Patents by Inventor Stacey Gould

Stacey Gould 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).

  • Processing meat trim
    Patent number: 8584867
    Abstract: Meat trim portions are sorted by employing quantitative lean point analysis and one or more sorting steps. Embodiments of the present invention are adapted to make lean point determinations, to compare the determinations to one or more sorting parameters, and to direct meat trim portions to one of a plurality of containers based on the comparison. Meat trim portions from each container are subsequently processed into ground meat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Stacey Gould, Rudy Steiner
  • PROCESSING MEAT TRIM
    Publication number: 20110062257
    Abstract: Meat trim portions are sorted by employing quantitative lean point analysis and one or more sorting steps. Embodiments of the present invention are adapted to make lean point determinations, to compare the determinations to one or more sorting parameters, and to direct meat trim portions to one of a plurality of containers based on the comparison. Meat trim portions from each container are subsequently processed into ground meat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Stacey Gould, Rudy Steiner