Shaped tortilla Patent Grant Clements , et al. October 31, 2 [General Mills, Inc.]

Shaped tortilla

Clements , et al. October 31, 2

Patent Grant D800990

U.S. patent number D800,990 [Application Number D/541,102] was granted by the patent office on 2017-10-31 for shaped tortilla. This patent grant is currently assigned to General Mills, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is General Mills, Inc.. Invention is credited to Robert G Clements, Shivakumar Elayedath, Amy R Fleury, Zachary Harder.

United States Patent	D800,990
Clements , et al.	October 31, 2017

Shaped tortilla

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a shaped tortilla, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Clements; Robert G (Plymouth, MN), Elayedath; Shivakumar (Eden Prairie, MN), Fleury; Amy R (Arden Hills, MN), Harder; Zachary (Crystal, MN)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
General Mills, Inc.	Minneapolis	MN	US

Assignee:

General Mills, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)

Appl. No.:

D/541,102

Filed:

September 30, 2015

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
29476449	Dec 13, 2013

Current U.S. Class:	D1/123; D1/125
Current International Class:	0101
Field of Search:	;D1/100-130,199 ;D7/504,509,510,523,524,555,566,568,584-587,602,672,300.1,629,653,654,667,400,359,388,409 ;D21/386 ;D19/91 ;426/92,94,95,99,101,138-139,143,279,282,283,391,514 ;D11/146,151,154,164 ;D14/480.5,484.1 ;D28/41 ;D25/38.1,100,114,119,138,140,141 ;D23/365 ;52/312,560

References Cited [Referenced By]

