Patents by Inventor Robert J. MacGregor

Robert J. MacGregor 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).

  • Process for popping wild rice
    Patent number: 4876099
    Abstract: Disclosed is the process for popping wild rice to make a puffy snack food or breakfast cereal which has a nutty flavor. The process includes curing, roasting and parching the wild rice in roasting ovens, sorting the wild rice into differing lengths and widths so it will have uniformity prior to popping, heating the wild rice on a conveying means at a temperature between 500.degree.-800.degree. F., and immediately removing the popped product to avoid scorching the product and creating a bad taste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: MacGregor Wild Rice Co.
    Inventors: Robert J. MacGregor, Darlene M. MacGregor, Arnold Lueck