ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,829, issued on July 1, was assigned to Frito-Lay North America Inc. (Plano, Texas).
"Snack food product and method of making the same" was invented by Kevin Kreter (Plano, Texas) and Robert Egnatchik (Plano, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaped snack product having a substantially uniform thickness and an exposed surface area that is capable of receiving seasoning. Processes for making a shaped snack product include forming a shaped dough piece followed by intermediary steps that allow for slicing of the subsequently formed baked shaped piece producing at least two sliced pieces."
The patent was filed on Feb. 6, 2022, under ...