Patents by Inventor Merrie Martin
Merrie Martin 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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Publication number: 20060078660Abstract: The invention relates to a ready-for-use bakery dough product which can be preserved in the refrigerator and which is prepared from flour, sugar, egg, starch, emulsifiers, baking powder, water and fat, and provided in a bar or block form. This bakery dough is placed in a baking tin and then baked to form individual baked products. In addition, the block can be formed of different dough layers or strips, or each portion can be provided with a different color, decoration or filling. Different doughs can be swirled together to provide a marbled appearance in the block or in the layers or strips. The dough and resulting bakery product can be filled.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2005Publication date: April 13, 2006Inventor: Merrie Martin
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Publication number: 20040115328Abstract: The invention relates to a ready-for-use bakery dough product which can be preserved in the refrigerator and which is prepared from flour, sugar, egg, starch, emulsifiers, baking powder, water and fat, and provided in a bar or block form. This bakery dough is placed in a baking tin and then baked to form individual baked products. In addition, the block can be formed of different dough layers or strips, or each portion can be provided with a different color, decoration or filling. Different doughs can be swirled together to provide a marbled appearance in the block or in the layers or strips. The dough and resulting bakery product can be filled.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2003Publication date: June 17, 2004Inventor: Merrie Martin
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Patent number: 6726944Abstract: A method for providing individually baked products comprising the steps of providing an uncooked dough sheet or block which has separable portions of predefined shape, separating one or more portions from the sheet or block and then baking the portions to obtain individually baked products. The shapes of the portions are defined by grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof and the portions are separated from the sheet by breaking then along the grooves, or score lines. The grooves or score lines may be intersecting or non-intersecting and substantially straight to define polygonal shaped portions, or at least partially arcuate to define the shape of an object having non-linear features, such as a cartoon character.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2001Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Dieter Blaschke, Peter Nairn, Merrie Martin, Eugene Scoville, Jennifer Cramer, Karl Christian Fuchs
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Patent number: 6627239Abstract: The invention is directed to a ready-for-use frozen or refrigerated sweet dough which is prepared from flour, sugar, a leavening agent and fat, and which is provided in a form that includes grooves, score lines, or a combination thereof, to facilitate separation of the dough into pieces that can be baked into individual bakery products such as cookies, muffins, brownies, or other pastries. The invention also relates to a method for providing individually baked products comprising the steps of providing an uncooked dough sheet or block which has separable portions of predefined shape, separating one or more portions from the sheet or block and then baking the portions to obtain individually baked products. The shapes of the portions are defined by grooves, score lines or combinations thereof and the portions are separated from the sheet by breaking them along the grooves or score lines.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2000Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Shannon Gavie, Merrie Martin, Eugene Scoville, Robert E. Ross
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Publication number: 20030017244Abstract: A ready-for-use refrigerated dough that is prepared from flour, a leavening agent and fat. The dough has a surface that includes grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof which define pieces of the dough to be broken off and baked into individual bakery products. The grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof each have a depth of about 3% to about 95% of the thickness of the dough. The dough is in the form of a sheet or a parallelepipedal, cylinder, prismatic block or polygon having a thickness of from about 0.5 to 5 cm.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2002Publication date: January 23, 2003Applicant: Nestec SAInventors: Dieter Blaschke, Peter Nairn, Merrie Martin, Eugene Scoville, Jenifer Cramer, Karl Christian Fuchs
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Publication number: 20020110631Abstract: The invention is directed to a ready for use frozen cookie dough which is prepared from flour, sugar, a leavening agent and fat, and which is provided in a form that includes grooves, score lines, or a combination thereof, to facilitate separation of the dough into pieces that can be baked into individual bakery products such as cookies, muffins, brownies, or other pastries.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2001Publication date: August 15, 2002Inventors: Dieter Blaschke, Peter Nairn, Merrie Martin, Eugene Scoville, Jenifer Cramer
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Patent number: 6413563Abstract: A ready-for-use refrigerated sweet dough that is prepared from flour, sugar, a leavening agent and fat. The dough has a surface that includes grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof which define pieces of the dough to be broken off and baked into individual bakery products such as cookies, muffins, brownies, or other pastries. The grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof each have a depth of about 3% to about 95% of the thickness of the dough. The dough is in the form of a sheet or a parallelepipedal, cylinder, prismatic block or polygon having a thickness of from about 0.5 to 5 cm.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2001Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Dieter Blaschke, Peter Nairn, Merrie Martin, Eugene Scoville, Jenifer Cramer, Karl Christian Fuchs
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Publication number: 20020034572Abstract: A ready-for-use refrigerated sweet dough that is prepared from flour, sugar, a leavening agent and fat. The dough has a surface that includes grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof which define pieces of the dough to be broken off and baked into individual bakery products such as cookies, muffins, brownies, or other pastries. The grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof each have a depth of about 3% to about 95% of the thickness of the dough. The dough is in the form of a sheet or a parallelepipedal, cylinder, prismatic block or polygon having a thickness of from about 0.5 to 5 cm.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2001Publication date: March 21, 2002Applicant: Nestec SAInventors: Dieter Blaschke, Peter Nairn, Merrie Martin, Eugene Scoville, Jenifer Cramer, Karl Christian Fuchs
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Publication number: 20010036498Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for providing individually baked products comprising the steps of providing an uncooked dough sheet or block which has separable portions of predefined shape, separating one or more portions from the sheet or block and then baking the portions to obtain individually baked products. The shapes of the portions are defined by grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof and the portions are separated from the sheet by breaking then along the grooves, or score lines. The grooves or score lines may be intersecting or non-intersecting and substantially straight to define polygonal shaped portions, or at least partially arcuate to define the shape of an object having non-linear features, such as a cartoon character.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2001Publication date: November 1, 2001Inventors: Dieter Blaschke, Peter Nairn, Merrie Martin, Eugene Scoville, Jenifer Cramer, Karl Christian Fuchs
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Patent number: 6280783Abstract: A ready-for-use refrigerated sweet dough which is prepared from flour, sugar, a leavening agent and fat, and which is provided in a form that includes grooves, score lines, or a combination thereof, to facilitate separation of the dough into pieces that can be baked into individual bakery products such as cookies, muffins, brownies, or other pastries. A method for providing individually baked products comprising the steps of providing an uncooked dough sheet or block which has separable portions of predefined shape, separating one or more portions from the sheet or block and then baking the portions to obtain individually baked products. The shapes of the portions are defined by grooves, score lines or combinations thereof and the portions are separated from the sheet by breaking them along the grooves or score lines.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2000Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: NESTEC SAInventors: Dieter Blaschke, Peter Nairn, Merrie Martin, Eugene Scoville, Jennifer Cramer, Karl Christian Fuchs