Patents by Inventor Neil Edward Darin
Neil Edward 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: 9988201Abstract: This invention is a micro-featured surface with improved insulation and condensation resistance comprising: a micro-structure included with the substrate having an arrangement of a first set of micro-features and a second set of micro-features; a first micro-feature horizontal cross section taken from the group consisting of a circle, oval, polygon, and concave portion; a condensation rate less than 0.15 grams when measure by an ambient test method; and an improved hold time of 23.00% or greater as shown by hold testing wherein a micro-feature density is in a range of 5.00% to 25.00%.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: HAVI GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Neil Edward Darin, Alexander Raymond Dembrowski, Ralph Allen Hulseman, Cameron McPherson
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Publication number: 20170224142Abstract: This invention is a micro-featured surface with improved insulation and condensation resistance comprising: a micro-structure included with the substrate having an arrangement of a first set of micro-features and a second set of micro-features; a first micro-feature horizontal cross section taken from the group consisting of a circle, oval, polygon, and concave portion; a condensation rate less than 0.15 grams when measure by an ambient test method; and an improved hold time of 23.00% or greater as shown by hold testing wherein a micro-feature density is in a range of 5.00% to 25.00%.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Neil Edward Darin, Alexander Raymond Dembowski, Ralph Allen Hulseman, Cameron McPherson
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Patent number: 8525087Abstract: 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 it provided in the form of a shipping carton.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Derek Joseph Romeo, Paul Andrew Cogley, Amy Lynn Matusheski, Keith Eric Petrofsky, Peter Privert, Uraiwan Tangprasertchai, Steven Paul Greiner, Neil Edward Darin, Joseph R. Brooks
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Patent number: 8409643Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 17, 2011Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLCInventors: Anilkumar Ganapati Gaonkar, Cathy Jean Ludwig, Neil Edward Darin, Robert Jones
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Patent number: 8026464Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Derek Joseph Romeo, Paul Andrew Cogley, Amy Lynn Matusheski, Keith Eric Petrofsky, Peter Privert, Uraiwan Tangprasertchai, Steven Paul Greiner, Neil Edward Darin, Joseph R. Brooks
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Publication number: 20110226761Abstract: 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 it provided in the form of a shipping carton.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: NESTEC S.A.Inventors: Derek Joseph Romeo, Paul Andrew Cogley, Amy Lynn Matusheski, Keith Eric Petrofsky, Peter Privert, Uraiwan Tangprasertchai, Steven Paul Greiner, Neil Edward Darin, Joseph R. Brooks
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Publication number: 20110143005Abstract: 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: February 17, 2011Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventors: Anilkumar Ganapati GAONKAR, Cathy Jean LUDWIG, Neil Edward DARIN, Robert JONES
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Publication number: 20080254170Abstract: A multi-component produce container providing controlled gas transmission to a produce product stored within is disclosed. A base stores the produce therein and is sealed with an oxygen permeable film layer. A lid comprising multiple compartments for storing food ingredients therein for addition to the produce product has a barrier film layer over openings in the compartments. The lid further comprises air channels positioned through a rim of the lid. While the container is in the closed configuration, an air cavity is present between the base and lid. The air channels together with the air cavity allow air to exchange from outside the closed container, into the air cavity between the base and lid, and thus into the base through the oxygen permeable film.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2007Publication date: October 16, 2008Inventor: Neil Edward Darin
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Patent number: D511681Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2004Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Paul Andrew Cogley, Derek Joseph Romeo, Neil Edward Darin
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Patent number: D516905Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2005Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Paul Andrew Cogley, Derek Joseph Romeo, Neil Edward Darin
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Patent number: D530625Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2004Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Neil Edward Darin
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Patent number: D533080Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2004Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Neil Edward Darin
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Patent number: D540192Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2006Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Neil Edward Darin