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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:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Balakrishna Reddy, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Eileen Roehr, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Antonio Gutierrez, Kent, CT (US);
Hua Zhang, New Milford, CT (US);
Mark O. Foster, New Milford, CT (US);
Mark A. Gaj, Torrington, CT (US);
Giinping I. Schmidt, New Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21B 1/26 ; A21B 3/15 ; A47J 3/624 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A21B 1/26 ; A21B 3/15 ; A47J 3/624 ;
Abstract
A merchandiser system and method for thawing, displaying, and warming previously baked dough products, such as cookies, under controlled drying conditions, including a warming compartment and a merchandiser. The merchandiser controls the drying of moisture in the thawed, baked products to maintain the organoleptic and/or texture properties of the products at essentially the same level as those of freshly baked products for a period of at least about 2 hours.