an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Michael Foods of Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Merkle, Hershell Ball, Jason Mathews
  • Publication number: 20050226988
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the formulation and process for preparation of a fried egg product which may be frozen for future heating within a microwave or other oven for consumption by an individual. Various ingredients are added and mixed to each of the liquid egg white and liquid yolk portions. The liquid egg white portion is preheated and then deposited within a mold for slow cooking under controlled temperature and humidity conditions. The liquid yolk portion is preheated and then is added to the mold for placement on the egg white portion. Following a short period of cooking the mold containing the formulated fried eggs is transported to a freezer unit for freezing, packaging, and storage. At a future time the frozen formulated fried egg product may be retrieved for thawing and cooking for consumption by an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Jonathan Merkle, Hershell Ball, Jason Mathews
  • Publication number: 20030134030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the formulation and process for preparation of a fried egg product which may be frozen for future heating within a microwave or other oven for consumption by an individual. Various ingredients are added and mixed to each of the liquid egg white and liquid yolk portions. The liquid egg white portion is preheated and then deposited within a mold for slow cooking under controlled temperature and humidity conditions. The liquid yolk portion is preheated and then is added to the mold for placement on the egg white portion. Following a short period of cooking the mold containing the formulated fried eggs is transported to a freezer unit for freezing, packaging, and storage. At a future time the frozen formulated fried egg product may be retrieved for thawing and cooking for consumption by an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: Michael Foods of Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Merkle, Hershell Ball, Jason Mathews
  • Publication number: 20030118714
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the formulation and process for preparation of a fried egg product which may be frozen for future heating within a microwave or other oven for consumption by an individual. Various ingredients are added and mixed to each of the liquid egg white and liquid yolk portions. The liquid egg white portion is preheated and then deposited within a mold for slow cooking under controlled temperature and humidity conditions. The liquid yolk portion is preheated and then is added to the mold for placement on the egg white portion. Following a short period of cooking the mold containing the formulated fried eggs is transported to a freezer unit for freezing, packaging, and storage. At a future time the frozen formulated fried egg product may be retrieved for thawing and cooking for consumption by an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: Michael Foods of Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Merkle, Hershell Ball, Jason Mathews
  • Publication number: 20010009686
    Abstract: The formulated cooked low moisture egg product in general includes physical chemical characteristics providing a water activity of approximately 0.94 or lower and preferably 0.93 which is significantly less than the normal water activity of egg products of approximately 0.98 The formulated low moisture egg product in general is formed of whole egg having a percentage of weight as compared to the entire product of between 55% and 65.7%; egg yolk having a percentage weight of between 0% and 25%; glycerin having a percentage weight of between 0% and 5.5%; carbohydrate-bulking having a percentage weight of between 0% and 3.2%; salt having a percentage weight of approximately 2.5%; edible oil having a percent weight of between 10% and 10.2%; dry egg having a percent weight of between 3% and 13%; starch having a percentage weight of approximately 3%; and carbohydrate-gelling having a percentage weight of between 0.3% and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Inventors: JONATHAN A. MERKLE, DANA R. BALDWIN
  • Patent number: 6217926
    Abstract: The Aqueous Extraction Process To Selectively Remove Phospholipid From Egg Yolks in general utilizes an aqueous method to separate a majority of the proteins from the egg yolk material using ionic strength, pH and gravitational centrifuge forces. The method is initiated by the separation of the egg yolks from the albumen. Next the egg yolk material is mixed with water to dilute the egg yolk into a DY fraction. The pH of the mixed egg yolk material is then adjusted by the addition of acids, bases, and/or salts. The adjusted and mixed egg yolk material is then exposed to gravitational separation through the use of a centrifuge into layers of a DYS fraction and a DYP fraction. The DYS fraction is then separated from the DYP fraction. Viscosity agents are then added to the DYS fraction where blending occurs. The DYS fraction is exposed to gravitational separation forces for separation into a cream CMC P fraction and an aqueous fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Michael Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Merkle, Herschell Ball