# US 11,027,446 B2 · Pizza pan with precise cutting guidelines > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,027,446 B2 - Document ID: US11027446B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/705,387 - Filed: 2017-09-15 - Published: 2018-01-04 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-23 - Assignees: Dimitrije Stojanovski - Applicants: Dimitrije Stojanovski - Inventors: Dimitrije Stojanovski - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027446B2 ## CPC - B26B 29/063: {Food related applications} - A47J 37/01: Vessels uniquely adapted for baking (for use in baker's ovens A21B) - B26D 3/24: to obtain segments other than slices, e.g. cutting pies - A47J 47/005: {Cutting boards} - B26B: HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufactering or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; {vegetable slicers, julienne cutters and similar devices and holders therefor, B26D3/28}; for surgical purposes A61B; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B7/22; pincers B25C11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; {perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet, B26F1/26}; for erasing B43L19/00; for textile materials D06H) - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES - B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04) ## Abstract A cooking pan includes guidelines configured to aid in precisely cutting a food product into slices with desired shapes. The cooking pan includes a flat base, at least one raised wall surrounding the flat base, and a rim at a top of the raised wall. The pan further includes a plurality of the guidelines formed upon the pan, each guideline comprising a depressed groove, wherein each guideline extends contiguously from the flat base, up the raised wall, and onto the rim. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device comprising a pizza pan including guidelines configured to aid in precisely cutting a pizza into slices with desired shapes, the device comprising: a flat base, the flat base comprising a rectangular portion and a hemispherical portion; raised walls surrounding the flat base, the raised walls comprising a rim around a top of the raised walls; a plurality of the guidelines formed upon the pizza pan, each guideline comprising a depressed groove, wherein each depressed groove extends contiguously from the flat base, up one of the raised walls, and onto the rim; and wherein the depressed groove includes material spanning from a first side of the depressed groove to a second side of the depressed groove. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of guidelines divide the rectangular portion of the flat base into rectangle shaped sections. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of guidelines divide the hemispherical portion into triangular pie-shaped sections. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of guidelines divide the rectangular portion of the flat base into rectangle shaped sections; and wherein the plurality of guidelines divide the hemispherical portion into triangular pie-shaped sections. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device if claim 1, comprising at least one handle. ### Claim 6 A device comprising a cooking pan including guidelines configured to aid in precisely cutting a food product into slices with desired shapes, the device comprising: a flat base, the flat base comprising a rectangular portion and a hemispherical portion; raised walls surrounding the flat base, the raised walls comprising a rim around a top of the raised walls; a plurality of the guidelines formed upon the cooking pan, each guideline comprising a depressed groove, wherein each depressed groove extends contiguously from the flat base, up one of the raised walls, and onto the rim; and wherein the depressed groove includes material spanning from a first side of the depressed groove to a second side of the depressed groove. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, wherein the plurality of guidelines divide the rectangular portion of the flat base into rectangle shaped sections. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, wherein the plurality of guidelines divide the hemispherical portion into triangular pie-shaped sections. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, wherein the plurality of guidelines divide the rectangular portion of the flat base into rectangle shaped sections; and wherein the plurality of guidelines divide the hemispherical portion into triangular pie-shaped sections. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The device if claim 6, comprising at least one handle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, wherein the cooking pan includes a pizza pan.