Patents by Inventor Michael S. Ferrotti

Michael S. Ferrotti 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).

  • Hard candy having variable width swirl pattern
    Patent number: 6413564
    Abstract: Hard candy exhibiting a plurality of segments having differing colors and varying widths is produced by depositing a plurality of supersaturated solutions of ingredients of differing colors into a mold through a nozzle which has openings around its periphery wherein the openings have different widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Nabisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Klacik, Gerald Brian Cotten, Michael S. Ferrotti, Brian C. Hallacker, Donald Mihalich
  • Variable-width swirl pattern in candy
    Patent number: 6099880
    Abstract: Hard candy exhibiting a plurality of segments having differing colors and varying widths is produced by depositing a plurality of supersaturated solutions of ingredients of differing colors into a mold through a nozzle which has openings around its periphery wherein the openings have different widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Nabisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Klacik, Gerald Brian Cotten, Michael S. Ferrotti, Brian C. Hallacker, Donald Mihalich