Patents by Inventor Michele Blanthorn

Michele Blanthorn 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).

  • Process of preparing cereal-coated dried fruit
    Patent number: 4961943
    Abstract: A coated dried fruit piece is prepared by applying a coating of a melted fat or oil followed by a dusting of a dry particulate coating. The steps may be repeated as desired to build a coating of a desired thickness. The dry particulate coating includes a cereal component, such as wheat germ or shredded wheat fines, a sweetener and preferably a nut meal. The cereal component has a particle size sufficiently large to form a coating with crunchy particulates over the soft dried fruit. The particle size of the cereal component is sufficiently small to ensure the particles will adhere to the dried fruit pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Nabisco Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Michele Blanthorn, Glen Labaw