Patents by Inventor Robin E. Conn

Robin E. Conn 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 microwave browning
    Patent number: 5108770
    Abstract: A food product having a browning surface area or region for developing a desired browning effect during preparation of the food product for consumption by microwave irradiation. The food product includes a starch-based component and a browning system applied to the component to provide the browning surface area or region. The browning system includes Maillard browning reactants for developing the desired browning effect during microwave irradiation, and a carrier system which contains the Maillard browning reactants. The carrier system maintains the Maillard browning reactants in a substantially reactively immobilized state on the food product prior to microwave irradiation and while the food product is at temperature of up to about 40.degree. F. for up to several days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: The Pillsbury Company
    Inventors: David J. Domingues, William A. Atwell, Paul J. Beckmann, Julio R. Panama, Robin E. Conn, Kristin L. Matson, Ernst Graf, Milton S. Feather, Steven K. Fahrenholtz, Victor T. Huang