What types of technologies is General Mills interested in?
General Mills is interested in technologies that would be applicable to one of
our current lines of business, which include:
Baking products (cakes, brownies, frosting, etc.)
Cereal
Frozen vegetables
Frozen pastries
Frozen pizza and snacks
Refrigerated and frozen dough (bread, cookies, biscuits, rolls, etc.)
Shelf-stable meals, meal kits, soups and side dishes
Snacks bars, fruit snacks, popcorn, salty snacks
Yogurt and yogurt beverages
Soy beverages
In addition, we are always interested in any new innovative foods or packaging
technologies that you have outside of our current areas of business.
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What if I don't have a patent?
You must have a patent on your technology, or have a patent pending, to submit
your technology to General Mills. For more information on how to apply for a
patent, you can visit the US Patent
Office Web site.
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What if my patent isn't on a technology?
We can only accept technology - we cannot accept any advertising, marketing or
promotions ideas. You may want to visit out Business Proposals site to see if
your submission qualifies under our program accepting marketing communications
or corporate training proposals. Please refer to
www.businessproposals.generalmills.com
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What if my patent is filed but not yet published?
You can still submit your technology, but you need to provide the application
number and the date the patent was filed.
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Why can't you accept confidential information?
In order to review and respond to submissions in a timely manner and to
meet legal requirements of handling confidential information, we cannot
accept confidential information at this initial phase in the process. If, after
our preliminary review, we are interested in pursuing your technology further, we will
sometimes ask that you sign a confidentiality agreement to allow for further
exchange of information.
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What is done with my information after I submit it?
First, a member of our G-WIN team reviews your submission to ensure it is
complete. Then one or more of our technology specialists reviews your
submission for its technical merit and to assess whether it has potential
application to one of our businesses.
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How do I contact you to check on the status of my submission?
We are not able to provide status updates for individual submissions during the
review process. You will receive confirmation that we have received your
submission. Depending on the complexity of your technology, it may take up to
three months before we are able to respond to you with the outcome of our
review of your submission.
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Will General Mills give me reasons should it choose not to pursue my
technology submission?
No, we will not be able to give you any additional information about the
results of our review.
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