| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 530372000 | Derived from grain, e.g., prolamines, etc. | 20 |
| 20120123097 | RICIN A CHAIN MUTANTS LACKING ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY AS VACCINES TO PROTECT AGAINST AEROSOLIZED RICIN - The present invention provides methods to produce toxoid vaccines, such as ricin A chain vaccines, with reduced ability to promote vascular leak syndrome (VLS) and catalytic toxicity associated with various proteinaceous toxins, such as ribosome inactivating proteins. The invention also provides toxoids which have been mutated to lack amino acid sequences which induce VLS and toxic catalytic activity. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20130150556 | DEAMIDATED BARLEY PROTEINS - The invention is directed to a method of producing deamidated barley proteins by extracting protein from barley using an alcohol or alkaline; treating the extracted protein with an alkaline or acidic solution for a sufficient time and temperature for partial deamidation; and recovering partially deamidated protein from the solution. The partially deamidated protein has improved functional properties with respect to solubility, and emulsifying and foaming properties at acidic and neutral pHs compared to those of a non-deamidated protein. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20160146827 | GENETICALLY ENCODED SENSORS FOR IMAGING PROTEINS AND THEIR COMPLEXES - Isolated truncated and mutated sensor proteins derived from flavoproteins that are 12-20 KDa or less, genetically encoded for detection and imaging of protein complexes having long fluorescent lifetimes that can be 4.0 ns or greater. | 05-26-2016 |
| 530373000 | Zein | 5 |
| 20080242842 | Decolorization/deodorization of corn zein products - Decolorized and/or deodorized zein from corn products may be recovered in high yields using zeolite adsorbents. A solution of a zein-containing corn product in an aqueous alcohol solvent is contacted with a zeolite adsorbent under conditions effective for adsorption of color and odor impurities in the corn product onto the zeolite. Following this contact, the treated solution may be separated from the adsorbent and recovered, yielding substantially pure zein dissolved in the aqueous alcohol solvent. Optionally, the zein may be further purified by subsequently contacting the treated solution with an activated carbon adsorbent or a mixture of activated carbon and zeolite adsorbents to adsorb any residual color and/or odor impurities therefrom. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090069542 | Process Of Extracting High Quality Proteins From Cereal Grains And Their ByProducts Using Acidic Medium And A Reducing Agent - The present invention is directed to a method for processing a plant-based protein source, the method comprising an acidic extracting solution comprising a reducing agent is useful for extracting and isolating proteins from plant-based protein sources. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090215990 | Method and system for production of zein and/or xanthophylls using chromatography - Methods and systems for obtaining zein and/or xanthophylls in highly pure form. Zein is first extracted from corn using aqueous ethanol. Suspended corn solids are separated, and the resulting extract is purified in a single size-exclusion chromatography step to separate impurities and produce substantially purified zein. The chromatography step may simultaneously produce substantially purified xanthophylls. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100010197 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CORN FRACTIONATION - Methods and apparatus for processing corn into one or more corn products. Oil is extracted from corn or corn products or by-products with a solvent. The corn-solvent mixture is separated into streams, one of which preferably includes an extract containing at least oil and solvent, and another containing de-oiled corn solids and adsorbed solvent. Zein is separated from the de-oiled corn solids. Solvent is then separated, and the de-oiled, de-zeined, desolventized corn solids are processed to provide one or more corn products. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100016554 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CORN FRACTIONATION - Methods and apparatus for processing corn into one or more corn products. Zein is extracted from corn or corn products or by-products with a solvent. The corn-solvent mixture is separated into streams, one of which preferably includes an extract containing at least zein and solvent, and another that contains de-zeined corn solids and adsorbed solvent. The solvent is separated from the zein, and the de-zeined, desolventized corn solids are processed to provide one or more corn products. | 01-21-2010 |
| 530374000 | Gluten or gliadin | 3 |
| 20090005539 | ADDITIVES FOR THE IMPROVED DEWATERING OF CORN GLUTEN - The invention relates to a method of dewatering corn gluten stream wherein coagulant is add to the corn gluten stream of the corn wet milling process. The method of dewatering corn gluten uses an effective amount of a coagulant of one or more anionic polymers, the anionic polymers comprising one or more anionic monomers. The method further includes a process for separating the water from the gluten using a solids/liquids filtration device. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20100145019 | DISPERSION IMPROVER FOR GLUTEN, AND DISPERSION SOLUTION OF GLUTEN - Disclosed is gluten having good dispersibility in water. Also disclosed is a method for producing active gluten, a gluten-containing food or a gluten gel efficiently by using a gluten dispersion solution. Further disclosed is a method for producing a gluten hydrolysate efficiently by preparing a gluten dispersion solution in a simple manner and hydrolyzing the dispersion solution. Gluten, which normally forms an aggregate in water, can be dispersed readily by mixing gluten with a water-soluble polysaccharide containing galacturonic acid. The gluten dispersion solution thus prepared can be used to produce active gluten, a gluten-containing food or a gluten gel efficiently, and can be also used to prepare a gluten hydrolysate in a simple manner, efficiently and stably. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20130072662 | Wheat Protein Isolates And Their Modified Forms and Methods of Making - Process equipment for the separation of gluten from wheat starch including gluten process equipment configured to process gluten after the gluten is initially separated from A starch, the gluten processing equipment having a dewatering press configured to dewater gluten and modified gluten process equipment including at least one component selected from the group consisting of a high pressure water wash system located upstream of the dewatering press, a kneader located upstream of the dewatering press, a homogenizer located upstream of the dewatering press, a dispersion tank configured to precipitate fines downstream of the dewatering press, a solids-ejecting centrifuge downstream, and combinations thereof. | 03-21-2013 |
