Patents by Inventor Valerio Sangiovanni

Valerio Sangiovanni 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 containing a cooking extrusion step for forming a food product from a cereal
    Patent number: 4778690
    Abstract: A snack food is prepared from whole kernel cereal, without milling, such as corn, rice or wheat and the like. By rehydrating the cereal to at least 25% moisture prior to low shear cooking extrusion to achieve about 75% gelatinization, then cooling and drying the material prior to extrusion into a selected form for further mechanical treatment or finish cooking and flavoring. When cooked in oil a lower fat product results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: Mapam, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley S. Sadel, Jr., Valerio Sangiovanni