Patents by Inventor Stephen C. Quickert

Stephen C. Quickert 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).

  • Unitary meat slices and process
    Patent number: 5976003
    Abstract: Whole muscle slicing is accomplished in order to provide a plurality of meat slices, each of which is a single piece of meat, despite the fact that the muscle from which the slices originate had been reshaped prior to slicing in order to enhance slicing yield from each such muscle. The invention is particularly useful in forming roast beef slices which are used in preparing weight-controlled food products such as sandwiches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Rattmann, Jose C. Rojo, Jennifer Keller-Farwell, Blake Gosnell, Stephen C. Quickert, Linda K. Finger
  • Method for cooking meat in a bag
    Patent number: 4820536
    Abstract: A method for cooking meat in a bag wherein a cling film is vacuum sealed and shrunk around the meat, said cling film having a cavity for forming the meat. Next, the cling film is surrounded by an outer film which is vacuum sealed and shrunk around the cling film. The outer film has a softening point above the cooking temperature of the meat. The meat is then heated in the bag to the cooking temperature of the meat. It is found that when this invention is employed that there is minimum purge formed in the bagged cooked product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Howard C. Lippincott, Stephen C. Quickert, Larry C. Gundlach