U.S. Patent Documents


D17628	August 1887	Carr
D19696	March 1890	Beckstein
D31600	October 1899	Terry
909715	January 1909	Troegeler
1455009	May 1923	Schenk
D62515	June 1923	Wood
1529670	March 1925	Pritchard et al.
D67821	July 1925	Yohai et al.
1552671	September 1925	Bellocchio
1816283	July 1931	Holibaugh
1842576	January 1932	Bemis
D87362	July 1932	Sherman
D89341	February 1933	Hamsen
1909930	May 1933	De Ridder
D93019	August 1934	Hose
2120710	June 1938	Nieding
2145481	January 1939	Harvey
2274344	February 1942	Palmer
D141423	May 1945	Lewis
2508724	May 1950	Moffett, Jr.
2547295	April 1951	Weeks
2598927	June 1952	May
2601822	July 1952	Hopkins
2630389	March 1953	Lipshutz
2664812	January 1954	Molina
2739464	March 1956	Smith
D178162	June 1956	Van Ike
2892719	June 1959	Lynn
3222697	December 1965	Scheermesser
D205126	June 1966	Haessler
3290154	December 1966	Turner
3341167	September 1967	Weiss
3481458	December 1969	Mayeaux
3541587	November 1970	Washburn
D222682	November 1971	Douglas
3653337	April 1972	Hanson
3794455	February 1974	Heiderpriem
3908022	September 1975	Selleck
3930049	December 1975	Mattson
4018905	April 1977	Adamek et al.
4055670	October 1977	Belmont
4065092	December 1977	Spinks, Sr. et al.
4065581	December 1977	Heiderpriem
4075107	February 1978	Smith
D247868	May 1978	Britt
D251396	March 1979	Hutchinson
D251816	May 1979	Majeski
D252845	September 1979	Gavin
4214517	July 1980	Caldwell
4250091	February 1981	Papa et al.
4251554	February 1981	Baisden
4270660	June 1981	Putt
4313964	February 1982	Dembecki
D263786	April 1982	Kohan
D265387	July 1982	Nattrass
4381837	May 1983	Cortopassi
4444795	April 1984	Weinstein
D274115	June 1984	Gavin et al.
D277234	January 1985	Bank
D278199	April 1985	Richards
D279160	June 1985	Hunt
4530275	July 1985	Stickle et al.
D282338	January 1986	Putt
4573579	March 1986	Murdick et al.
D285740	September 1986	Watanabe
4626438	December 1986	Glantz
4650684	March 1987	Penrose
4666799	May 1987	Runquist et al.
4733521	March 1988	Weder et al.
4735811	April 1988	Skarra et al.
4746010	May 1988	Fournier
D296284	June 1988	Colby
4781932	November 1988	Skarra et al.
4812376	March 1989	Rudolph
D300707	April 1989	Walmesley
4855151	August 1989	Fielding
4896820	January 1990	Harrington
4915964	April 1990	Smietana
4919946	April 1990	Pak et al.
4929458	May 1990	Smietana
D314887	February 1991	Tomaras
5002783	March 1991	Ruiz
5009902	April 1991	Mercenari
D316622	May 1991	Popiel
D318001	July 1991	Gavin et al.
D318361	July 1991	Malim
D318984	August 1991	Wickham et al.
D324603	March 1992	Cope et al.
5117584	June 1992	Ottenwalder et al.
D334111	March 1993	Yockey et al.
5203493	April 1993	Moody
D335758	May 1993	Stickle
5223286	June 1993	Selbak
5236727	August 1993	Huston
D339899	October 1993	Kittleson
5298273	March 1994	Ito
5298279	March 1994	Hayashi
D350671	September 1994	Asner
5364016	November 1994	Capy et al.
D354159	January 1995	Martin
D358018	May 1995	Lindemann
D369451	May 1996	Gornet et al.
D370086	May 1996	Yeh
D374844	October 1996	Weder et al.
5567455	October 1996	Alsbrook, Sr.
5567459	October 1996	Gonzalez-Hernandez et al.
D376893	December 1996	Gornet
D377257	January 1997	Calvin
5626897	May 1997	Goldstein
D380885	July 1997	Goll
5652010	July 1997	Gimmler et al.
D383589	September 1997	Morales
D387109	December 1997	Winans
D387701	December 1997	Shieh
D389373	January 1998	Belue
5709898	January 1998	Biggs et al.
D392503	March 1998	Cummings
D392786	March 1998	Kieser
D393136	April 1998	Gornet
5756976	May 1998	Akasaka
D395937	July 1998	Zada
D402085	December 1998	Gornet
D402502	December 1998	Liaw
D402739	December 1998	McClements
D404684	January 1999	Shea
5897900	April 1999	Groulx et al.
D412770	August 1999	Martinez et al.
D413547	September 1999	Wagner
5984697	November 1999	Moran et al.
5993871	November 1999	Beehler
5996476	December 1999	Schultz
5997921	December 1999	Tirillo
D421272	February 2000	Patel
D425685	May 2000	Kitslaar
6156357	December 2000	Franklin
6245374	June 2001	Thomas et al.
D444816	July 2001	Stravitz
D447086	August 2001	Weder
D450420	November 2001	Brost et al.
D467121	December 2002	Zietz et al.
D467669	December 2002	Givens et al.
D478393	August 2003	Alduby
6607169	August 2003	Gershfeld
6615495	September 2003	Evens et al.
D485307	January 2004	Sheldon et al.
D493943	August 2004	Mendenhall
D515274	February 2006	Griebel et al.
D516275	March 2006	Anaya
7008655	March 2006	Aslanis
D520814	May 2006	Wegmann
D523289	June 2006	David
D523698	June 2006	David
D523701	June 2006	Dodge et al.
D524112	July 2006	Cogley
D527052	August 2006	Wolff et al.
D544408	June 2007	Weekes
D547235	July 2007	Stanton et al.
D552785	October 2007	De'Armond
D579626	November 2008	Schulman
D590126	April 2009	Kovich et al.
D602396	October 2009	Conway et al.
7648374	January 2010	Koskondy
D609712	February 2010	Bedol
D610156	February 2010	Mudrick
D622927	September 2010	Griebel
D622928	September 2010	Griebel
D623376	September 2010	Griebel
D623826	September 2010	Griebel
D629586	December 2010	Griebel
D653079	January 2012	King
D655886	March 2012	Kovich et al.
D664399	July 2012	Henry
D673402	January 2013	Kuzyk
D691400	October 2013	Young
D691401	October 2013	Sobran
D722821	February 2015	Liu
2001/0043973	November 2001	Keck et al.
2002/0168453	November 2002	McCutchan
2004/0058048	March 2004	Chedid et al.
2004/0071854	April 2004	Chedid et al.
2005/0281921	December 2005	Langston et al.
2006/0147587	July 2006	Kovich et al.
2008/0095908	April 2008	Vendl et al.
2008/0193613	August 2008	Kovich et al.
2008/0220132	September 2008	Taminich
2008/0220144	September 2008	Richards
2009/0285950	November 2009	Baker
2010/0272863	October 2010	Griebel et al.

