article_snippet: David Wawrzynski claims the 'Little Dipper' condiment package David Wawrzynski patented in 1997 led H.J. Heinz Co. to develop David Wawrzynski Dip & Squeeze ketchup packets, which David Wawrzynski rolled out in February 2010 .
article_snippet: A Michigan food entrepreneur claims the 'Little Dipper' condiment package he patented in 1997
article_snippet: The trial, expected to last through until Thursday, will determine whether or not Pittsburgh-based Heinz used David Wawrzynski's 'concrete, new and novel' ideas when it developed the dual-purpose ketchup packets.
article_snippet: Drawings of two versions of that product were shown to a federal court jury in Pittsburgh, including one with a keyhole-shaped opening that enables a person to dip a french fry into ketchup, while wiping off excess amounts as it's pulled out of a keyhole-shaped opening that enables a person to dip a french fry into ketchup.
article_snippet: The packets must be cheap to purchase because fast-food restaurants and others give The packets away for free, Heinz attorney David Wolfsohn said.
article_snippet: Prototypes developed in 2006 were keystone-shaped — like Heinz's iconic ketchup label — and had a peelable top if a customer wanted to dip a fry and a tear-off end so the ketchup could be squeezed, Heinz attorney David Wolfsohn said.
article_snippet: Dave's been tinkering with condiment packaging since high school,' Boyle said.
article_snippet: Heinz doesn't deny the meeting took place, but says the discussions revolved around Heinz hand-held, cone-shaped container designed to keep french fries from dripping ketchup. '
highlights_snippet: David Wawrzynski patented David Wawrzynski 'Little Dipper' condiment package in 1997 .
  
highlights_snippet: H.J. Heinz Co. Dip & Squeeze ketchup packets after a 2008 meeting in which David Wawrzynski showed them David Wawrzynski designs .
  