Patents by Inventor Keith Forneck
Keith Forneck 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).
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Patent number: 8354131Abstract: The packaging system includes a first food product sealed within an inner wrapper, a second food product positioned within a tray and spacing the first food product from the tray, and an outer wrapper sealing the first food product, sealed within the inner wrapper, the second food product and the tray therein. A shield is disposed on the tray and is in contact with more than one surface of the second food product. Prior to microwave heating, the inner and outer wrapper are removed.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2008Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Renee Gan, Gary Smith, Ya-yu Pai, Keith Forneck
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Patent number: 8124149Abstract: The packaging system includes a first food product sealed within an inner wrapper, a second food product positioned within a tray and spacing the first food product from the tray, and an outer wrapper sealing the first food product, sealed within the inner wrapper, the second food product and the tray therein. A shield is disposed on the tray and is in contact with more than one surface of the second food product. Prior to microwave heating, the inner and outer wrapper are removed.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Renee Gan, Gary Smith, Ya-yu Pai, Keith Forneck
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Publication number: 20090155419Abstract: The packaging system includes a first food product sealed within an inner wrapper, a second food product positioned within a tray and spacing the first food product from the tray, and an outer wrapper sealing the first food product, sealed within the inner wrapper, the second food product and the tray therein. A shield is disposed on the tray and is in contact with more than one surface of the second food product. Prior to microwave heating, the inner and outer wrapper are removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Inventors: Renee Gan, Gary Smith, Ya-yu Pai, Keith Forneck, Christine Louise Kwiat, Megan N. Raymond Goodrich, Arthur C. Teasdale
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Publication number: 20090155426Abstract: A fully assembled frozen food product is provided which comprises a bread portion having a top portion and a bottom portion and having a filling between, and co-extensive with, the top and bottom portions, wherein the fully assembled frozen food product can be heated in a microwave oven to provide a heated food product which is then ready to be eaten, wherein the bread portion of the heated food product is not dried out and wherein the filling in the heated food product has an essentially uniform temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Inventors: Renee Gan, Keith Forneck, Ya-yu Pai, Gary Smith
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Publication number: 20060141104Abstract: A fully baked, deep dish pizza crust is provided having a water activity in the range of about 0.9 to about 0.95. The deep dish pizza crust is ideally suited for use in a refrigerated, ready-to-eat pizza kit. The deep dish pizza crust is of a convenient size and shape (generally square and about 4 by about 4 by about 0.75 in. deep) and is especially adapted as a single serving or snack food product. Also provided is a kit for preparing ready-to-eat deep dish pizza, the kit including one or more deep dish pizza crusts, pizza sauce, cheese, and one or more pizza toppings. The deep dish pizza crusts are designed so that they can be nested so as to reduce the volume requirements in the kit. Each of the components of the pizza kit, including the deep dish pizza crusts, is hermetically sealed from the other food items to substantially retard or prevent flavor, moisture, and microbial migration from one food item to another.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2006Publication date: June 29, 2006Inventors: Mary Lamp, Keith Forneck, William Paulos
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Publication number: 20060008562Abstract: A method for manufacturing bread crumbs is provided which does not use a conventional staling step. The ingredients of bread dough are mixed together and baked to form bread loaves. The unstated bread is then subjected to a heat conditioning step to create a bread crumb product with qualities similar to bread crumb products produced using a conventional staling step. Thereafter, the bread may be further processed to form smaller bread crumbs, dried, and packaged for sale. As a result, no time-consuming staling step is needed in order to produce a bread crumb product having desirable qualities similar to those of bread crumb products that have been subjected to a conventional staling step.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2004Publication date: January 12, 2006Inventors: Mahesh Padmanabhan, David Richards, Charles Leduc, Manoj Shah, Robert Matthies, Keith Forneck, Patricia Calabrese, Allan Olson, Richard Scelia
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Patent number: 6919097Abstract: A fully baked, soft, breadstick product is provided having a water activity in the range of about 0.9 to 0.95. The breadstick product is ideally suited for use in a refrigerated, ready-to-eat kit. The breadstick products are of a convenient size and shape with perforations to allow the breadstick product to be separated into individual breadsticks. The breadstick product is especially adapted as a single serving or snack food product. Also provided is a kit containing the breadstick product with one or more additional food items. Such additional food items include, for example, cheese, cheese products, cheese sauces, tomato sauces, cream cheese, butter, margarine, jam, jelly, honey, peanut butter, olive oil, salad ingredients, salad dressings, and the like. Preferably, each component item is in a separate container sealed from the other food items to substantially retard or prevent flavor, moisture, and microbial migration from one food item to another.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2002Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Kraft Food Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mary A. Lamp, Keith Forneck
