Patents by Inventor Otacilio Teixeira Berbert
Otacilio Teixeira Berbert 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: 8709595Abstract: Non-shrink, forming and nonforming thermoplastic webs comprising a myoglobin blooming agent on a food contact surface are useful for packaging fresh meat and other products to fix a desirable color on the surface of the product.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Curwood, Inc.Inventors: Dan G. Siegel, Otacilio Teixeira Berbert, Kevin Philip Nelson, Gregory Robert Pockat
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Patent number: 8679604Abstract: The present invention is directed to a peelable packaging film comprising a first thermoplastic substrate and a second thermoplastic substrate wherein the packaging film has a Heat Shrinkage value between 0 and 10% at 102° C. in either the machine or transverse directions. The first and second substrates each have a first surface and a second surface. Each of the first surfaces comprises a polyolefin and has a surface energy of at least 36 dynes/cm. At least one first surface is oriented, preferably biaxially oriented, and at least one first surface is non-heat shrinkable. In contact with both first surfaces is a contiguous adhesive layer. A peelable interface is provided between the adhesive layer and at least one the first surfaces of the substrates. The peelable interface is adapted to have a peelable seal strength of between 60 and 2,500 grams-force/in.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2009Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Curwood, Inc.Inventor: Otacilio Teixeira Berbert
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Patent number: 8668969Abstract: Heat shrinkable, oxygen barrier, packaging films, methods of packaging and packages are provided having a myoglobin blooming agent to provide, promote, enhance or maintain a desirable coloration on the surface of a myoglobin-containing meat product.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Curwood, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Robert Pockat, Thomas Andrew Schell, Dan G. Siegel, Kevin Philip Nelson, Otacilio Teixeira Berbert
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Patent number: 8545950Abstract: A method of distributing or commercializing fresh meat having the general steps of butchering a slaughtered animal into a plurality of retail cuts; packaging the retail cuts into a plurality of articles wherein each article comprises a polymeric oxygen barrier film having a transparent portion in contact with at least a portion of the fresh meat product; transporting the packaged article to a retail outlet, wherein the packaged article is adapted for retail display and sale without removing the polymeric film and wherein the fresh meat product has a desirable appearance especially a desirable red color e.g. having an “a*” value of at least about 15 for the fresh beef product or of at least about 6 for a fresh pork or fresh poultry product and the color is maintained for at least five days and up to four weeks or more after display.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2006Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Curwood, Inc.Inventors: Dan G. Siegel, Kevin Philip Nelson, Gregory Robert Pockat, Thomas Andrew Schell, Otacilio Teixeira Berbert, Ryan Arthur Michaud, Matthew LeRoy Mengel, Douglas Mark Latreille
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Patent number: 8266873Abstract: The present invention is directed to vacuum skin packaging laminates. The laminates include a first film, a second film, an adhesive bonding the first film to the second film, and an adhesive-free interfacial section between the first and second films. The laminate is adapted to provide substantially horizontal first film-surface above the product for displaying product markings and a thermoformable second film-surface for conforming to the shape of the product. The present invention also is directed to vacuum skin packages formed from such laminates, and methods of packaging a product.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2011Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Curwood, Inc.Inventors: Otacilio Teixeira Berbert, Douglas Mark Latreille
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Publication number: 20120219671Abstract: Non-shrink, forming and nonforming thermoplastic webs comprising a myoglobin blooming agent on a food contact surface are useful for packaging fresh meat and other products to fix a desirable color on the surface of the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2011Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: Curwood, Inc.Inventors: Dan G. Siegel, Otacilio Teixeira Berbert, Kevin Philip Nelson, Gregory Robert Pockat
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Patent number: 8147934Abstract: An easy-open package formed from a peelable thermoplastic laminate and adapted to peel open, whereby the manually tearing the package causes a removable strip to form thereby exposing a product enclosed therein.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Curwood, Inc.Inventor: Otacilio Teixeira Berbert
