Patents by Inventor Neil Darin
Neil Darin 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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Patent number: 10752415Abstract: Disclosed is a pouch (also called a flexible container) for holding fluid, the pouch including: (a) a first polymeric sheet including a first inner body and a first outer surface, the first inner body including a first inner surface and inner microstructure extending from the first inner surface, the first inner body defining an aerial microstructure surface area density (AMSAD) between 5% and 15%; (b) a second polymeric sheet including a second inner surface and a second outer surface. The second polymeric sheet may be joined with the first polymeric sheet such that the first inner body and the second inner surface form an air-tight fluid chamber therebetween. The second polymeric sheet may lack microstructure extending from the second inner surface. The first inner surface, the first outer surface, the second inner surface, and the second outer surface may be smooth and non-recessed.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: HAVI Global Solutions, LLCInventors: Neil Darin, Dominic Neisen, Ralph Hulseman, Cameron McPherson
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Publication number: 20180257833Abstract: Disclosed is a pouch (also called a flexible container) for holding fluid, the pouch including: (a) a first polymeric sheet including a first inner body and a first outer surface, the first inner body including a first inner surface and inner microstructure extending from the first inner surface, the first inner body defining an aerial microstructure surface area density (AMSAD) between 5% and 15%; (b) a second polymeric sheet including a second inner surface and a second outer surface. The second polymeric sheet may be joined with the first polymeric sheet such that the first inner body and the second inner surface form an air-tight fluid chamber therebetween. The second polymeric sheet may lack microstructure extending from the second inner surface. The first inner surface, the first outer surface, the second inner surface, and the second outer surface may be smooth and non-recessed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Neil Darin, Dominic Neisen, Ralph Hulseman, Cameron McPherson
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Patent number: 9955535Abstract: A meal kit for microwave cooking of a multi-component food product is provided that includes at least two sealed packages of ingredients for the multi-component food product. One of the sealed packages of ingredients contains a liquid component of the multi-component food product. The meal kit also includes a cooking tray formed of a microwave-safe material having a bottom wall with an upstanding sidewall extending around the periphery thereof to define an interior of the cooking tray. Outer packaging is provided to contain the sealed packages of ingredients and the cooking tray.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLCInventors: Jay Edwards, Neil Darin
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Publication number: 20170291746Abstract: Disclosed is a pouch (also called a flexible container) for holding fluid, the pouch including: (a) a first polymeric sheet including a first inner body and a first outer surface, the first inner body including a first inner surface and inner microstructure extending from the first inner surface, the first inner body defining an aerial microstructure surface area density (AMSAD) between 5% and 15%; (b) a second polymeric sheet including a second inner surface and a second outer surface. The second polymeric sheet may be joined with the first polymeric sheet such that the first inner body and the second inner surface form an air-tight fluid chamber therebetween. The second polymeric sheet may lack microstructure extending from the second inner surface. The first inner surface, the first outer surface, the second inner surface, and the second outer surface may be smooth and non-recessed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Neil Darin, Dominic Neisen, Ralph Hulseman, Cameron McPherson
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Publication number: 20130284726Abstract: A meal kit for microwave cooking of a multi-component food product is provided that includes at least two sealed packages of ingredients for the multi-component food product. One of the sealed packages of ingredients contains a liquid component of the multi-component food product. The meal kit also includes a cooking tray formed of a microwave-safe material having a bottom wall with an upstanding sidewall extending around the periphery thereof to define an interior of the cooking tray. Outer packaging is provided to contain the sealed packages of ingredients and the cooking tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Jay Edwards, Neil Darin
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Patent number: 8492688Abstract: A meal kit for microwave cooking of a multi-component food product is provided that includes at least two sealed packages of ingredients for the multi-component food product. One of the sealed packages of ingredients contains a liquid component of the multi-component food product. The meal kit also includes a cooking tray formed of a microwave-safe material having a bottom wall with an upstanding sidewall extending around the periphery thereof to define an interior of the cooking tray. Outer packaging is provided to contain the sealed packages of ingredients and the cooking tray.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLCInventors: Jay Edwards, Neil Darin
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Publication number: 20110155724Abstract: A meal kit for microwave cooking of a multi-component food product is provided that includes at least two sealed packages of ingredients for the multi-component food product. One of the sealed packages of ingredients contains a liquid component of the multi-component food product. The meal kit also includes a cooking tray formed of a microwave-safe material having a bottom wall with an upstanding sidewall extending around the periphery thereof to define an interior of the cooking tray. Outer packaging is provided to contain the sealed packages of ingredients and the cooking tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2011Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Jay Edwards, Neil Darin
