US 11,945,638 B2
Packaged food product for solid state microwave oven
Sumeet Dhawan, Twinsburg, OH (US); Ulrich Johannes Erle, Cleveland, OH (US); and Erich Heinze, Streetsboro, OH (US)
Assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey (CH)
Appl. No. 15/779,572
Filed by SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A., Vevey (CH)
PCT Filed Oct. 11, 2016, PCT No. PCT/EP2016/074272
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 29, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/092913, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/261,971, filed on Dec. 2, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0299051 A1, Sep. 24, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05B 6/64 (2006.01); A23L 5/10 (2016.01); B65D 1/36 (2006.01); B65D 81/34 (2006.01); H05B 6/68 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/3453 (2013.01) [A23L 5/15 (2016.08); B65D 1/36 (2013.01); H05B 6/64 (2013.01); H05B 6/6408 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); B65D 2581/3427 (2013.01); B65D 2581/3447 (2013.01); B65D 2581/3498 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaged food product for being heated in a solid state microwave oven, the packaged food product comprising a first food item, a second food item, a tray and a susceptor, wherein the packaged food product is frozen,
wherein the tray comprises a first compartment for receiving the first food item and provided with the susceptor, and the tray further comprises a second compartment for receiving the second food item and not provided with the susceptor,
wherein the susceptor is integrated or attached to a bottom of the tray and covers a part of a surface of the bottom of the tray, and the tray comprises a thermal insulation layer between the susceptor and the first food item,
wherein heating of the food items simultaneously in the tray provides a higher temperature for the second food item positioned in the second compartment of the tray, which is not provided with the susceptor, relative to the first food item positioned in the first compartment, which is provided with the susceptor, and
wherein the second food item positioned in the second compartment, which is not provided with the susceptor, comprises a meat product, and the first food item positioned in the first compartment, which is provided with the susceptor, is selected from the group consisting of a vegetable product, a pasta, a noodle, a rice product, a potato product, and combinations thereof.