Patents by Inventor Keith Pickford

Keith Pickford 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).

  • Microwave batter comprising amylase
    Publication number: 20030198711
    Abstract: A microwave cookable or reheatable foodstuff coating includes an aqueous mixture including the following ingredients: starch, flour, a gelling agent, an enzyme additive, and further ingredients; wherein the enzyme additive comprises one or more amylases optionally together with one or more further enzymes, buffers and stabilisers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventor: Keith Pickford
  • Breadcrumb coating for food products
    Patent number: 6613370
    Abstract: Provided are methods of manufacturing breadcrumb and a breadcrumb coated food product. The method of manufacture of breadcrumb involves contacting a flour mixture with an aqueous solution of a gelling agent and a bleaching agent, allowing the solution to be absorbed by the mixture to form a slurry, extruding the slurry to form pellets, and drying and milling the pellets to form breadcrumb. The method of manufacture of a breadcrumb coated food product involves contacting a breadcrumb with an aqueous solution of a gelling agent, allowing the solution to be absorbed by the crumb, drying the crumb and applying the crumb as a coating to a food substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Novus Foods Ltd.
    Inventor: Keith Pickford
  • Microwave batter comprising amylase
    Publication number: 20020192332
    Abstract: A microwave cookable or reheatable foodstuff coating includes an aqueous mixture including the following ingredients: starch, flour, a gelling agent, an enzyme additive, and further ingredients; wherein the enzyme additive comprises one or more amylases optionally together with one or more further enzymes, buffers and stabilizers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: Novus Foods Limited
    Inventor: Keith Pickford
  • Microwave oven food receptacle
    Patent number: 6326599
    Abstract: A microwave oven food container in the form of a receptacle for foodstuffs. The receptacle is composed of a polymeric material containing a microwave absorbent filler, which may comprise carbon or metal particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Novus Foods Ltd.
    Inventor: Keith Pickford
  • Stabilization of microwave heated foods
    Patent number: 6261625
    Abstract: A microwave cookable or reheatable food material including a substrate foodstuff impregnated with a stabilizer composition adapted to increase in viscosity when irradiated in a microwave oven, and a method of stabilising a microwave cookable or reheatable food material including the step of impregnating the product with the stabilizer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Novus Foods Ltd
    Inventor: Keith Pickford
  • Microwave oven food container
    Patent number: 6097017
    Abstract: A container for a food product (30) heated in a microwave oven comprises a base (2), one or more sides (3) extending from the base, said sides and base defining a receptacle for a food product and support means (5, 6) adapted to support the food product (30) above the base (2) to allow egress of water vapour from the food product in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Novus Foods Limited
    Inventor: Keith Pickford