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Patent number: 7939786Abstract: A meal kit for microwave cooking of a multi-component food product is provided that includes at least two sealed packages of ingredients for the multi-component food product. One of the sealed packages of ingredients contains a liquid component of the multi-component food product. The meal kit also includes a cooking tray formed of a microwave-safe material having a bottom wall with an upstanding sidewall extending around the periphery thereof to define an interior of the cooking tray. Outer packaging is provided to contain the sealed packages of ingredients and the cooking tray.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2005Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Jay Edwards, Neil Darin
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Patent number: 7374047Abstract: An adjustable shipper display system includes a master shell having side walls with mounting positions. A plurality of tray-like shelves are supported at each end at the mounting positions. Fillers are insertable along the shelves to divide the shelves into compartment spaces and to provide dunnage where required. With minimum modification the shipper can be prepared for displaying articles to the consumer without requiring removal or other adjustment of the articles within the shipper.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2004Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Michelle Marie Bryson, Neil Darin, Jennifer Allison Enciso, Frank Pizzitola
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Publication number: 20070131679Abstract: A meal kit for microwave cooking of a multi-component food product is disclosed. The meal kit includes at least two sealed packages of ingredients for the multi-component food product, one of which contains a liquid component of the multi-component food product. The meal kit also includes a cooking tray formed of a microwave-safe material having a bottom wall with an upstanding sidewall extending around the periphery thereof to define an interior of the cooking tray. Outer packaging is provided to contain the sealed packages of ingredients and the cooking tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Jay Edwards, Neil Darin
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Publication number: 20070051741Abstract: Methods of coating the interior surface of a hollow tubular structure, in particular a drinking device, and more particularly a drinking straw, with an edible composition to impart a desirable modification to a beverage that is drunk through the straw. The edible composition comprises an adhering agent and a powdered ingredient coated to the interior surface. Suitable adhering agents include lipids (e.g., soybean oil, corn oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, rapeseed oil, peanut oil, and mixtures thereof), medium chain triglycerides oils, emulsifiers, and mixtures thereof. Suitable powdered ingredients include edible acids, edible bases, sweeteners, flavorings, vitamins, minerals, colorants, sensate agents, carotenoids, antioxidants, polyphenols, phytonutrients, and mixtures thereof. The adhering agent is applied to the interior surface of the straw by any one of a number of methods followed by incorporating the powdered ingredient into the adhering agent layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2005Publication date: March 8, 2007Inventors: Anilkumar Gaonkar, Cathy Ludwig, Neil Darin, Robert Jones
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Publication number: 20060159806Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an article for transferring food modifiers to foods in contact therewith. The article comprises a coating supported on a support member, wherein the coating comprises a carrier material containing lipid which releasably retains a food modifier. The article provides for heat-activated transfer or water-activated transfer of a food modifier from the coating to food materials in contact therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2005Publication date: July 20, 2006Inventors: Neil Darin, Cathy Ludwig, Anilkumar Gaonkar, Nicole Windsor
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Publication number: 20050230383Abstract: Multi-purpose food preparation kits for foods which include dough, at least a portion of which is exposed for cooking, browning, and crisping, and optionally rising. The kits include a support base of susceptor material elevated above a support surface by an elevator member either incorporated with a base or separate therefrom. Kits further include a ring component of susceptor material which surrounds the food product, and which is dimensioned larger than the initial dimensions of the food product, so as to be spaced therefrom, at least initially, prior to cooking. The space inside the ring component allows the dough to rise during cooking without obstruction by the susceptor ring and without imparting thermal energy from the susceptor ring to the dough surface. In one embodiment the susceptor base is provided in the form of a shipping carton.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2005Publication date: October 20, 2005
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Publication number: 20050067321Abstract: An adjustable shipper display system includes a master shell having side walls with mounting positions. A plurality of tray-like shelves are supported at each end at the mounting positions. Fillers are insertable along the shelves to divide the shelves into compartment spaces and to provide dunnage where required. With minimum modification the shipper can be prepared for displaying articles to the consumer without requiring removal or other adjustment of the articles within the shipper.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2004Publication date: March 31, 2005Inventors: Michelle Pitts, Neil Darin, Jennifer Enciso, Frank Pizzitola