Patents by Inventor Gerhard Biernoth

Gerhard Biernoth 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).

  • Fat blends containing milk fat or a milk fat fraction and non-milk fat, and spreads containing said fat blends
    Patent number: 4716047
    Abstract: Fat blends comprising milk fat and a non-milk fat comprising specific triglycerides, the composition of which being such that spreads produced from said fat blends have a plasticity and organoleptic properties reminiscent of dairy butter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1987
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company
    Inventors: Gerhard Biernoth, Hans-Udo Menz, Klaus H. Todt, Theophil Wieske
  • Fractionation of butterfat using a liquefied gas or a gas in the supercritical state
    Patent number: 4504503
    Abstract: A process for producing a mixture of triglycerides displaying butter-like properties by fractionating fats with a liquefied gas or a gas under supercritical conditions. Said mixture of triglycerides predominantly consists of triglycerides with a carbon number ranging from 24 to 42 and can be used as one of the fat components of a margarine fat blend in order to improve its butter-like properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company
    Inventors: Gerhard Biernoth, Werner Merk