Patents by Inventor Paul Szalkucki

Paul Szalkucki 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).

  • Freshly packed tomato sauce
    Patent number: 6004591
    Abstract: A process for preparing fresh tomato sauce and the sauce prepared thereby. The sauce has a fresh taste and has good viscosity even though diced tomatoes provided therein are not subjected to an enzyme deactivation heating step. In the process, diced tomatoes and a tomato puree are combined in a kettle including firming salts, water and pectinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Van Den Bergh Foods Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Charles Hinnergardt, Paul Szalkucki, Mary Lou Sando
  • Process for preparing a tomato sauce using a pectinase enzyme
    Patent number: 5902616
    Abstract: A process for preparing fresh tomato sauce and the sauce prepared thereby. The sauce has a fresh taste and has good viscosity even though diced tomatoes provided therein are not subjected to an enzyme deactivation heating step. In the process, diced tomatoes and a tomato puree are combined in a kettle including firming salts, water and pectinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Foods Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Charles Hinnergardt, Paul Szalkucki, Mary Lou Sando