Patents by Inventor Richard Edward Dunham

Richard Edward Dunham 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).

  • Hollow corn-base snack food products
    Patent number: 6165530
    Abstract: A hollow snack food product is prepared by finish cooking a hollow pellet product. The hollow pellet is manufactured from a pre-cooked, predominantly corn-masa based dough which contains sufficient vital wheat gluten to allow the pellet to open up and assume the desired hollow structure upon cutting. The pellets are prepared by overlaying dough sheets, stretching the dough sheets to impart strain thereto, and then cutting individual pieces from the stretched sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventors: John Mampra Mathew, Richard Edward Dunham, Rocco Dominic Papalia, William Richard Dyer