Patents by Inventor Nathan R. Smit

Nathan R. Smit 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).

  • Airborne topo-bathy lidar system and methods thereof
    Patent number: 12222459
    Abstract: Airborne LiDAR bathymetry systems and methods of use are provided. The airborne LiDAR bathymetry system can collect topographic data and bathymetric data at high altitudes. The airborne LiDAR bathymetry system has a receiver system, a detector system, and a laser transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Woolpert, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Lee Hopper, Joseph R. Seppi, Rodney Ross Faulkner, II, Mark Douglas Smits, II, Joong Yong Park, Mark Stephen Millman, Eric Josef Cahoon, Christopher T. Cotton, Joshua Gluckman, Alexander Cheff Halterman, Grady Tuell, Andrew Wallace Stark, John Henry Gerhard, William Jeffrey Lillycrop
  • Method for Coating a Food Product with a Water Soluble Flavoring
    Publication number: 20140186501
    Abstract: A method for coating a food product comprises placing a food product including fat and moisture in a vacuum mixer, applying low temperature heat to the food product to create a heated food product, the low temperature heat being below a melting point of the fat in the food product, applying vacuum to the heated food product, adding a first flavoring to the vacuum mixer, and applying vacuum to the heated food product and the first flavoring to create a first coated food product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathan R. Smit, Brian K. Quandt, Steven C. Wobschall, William R. Dion, Tony S. Muller
  • Fresh Meat Color in Vacuum Packaged or Modified Atmosphere Packaged Fresh Meat Products
    Publication number: 20120027896
    Abstract: A packaged treated fresh meat product comprises a fresh meat product, a solution, and a low to no oxygen packaging. The solution includes a source of sodium nitrite or sodium nitrate infused into the fresh meat product to create a treated fresh meat product. The low to no oxygen packaging contains the treated fresh meat product, wherein the treated fresh meat product has a fresh meat color before cooking and a uniform, uncured cooked color after cooking to done.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: John W. Summerfield, Eric J. Holst, Nathan R. Smit