Patents by Inventor Neil McCormick

Neil McCormick 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).

  • Method of defrosting a food item
    Patent number: 9510616
    Abstract: A method of defrosting a food item, including: monitoring a temperature of a first part of a first food item; and controlling a surrounding temperature of the first food item in dependence on said monitored temperature. The controlling includes: decreasing the surrounding temperature of the first food item, using an unheated fluid having a temperature less than the surrounding temperature of the first food item, when the surrounding temperature is greater than a target surrounding temperature for a given temperature of the first part. Embodiments also relate to a control system, apparatus and a computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: NEW ENGLAND SEAFOOD
    Inventors: Neil McCormick, Terry Walden, Cesar Basalo