| 530375000 | Derived from wheat | 7 |
| 20090312525 | ISOLATED AQUAPORIN IN ITS CLOSED CONFORMATION - The invention relates to an isolated aquaporin having a bound ligand, wherein said ligand close the conformation of said aquaporin and inhibit and/or reduce water transport of said aquaporin, and/or a high resolution structure of an isolated aquaporin in a closed conformation characterised by the coordinates deposited at the Protein Data Bank ID:1Z98, a crystal of said isolated aquaporin as well as the coordinates defining said crystal and the use of said aquaporin, and the use of the high-resolution structure as defined by the coordinates deposited at PDB ID:1Z98, and a method to produce said aquaporin. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100105872 | PARTIALLY HYDROLYSED CEREAL PROTEIN - A composition is disclosed comprising a partially hydrolysed cereal protein. The partially hydrolysed cereal protein is characterised in that 20% to 80% by weight has a molecular weight of 25 kDa or greater 8% by weight or less has a molecular weight of 1.4 kDa or lower and in that it has a nitrogen solubility index of 90% or greater at pH 1 to 10. The preferred cereal protein derives from wheat. Also disclosed is a process for producing the composition comprising providing a slurry having a degree of hydrolysis of 3 to 8, determining the pH, adjusting the pH of the slurry and separating the aqueous-soluble portion of the slurry. Compositions according to the invention find use as milk protein replacements and as components in nutritional supplements, sports drinks, or food products including beverages. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20110009598 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CELL EXTRACT FOR CELL-FREE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS - A cell extract for cell-free protein synthesis is produced by removing substances, which bind to an affinity support to be used in purification or interaction analysis, from a cell extract having protein synthetic activity. Then, a target protein is synthesized by using the cell extract for cell-free protein synthesis. The synthesized target protein can be purified by using the affinity support and used in interaction analysis. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20120095189 | Filtration of a Liquid Comprising a Plant Stress Protein - The invention relates to a method for recovering a stress protein from a plant, comprising: obtaining a liquid comprising the stress protein from the plant; precipitating one or more components other than the stress protein from the liquid; adding a fibrous filter aid and a mineral powder to the liquid; then subjecting the liquid comprising the stress protein, precipitated component(s), the fibrous filter aid and the mineral powder to a first filtration step over a filter, thereby separating the precipitate, fibrous filter aid and mineral powder from the filtrate comprising the stress protein; thereafter subjecting the filtrate to a further filtration step; and thereafter purifying the stress protein. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20130274443 | PROTEIN CONCENTRATE FROM STARCH CONTAINING GRAINS: COMPOSITION, METHOD OF MAKING, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to methods of producing a protein concentrate from a starch containing grain and uses thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the protein concentrate produced is used to prepare an aquaculture feed. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20140142285 | WHEAT PROTEIN ISOLATES AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING - Isolated wheat proteins that are substantially free of additives, processing aids, added acids, buffers, reagents, or added enzymes and compositions formed from the isolated wheat proteins are described. Methods of forming compositions which include isolated wheat proteins that are substantially free of additives, processing aids, added acids, buffers, reagents, or added enzymes are also described. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20160130525 | CONTINUOUS DRY MILLING METHOD OF WHOLE GRAIN COMPONENT EXTRACTION - Oil and protein are extracted from a plant-based feedstock using an extruder and a static mixer along with absolute ethanol and supercritical CO | 05-12-2016 |
| 530376000 | Derived from corn | 2 |
| 20110319596 | HYBRID VEGETABLE PROTEIN AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SAME - A hybrid vegetable protein is described, comprising a guest protein having the structure of prolamine and glutelin, and a host protein having the structure of globulin and albumin, obtained from vegetable grains, such as corn and soybean, respectively. Likewise, a method for obtaining said hybrid vegetable protein is described, which comprises the steps of extracting the guest and host proteins, carrying out an acidification thereof, and further applying a magnetic field to provoke their attachment, and finally adding an alkali to the attached proteins to obtain a hybrid vegetable protein at its isoelectric point. The protein thus produced has a value higher than 0.97 according to the PDCAAS rating. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20140303348 | ZEIN COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION - A high cysteine content zein composition is provided. A method and system for the manufacture of the bioproduct is likewise disclosed herein. | 10-09-2014 |
