Patents by Inventor Rene LeFlecher

Rene LeFlecher 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).

  • Ready-to-bake, shelf-stable cake dough and process for its manufacture
    Patent number: 6322830
    Abstract: A ready-to-bake, shelf-stable cake dough consisting essentially of flour, fat, sugar, eggs and water and usual dough additives and comprising a leavening system, the dough having a water activity of below 0.85 and being packed in an essentially gas-impermeable pouch in an atmosphere of an inert gas containing less than 4%, preferably less than 2% residual oxygen. A process for the manufacture of such a dough is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Bestfoods
    Inventors: René LeFlécher, Peter Robson
  • Ready-to-bake shelf-stable cake dough and process for its manufacture
    Patent number: 6039994
    Abstract: A ready-to-bake, shelf-stable cake dough consisting essentially of flour, fat, sugar, eggs and water and usual dough additives and comprising a leavening system, the dough having a water activity of below 0.85 and being packed in an essentially gas-impermeable pouch in an atmosphere of an inert gas containing less than 4%, preferably less than 2% residual oxygen. A process for the manufacture of such a dough is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Bestfoods
    Inventors: Rene LeFlecher, Peter Robson