Patents by Inventor Michael S. Farid

Michael S. Farid 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).

  • Robotic heating apparatus and method
    Patent number: 11198222
    Abstract: A robotic heating and mixing system which automatically warms or cooks and mixes ingredients for a meal or entrée in a heating pot which warms or cooks the ingredients in a manner resembling a wok and is automatically gimbaled between a loading position for loading the ingredients, a cooking and mixing orientation, a serving orientation for delivering the warmed or cooked ingredients to a plate or to a bowl or other container, and a cleaning orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SPYCE FOOD CO.
    Inventors: Michael S. Farid, Luke S. Schlueter, Braden E. Knight, Kale T. Rogers
  • ROBOTIC HEATING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190329419
    Abstract: A robotic heating and mixing system which automatically warms or cooks and mixes ingredients for a meal or entrée in a heating pot which warms or cooks the ingredients in a manner resembling a wok and is automatically gimbaled between a loading position for loading the ingredients, a cooking and mixing orientation, a serving orientation for delivering the warmed or cooked ingredients to a plate or to a bowl or other container, and a cleaning orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Michael S. Farid, Luke S. Schlueter, Braden E. Knight, Kale T. Rogers
  • Automated meal production system and apparatus
    Patent number: 10154762
    Abstract: An automated kitchen system having multiple cooking and/or mixing pots and having containers and dispensers for multiple ingredients. A customer or other person or system selects or creates a meal or other food product and the ingredients for the meal or other product are transferred from dispensers to the cooking and/or mixing pots which simultaneously cook and/or mix the ingredients. After cooking, the meal or other product is served and the cooking pot is cleaned and sanitized and oriented to receive the ingredients for the next meal or other product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: SPYCE FOOD CO.
    Inventors: Michael S. Farid, Braden E. Knight, Luke S. Schlueter, Kale T. Rogers, Wyatt L. Ubellacker, Sophia N. Seidell
  • AUTOMATED MEAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170172350
    Abstract: An automated kitchen system having multiple cooking and/or mixing pots and having containers and dispensers for multiple ingredients. A customer or other person or system selects or creates a meal or other food product and the ingredients for the meal or other product are transferred from dispensers to the cooking and/or mixing pots which simultaneously cook and/or mix the ingredients. After cooking, the meal or other product is served and the cooking pot is cleaned and sanitized and oriented to receive the ingredients for the next meal or other product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Michael S. Farid, Braden E. Knight, Luke S. Schlueter, Kale T. Rogers, Wyatt L. Ubellacker, Sophia N. Seidell