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Publication number: 20040265438Abstract: A fully baked, deep dish pizza crust is provided having a water activity in the range of about 0.9 to about 0.95. The deep dish pizza crust is ideally suited for use in a refrigerated, ready-to-eat pizza kit. The deep dish pizza crust is of a convenient size and shape (generally square and about 4 by about 4 by about 0.75 in. deep) and is especially adapted as a single serving or snack food product. Also provided is a kit for preparing ready-to-eat deep dish pizza, the kit including one or more deep dish pizza crusts, pizza sauce, cheese, and one or more pizza toppings. The deep dish pizza crusts are designed so that they can be nested so as to reduce the volume requirements in the kit. Each of the components of the pizza kit, including the deep dish pizza crusts, is hermetically sealed from the other food items to substantially retard or prevent flavor, moisture, and microbial migration from one food item to another.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: KRAFT FOOD HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Mary A. Lamp, Keith Forneck, William T. Paulos
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Patent number: 6764700Abstract: A fully baked, deep dish pizza crust is provided having a water activity in the range of about 0.9 to about 0.95. The deep dish pizza crust is ideally suited for use in a refrigerated, ready-to-eat pizza kit. The deep dish pizza crust is of a convenient size and shape (generally square and about 4 by about 4 by about 0.75 in. deep) and is especially adapted as a single serving or snack food product. Also provided is a kit for preparing ready-to-eat deep dish pizza, the kit including one or more deep dish pizza crusts, pizza sauce, cheese, and one or more pizza toppings. The deep dish pizza crusts are designed so that they can be nested so as to reduce the volume requirements in the kit. Each of the components of the pizza kit, including the deep dish pizza crusts, is hermetically sealed from the other food items to substantially retard or prevent flavor, moisture, and microbial migration from one food item to another.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2002Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Mary A. Lamp, Keith Forneck, William T. Paulos
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Publication number: 20020197360Abstract: A fully baked, deep dish pizza crust is provided having a water activity in the range of about 0.9 to about 0.95. The deep dish pizza crust is ideally suited for use in a refrigerated, ready-to-eat pizza kit. The deep dish pizza crust is of a convenient size and shape (generally square and about 4 by about 4 by about 0.75 in. deep) and is especially adapted as a single serving or snack food product. Also provided is a kit for preparing ready-to-eat deep dish pizza, the kit including one or more deep dish pizza crusts, pizza sauce, cheese, and one or more pizza toppings. The deep dish pizza crusts are designed so that they can be nested so as to reduce the volume requirements in the kit. Each of the components of the pizza kit, including the deep dish pizza crusts, is hermetically sealed from the other food items to substantially retard or prevent flavor, moisture, and microbial migration from one food item to another.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2002Publication date: December 26, 2002Applicant: KRAFT FOODS HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Mary A. Lamp, Keith Forneck, William T. Paulos
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Publication number: 20020146490Abstract: A fully baked, soft, breadstick product is provided having a water activity in the range of about 0.9 to 0.95. The breadstick product is ideally suited for use in a refrigerated, ready-to-eat kit. The breadstick products are of a convenient size and shape with perforations to allow the breadstick product to be separated into individual breadsticks. The breadstick product is especially adapted as a single serving or snack food product. Also provided is a kit containing the breadstick product with one or more additional food items. Such additional food items include, for example, cheese, cheese products, cheese sauces, tomato sauces, cream cheese, butter, margarine, jam, jelly, honey, peanut butter, olive oil, salad ingredients, salad dressings, and the like. Preferably, each component item is in a separate container sealed from the other food items to substantially retard or prevent flavor, moisture, and microbial migration from one food item to another.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2002Publication date: October 10, 2002Applicant: KRAFT FOODS HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Mary A. Lamp, Keith Forneck
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Publication number: 20020136814Abstract: A fully baked flatbread product is provided which can be stored under ambient conditions for extended periods of time and which retains its desirable soft texture for the shelf life of the product. Moreover, the fully baked, flatbread products of this invention retain their desirable soft texture throughout the entire shelf life of the products (e.g., about 6 months or even longer) if maintained under a modified atmosphere (i.e., low oxygen and preferably inert gas) at ambient conditions (i.e., about 60 to about 90° F.).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2002Publication date: September 26, 2002Applicant: KRAFT FOODS HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Keith Forneck, Kent R. Seger, Michael Miklus, Uraiwan Tangprasertchai