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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2020
Applicant:

General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Chad Arnall, Webb City, MO (US);

Steven Cox, Long Lake, MN (US);

Paul Henderson, Farmington, MN (US);

Kara M Hobart, New Hope, MN (US);

Olivia Murch, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Todd A Rasmussen, North Branch, MN (US);

Michael Snyder, Stacy, MN (US);

Rodney W Worthy, Oronogo, MO (US);

Assignee:

General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21C 11/12 (2006.01); A21C 5/08 (2006.01); A21C 9/08 (2006.01); A21C 11/10 (2006.01); A21D 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A21C 11/12 (2013.01); A21C 5/08 (2013.01); A21C 9/085 (2013.01); A21C 11/10 (2013.01); A21D 6/001 (2013.01); A21D 6/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

Frozen un-proofed dough pieces are produced by pinching an upper skin of an un-proofed dough body to a lower skin and producing a score through the upper skin prior to freezing. The un-proofed dough pieces are formed by mass production, with an un-proofed dough sheet being cut to form dough strips which are then cut into the un-proofed dough pieces, with the score for each un-proofed dough piece being formed either before, during or after the individual un-proofed dough pieces are actually created, but before freezing.


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