Patents by Inventor Richard Metivier

Richard Metivier 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).

  • Publication number: 20150351434
    Abstract: A composition and method for an improved stuffed fry or other cooked food product. Stuffed fries can be made, for example, by coextruding a substrate and filling in a desired ratio to form an extrudate, then cutting, crimping, par frying, freezing, and final frying the extrudate. One composition for stuffed fries comprises a fried substrate that is made from a dough with crimped ends. One composition comprises potatoes, corn syrup, or water in specific weight percentages. One composition for the filling of the stuffed fries is a low moisture filling. One composition comprises at least one gum to reduce free water in the filling and/or substrate by binding to the water in the filling and/or substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Fase, JR., Carl Littrell, John Mampra Mathew, Richard Metivier, Sevugan Palaniappan, Joshua Scott Rivner
  • Publication number: 20080268108
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing shelf-stable guacamole. A number of hurdles to the contamination of the guacamole are put into place during mixing, packaging, and post-packaging processing. Antimicrobial additives are added during mixing. The amount of oxygen allowed inside the guacamole container is reduced during packaging. After packaging, the guacamole is subjected to high pressure and mild thermal processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Sevugan Palaniappan, Richard Metivier, John Mampra Mathew