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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
May. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy Douglas Durance, Vancouver, CA;
Dragan Macura, Burnaby, CA;
Richard Scholmer Meyer, Tacoma, WA (US);
Alex N Yousif, Pitt Meadows, CA;
Christine H Scaman, Vancouver, CA;
Jianhua (Linda) Wang, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34265 ; 34263 ; 34259 ; 219678 ; 219686 ;
Abstract
Herbs are dried by applying microwave power to herbs in a chamber under reduced or negative pressure to reduce the moisture content of the herbs without significantly damaging the flavor of the dried herbs and produce a dried herb having a flavor more closely approaching the flavor of fresh herbs than dried herbs produced by conventional processes.