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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:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chris L. Willoughby, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Terry L. Engle, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Eggo Company, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D 1/300 ; A23B 4/03 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D 1/300 ; A23B 4/03 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an expandable half-product comprising a starchy farinaceous material, wherein the starch molecules of the farinaceous material are unidirectionally aligned and form a matrix of randomly aligned starch molecules upon exposure to microwave radiation to form a puffed half-product having at least twice the dimensions of the unmicrowaved half-product. Methods of preparing the products are also disclosed.