Foreign Patent Documents


WO-2004/037016	May 2004	WO

Other References

Norpro Nonstick Tortilla Bowl, Amazon. Nov. 13, 2010. Web. Apr. 21, 2015, <http://www.amazon.com/Norpro-Nonstick-Tortilla-Bowl-Makers/dp/B00005E- BH7>. cited by applicant .
Hollingsworth, Pierce, "One-handed Cuisine and Other Business Trends to Watch", Food Technology; v. 56:4 p. 18 (Apr. 2002) abstract. cited by applicant .
http://www.slashfood.com/tag/taco/, Jul. 2007. cited by applicant .
Mintel gnpd, "Crispy Tacho Shells", http://www.gnpd.com. cited by applicant .
Food Beast, "DOPE: Seaweed Cupcake Wrappers", http://www.foodbeast.com/news/seaweed-cupcake-wrappers>. Feb. 13, 2015. cited by applicant .
Bento Tools--Bento!, http://obentolunch.weebly.com/bento-tools.html>. cited by applicant .
"American Hits", Oct. 30, 2007, http://www.salomon-online.com/p3filesen/produkte/americanhits.shtml. cited by applicant .
"Chili in Tortilla Bowls" published Oct. 21, 2006, http://www.favoritebrandrecipes.com/Recipes/335/1531521335.htm. cited by applicant .
How to make Really Good Soft Taco Shells, Jul. 21, 2007, http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,330158,330263. cited by applicant .
"Mushrooms in Garlic Sauce, Served in a Soft Tortilla Shell" Apr. 27, 2006, http.//www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/mushrooms-in-garlic-sauce-served- -in-a-soft-tortilla-shell-recipe-2011935. cited by applicant .
"Ortega" Published Dec. 23, 2007, http://web.archive.org/web/20071228042139/http://www.ortega.com/products/- dinner.sub.--kits.asp. cited by applicant .
"Rachel Ray Show", Jul. 3, 2007, http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/food/recipes/healthy-tortilla-ice-cream-bow- ls/. cited by applicant .
"Recipe Book--Mexican Beef Soup in Tortilla Bowls", Jul. 30, 2007, http://www.txbeef.org/recipe.php3?944689164. cited by applicant .
"The Cook's Thesaurus" Jan. 30, 2008, http://web.archive.org/web/20080130010346/http://foodsubs.com/Flatbread.h- tml. cited by applicant .
"The Glass of Frederick Carder". New York: Corning Museum of Glass, 1971. Print p. 158, item No. 1956. cited by applicant .
The Revolutionary New Fast Food Concept From Down Under, Xcitetech Technology Solutions, Inc., 2002, http://excitetech.com/TheWalkAboutConeDocV7.o.pdf, brochure. cited by applicant .
Old El Paso Dinner Kit, 2002. cited by applicant .
Pizzacona, Oct. 17, 2007, http://www.crispycones.com/crispy/menu.htm. cited by applicant .
R. S. Chavan et al., 2010, "Microwave Baking in Food Industry: A Review". International Journal of Dairy Science, 5:113-127. cited by applicant .
The Nibble, Mar. 12, 2009, Tumaro's Tortillas, Gourmet for Sandwich Wraps, Mexican Recipes & Desserts: http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/breadstuffs/tumaro.tortillas.asp. cited by applicant .
Bethlehem Steel Catalog, Copyright 1931: p. 9, extrusion, bottom row. cited by applicant .
Clark, Chefs and Food Scientists Develop `grab and go` foods, Food Sci. & Tech Abs. 2007, Dialog Accession No. 01077407. cited by applicant .
CrispyCones, Oct. 17, 2007, http://www.crispycones.com/crispy/faq.htm. cited by applicant .
EEE Cooks: Tortilla Shell (Recipe), Mar. 12, 2009: http://www.eeecooks.com/recipes/2004/02/17/shell. cited by applicant .
GoogleGroups, May 1999, rec.food.cooking, http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.cooking/browse.sub.--thread/threa- d/25cf043af2ac4457/7cb26bbc141f38fe?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=orte. cited by applicant .
Hessong, Athena, "Desserts Made with Tortilla Shells", 10.5.2012, http://www.ehow.com/info.sub.--10001655.sub.--desserts-made-tortilla-shel- ls.html. cited by applicant.

Primary Examiner: Rademaker; Garth
Assistant Examiner: Stofko; Katie
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Kahler; Rachel A. Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC Crimmins, Esq.; John L.

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a shaped tortilla according to our design;

FIG. 2 is an end view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1, taken along line 4-4 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the shaped tortilla of FIG. 1.

The evenly-spaced broken lines in FIGS. 1-6 illustrate portions of the shaped tortilla that from no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot-dash broken lines in FIGS. 1-6 illustrate the boundary of the claimed design which forms no part thereof.

* * * * *