Patents by Inventor Carl-Gunnar Kroon

Carl-Gunnar Kroon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fractionated vegetable oil
    Patent number: 6355693
    Abstract: A new method for producing a fractionated vegetable oil from a plant material. The plant material is extracted with a non-polar solvent and the solvent is evaporated giving a crude oil which includes non-polar and polar lipids. The crude oil is mixed with an alcohol at a controlled temperature and a resulting alcoholic phase is separated and evaporated to recover a polar lipid rich fractionated vegetable oil. The invention also refers to the use of the polar lipid rich fractionated vegetable oil as a surface active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Scotia Lipidteknik AB
    Inventors: Bengt Herslöf, Per Tingvall, Carl-Gunnar Kroon