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Publication number: 20120005988Abstract: The present invention is directed to vacuum skin packaging, laminates. The laminates include a first film, a second film, an adhesive bonding the first film to the second film, and an adhesive-free interfacial section between the first and second films. The laminate is adapted to provide substantially horizontal first film-surface above the product for displaying product markings and a thermoformable second film-surface for conforming to the shape of the product. The present invention also is directed to vacuum skin packages formed from such laminates, and methods of packaging a product.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: Curwood, Inc.Inventors: Otacilio Teixeira Berbert, Douglas Mark Latreille
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Patent number: 8047368Abstract: The present invention is directed to vacuum skin packaging laminates. The laminates include a first film, a second film, an adhesive bonding the first film to the second film, and an adhesive-free interfacial section between the first and second films. The laminate is adapted to provide substantially horizontal first film-surface above the product for displaying product markings and a thermoformable second film-surface for conforming to the shape of the product. The present invention also is directed to vacuum skin packages formed from such laminates, and methods of packaging a product.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Curwood, Inc.Inventors: Otacilio Teixeira Berbert, Douglas Mark Latreille
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Patent number: 8029893Abstract: Non-shrink, forming and nonforming thermoplastic webs comprising a myoglobin blooming agent on a food contact surface are useful for packaging fresh meat and other products to fix a desirable color on the surface of the product.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2006Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Curwood, Inc.Inventors: Dan G. Siegel, Otacilio Teixeira Berbert, Kevin Philip Nelson, Gregory Robert Pockat
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Patent number: 7867531Abstract: Heat shrinkable, oxygen barrier, packaging films, methods of packaging and packages are provided having a myoglobin blooming agent to provide, promote, enhance or maintain a desirable coloration on the surface of a myoglobin-containing meat product.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2006Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Curwood, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Robert Pockat, Thomas Andrew Schell, Dan G. Siegel, Kevin Philip Nelson, Otacilio Teixeira Berbert
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Publication number: 20100266795Abstract: Heat shrinkable, oxygen barrier, packaging films, methods of packaging and packages are provided having a myoglobin blooming agent to provide, promote, enhance or maintain a desirable coloration on the surface of a myoglobin-containing meat product.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Curwood, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Robert Pockat, Thomas Andrew Schell, Dan G. Siegel, Kevin Philip Nelson, Otacilio Teixeira Berbert
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Publication number: 20100181370Abstract: The present invention is directed to a peelable packaging film comprising a first thermoplastic substrate and a second thermoplastic substrate wherein the packaging film has a Heat Shrinkage value between 0 and 10% at 102° C. in either the machine or transverse directions. The first and second substrates each have a first surface and a second surface. Each of the first surfaces comprises a polyolefin and has a surface energy of at least 36 dynes/cm2. At least one first surface is oriented, preferably biaxially oriented, and at least one first surface is non-heat shrinkable. In contact with both first surfaces is a contiguous adhesive layer. A peelable interface is provided between the adhesive layer and at least one the first surfaces of the substrates. The peelable interface is adapted to have a peelable seal strength of between 60 and 2,500 grams-force/in.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: Curwood, Inc.Inventor: Otacilio Teixeira Berbert
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Publication number: 20100183830Abstract: An easy-open package formed from a peelable thermoplastic laminate and adapted to peel open, whereby the manually tearing the package causes a removable strip to form thereby exposing a product enclosed therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: Curwood, Inc.Inventor: Otacilio Teixeira Berbert
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Publication number: 20090184019Abstract: The present invention is directed to vacuum skin packaging laminates. The laminates include a first film, a second film, an adhesive bonding the first film to the second film, and an adhesive-free interfacial section between the first and second films. The laminate is adapted to provide substantially horizontal first film-surface above the product for displaying product markings and a thermoformable second film-surface for conforming to the shape of the product. The present invention also is directed to vacuum skin packages formed from such laminates, and methods of packaging a product.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Inventors: Otacilio Teixeira Berbert, Douglas Mark Latreille