Patents by Inventor Joseph R. Farinella

Joseph R. Farinella 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).

  • Color-changing cereal and method
    Patent number: 7648722
    Abstract: A ready-to-eat cereal that is capable of changing color upon immersion into an aqueous medium such as milk. The cereal base has a non-dispersible first color. The cereal base has a coating comprising cornstarch, powdered sugar, and optionally food coloring. The coating is of a second color different from the first color and is in a quantity sufficient to obscure the first color. Preferably, glycerine is used to adhere the coating to the cereal base. Two methods of making the ready-to-eat cereal of the invention are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventors: Joseph R. Farinella, Justin A. French