Patent SG-11201908537T-A (SG)
Title: Energy control elements for improved microwave heating of packaged articles
Inventor: KIMREY JR
IPC: H05B6/78
Filed: 2018-03-14
Abstract: Title: ENERGY CONTROL ELEMENTS FOR IMPROVED MICROWAVE HEATING OF PACKAGED ARTICLES (57) : Processes and systems that enhance the heating of packaged food- stuffs and other items in various microwave heating systems are described here- in. The foodstuffs may be contained in a package including one or more energy control elements that interact with microwave energy in order to alter the effect that microwave energy has on the foodstuff. These energy control elements can 150 a 152 enhance or inhibit microwave energy and a single package may include one or more energy control elements. In some cases, the energy control element may respond differently to different types of microwave energy. As a result, some packages described herein may exhibit different absorption or reflectance char- acteristics when exposed to microwave energy while being pasteurized or ster- ilized in a larger-scale microwave heating system than when the package is re- heated in an at-home microwave oven prior to consumption or use. Wi 154 FIG. la W O 20 18/ 17 0 137 Al (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 20 September 2018 (20.09.2018) WIP0 I PCT Iiiimmomitia °nolo olomollm oiliommo oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/170137 Al (51) International Patent Classification: HO5B 6/64 (2006.01) HO5B 6/78 (2006.01) B65D 81/34 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/022448 (22) International Filing Date: 14 March 2018 (14.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/471,654 15 March 2017 (15.03.2017) US (71) Applicant: 915 LABS, LLC [US/US]; 9200 E. Mineral Ave., Suite 147, Centennial, Colorado 80112 (US). (72) Inventors: KIMREY, JR., Harold Dail; 1188 Winding Way Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37923 (US). SPIZZIR- RI, Lora Nicolette; 6030 W. Miami Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60646 (US). ZHANG, Li; 140 Spur Lane, Alpharetta, Geor- gia 30009 (US). BEHRINGER, David; 5498 Xanthia Ct., Denver, Colorado 80238 (US). RAIDER, Matthew; 3849 Umatilla St., Denver, Colorado 80211 (US). (74) Agent: KELLY, Kameron D.; Hovey Williams LLP, 10801 Mastin Blvd, Ste. 1000, 84 Corporate Woods, Over- land Park, Kansas 66210 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(ii)) as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h))