Patents by Inventor Vern F. Kaufman

Vern F. Kaufman 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 for pasteurizing a liquid
    Patent number: 3949099
    Abstract: Liquid is heated to a pasteurization temperature, pumped into a holding zone wherein the liquid is divided into a plurality of slugs and the slugs are then impelled through the holding zone by mechanical action, such as piston action, applied to each individual slug.A non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license in the invention herein described, throughout the world for all purposes of the United States Government, with the power to grant sublicenses for such purposes, is hereby granted to the Government of the United States of America.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventor: Vern F. Kaufman