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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. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian W. Bell, Wichita, KS (US);
Howard G. Dolezal, Derby, KS (US);
Darren J. Grose, Wichita, KS (US);
Assignee:
Excel Corporation, Wichita, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 9/00 ;
Abstract
A method for tenderizing meat. The method includes separating one or more vertebrae of a carcass of a red meat slaughter animal prior to rigor mortis, wherein the act of separating enables stretching of muscle fibers in the carcass.