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Patent Inventor Names
Eugene E. Eves, II0
Surya Kumar Pathak0
Juming Tang0
Fang Liu0
Date of Patent
October 10, 2006
0Patent Application Number
109375470
Date Filed
September 8, 2004
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
Apparatus for pasteurizing and/or sterilizing foodstuffs. In one representative embodiment, an apparatus for pasteurizing or sterilizing a packaged foodstuff includes at least one cavity in which the foodstuff to be pasteurized or sterilized is positioned. The cavity is configured such that, as microwave energy radiates into the cavity, the cavity operates as a single-mode cavity for sterilizing or pasteurizing the foodstuff. In another embodiment, methods are provided for optimizing a microwave system for sterilizing or pasteurizing a foodstuff.
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