Patents by Inventor Samuel Elliot Lipsey

Samuel Elliot Lipsey 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).

  • Method and apparatus for assessing the current state of doneness of a cooking food item
    Patent number: 11079367
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for assessing the current state of doneness of a cooking food item. In a preferred embodiment, a sharpened hollow tubular cutting member of relatively small diameter is rotationally activated to cut and remove from a cooking food item a cylindrical core sample, preferably throughout its entire thickness, without substantial distortion of the shape of the sample. Upon expulsion from the cutting member, inspection of the core sample permits visual determination of the current state of doneness of the food item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventor: Samuel Elliot Lipsey
  • Method and apparatus for assessing the current state of doneness of a cooking food item
    Publication number: 20190234925
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for assessing the current state of doneness of a cooking food item. In a preferred embodiment, a sharpened hollow tubular cutting member of relatively small diameter is rotationally activated to cut and remove from a cooking food item a cylindrical core sample, preferably throughout its entire thickness, without substantial distortion of the shape of the sample. Upon expulsion from the cutting member, inspection of the core sample permits visual determination of the current state of doneness of the food item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Samuel Elliot Lipsey
  • Method and apparatus for assessing the current state of doneness of a cooking food item
    Publication number: 20170038356
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for assessing the current state of doneness of a cooking food item. In a preferred embodiment, a sharpened hollow tubular cutting member of relatively small diameter is rotationally activated to cut and remove from a cooking food item a cylindrical core sample, preferably throughout its entire thickness, without substantial distortion of the shape of the sample. Upon expulsion from the cutting member, inspection of the core sample permits visual determination of the current state of doneness of the food item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventor: Samuel Elliot Lipsey