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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:
Apr. 11, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2015
Applicants:

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);

Industrial Microwave Systems, L.l.c., Morrisville, NC (US);

The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.c., Washington, DC (US);

Inventors:

Josip Simunovic, Raleigh, NC (US);

Kenneth R. Swartzel, Raleigh, NC (US);

Van-Den Truong, Raleigh, NC (US);

Gary Dean Cartwright, Apex, NC (US);

Kandiyan Puthalath Sandeep, Cary, NC (US);

David L. Parrott, Raleigh, NC (US);

Pablo Coronel, Cary, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B 7/01 (2006.01); A23L 3/005 (2006.01); A23L 3/01 (2006.01); A23L 3/22 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A23L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B 7/01 (2013.01); A23L 3/001 (2013.01); A23L 3/005 (2013.01); A23L 3/01 (2013.01); A23L 3/22 (2013.01); A23L 3/225 (2013.01); A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for thermally treating flowable materials using electromagnetic radiation, and foods and materials obtained thereby. Also provided are methods of continuous flow thermal treatment of biomaterials, apparatuses for performing the same, and products prepared using the methods and/or apparatuses.


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