Patents by Inventor Martin Schweizer

Martin Schweizer 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).

  • Patent number: 11882850
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to soy protein products, very low in, or free of, beany flavour notes and useful for the fortification of food and beverage products and prepared without the use of salt in the process. The soy protein products of the present invention are obtained by extracting soy protein source with water to form an aqueous soy protein solution, at least partially separating the aqueous soy protein solution from residual soy protein source, adjusting the pH of the aqueous soy protein solution to a pH of about 1.5 to about 3.6 to solubilize at least a portion of the protein and form an acidified soy protein solution then separating the acidified soy protein solution from the acid insoluble solid material. The acidified soy protein solution may be dried following optional concentration and diafiltration to form a soy protein product, which may be an isolate. The acid insoluble solid material may be washed with acidified water and then dried to form another soy protein product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Burcon NutraScience (MB) Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin I. Segall, Martin Schweizer, Brent E. Green
  • Publication number: 20230345966
    Abstract: An aqueous solution of a soy protein product having a protein content of at least about 60 wt % (N×6.25) d.b. which is completely soluble in aqueous media at a pH of less than about 4.4 and heat stable at that pH range is adjusted in pH to a pH of about 6.1 to about 8. The resulting product is further processed by drying the product, recovering and drying any precipitated soy protein material, heat treating and then drying the product, or heat treating the product and recovering and drying any precipitated soy protein material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: BURCON NUTRASCIENCE (MB) CORP.
    Inventors: Brent E. Green, Martin Schweizer, Kevin I. Segall
  • Publication number: 20230240322
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to processes for producing pulse protein products, very low in, or substantially free of, pea/vegetable flavour notes useful for the fortification of food and beverage products and prepared without the use of salt in the process. The pulse protein products are obtained by extracting pulse protein source with water to form an aqueous pulse protein solution, at least partially separating the aqueous pulse protein solution from residual pulse protein source, adjusting the pH of the aqueous pulse protein solution to a pH of about 1.5 to about 3.4 to solubilize the bulk of the protein and forming an acidified pulse protein solution then separating the acidified pulse protein solution from the acid insoluble solid material. Also described is the preparation of an acid soluble protein product and which provides acidic solutions of improved clarity and is derived from the acidified pulse protein solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin I. Segall, Brent E. Green, Martin Schweizer
  • Patent number: 11638983
    Abstract: Apparatus with a rotationally drivable receptacle for a grinding tool to be tested, wherein the apparatus comprises: an optical testing apparatus arranged such that the grinding tool, while being rotatably driven, is at least partially irradiated by light emanating from an emitter of the testing apparatus, and that at least a portion of the light from the grinding tool is reflectable in the direction towards a sensor of the testing apparatus, wherein the sensor is adapted to provide test information, a computing device which is designed for processing the test information in order to determine a 3-dimensional vector model of the grinding tool from macroscopic basic information, a memory in which a target vector model is stored, a computing device which is designed for comparing the vector model with the target vector model in order to enable the determination of deviations between the vector models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: KLINGELNBERG GMBH
    Inventor: Martin Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20230115803
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to non-soy oilseed protein products, very low in, or free of, beany, green, vegetable or similar flavour notes and useful for the fortification of food and beverage products and prepared without the use of salt in the process. The non-soy oilseed protein products of the present invention are obtained by extracting non-soy oilseed protein source with water to form an aqueous non-soy oilseed protein solution, at least partially separating the aqueous non-soy oilseed protein solution from residual non-soy oilseed protein source, adjusting the pH of the aqueous non-soy oilseed protein solution to a pH between about 1.5 and a value about 1 pH unit lower than the typical pH of isoelectric precipitation to solubilize the bulk of the protein and form an acidified non-soy oilseed protein solution then separating the acidified non-soy oilseed protein solution from the acid insoluble solid material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: BURCON NUTRASCIENCE (MB) CORP.
    Inventors: Kevin I. Segall, Martin Schweizer, Brent E. Green
  • Patent number: 11589597
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pulse protein products, very low in, or substantially free of, pea/vegetable flavour notes characteristic of conventional commercial pulse protein products and useful for the fortification of food and beverage products and prepared without the use of salt in the process. The pulse protein products of the present invention are obtained by extracting pulse protein source with water to form an aqueous pulse protein solution, at least partially separating the aqueous pulse protein solution from residual pulse protein source, adjusting the pH of the aqueous pulse protein solution to a pH of about 1.5 to about 3.4 to solubilize the bulk of the protein and form an acidified pulse protein solution then separating the acidified pulse protein solution from the acid insoluble solid material. The acidified pulse protein solution may be dried following optional concentration and diafiltration to form a pulse protein product, which may be an isolate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin I. Segall, Brent E. Green, Martin Schweizer
  • Patent number: 11503842
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to non-soy oilseed protein products, very low in, or free of, beany, green, vegetable or similar flavour notes and useful for the fortification of food and beverage products and prepared without the use of salt in the process. The non-soy oilseed protein products of the present invention are obtained by extracting non-soy oilseed protein source with water to form an aqueous non-soy oilseed protein solution, at least partially separating the aqueous non-soy oilseed protein solution from residual non-soy oilseed protein source, adjusting the pH of the aqueous non-soy oilseed protein solution to a pH between about 1.5 and a value about 1 pH unit lower than the typical pH of isoelectric precipitation to solubilize the bulk of the protein and form an acidified non-soy oilseed protein solution then separating the acidified non-soy oilseed protein solution from the acid insoluble solid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Burcon Nutrascience (MB) Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin I. Segall, Martin Schweizer, Brent E. Green
  • Publication number: 20220142201
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to sunflower protein products, very low in, or free of, beany, green, vegetable or similar flavour notes and useful for the fortification of food and beverage products and prepared without the use of salt in the process. The sunflower protein products of the present invention are obtained by extracting sunflower protein source with water to form an aqueous sunflower solution, at least partially separating the aqueous sunflower protein solution from residual sunflower protein source, adjusting the pH of the aqueous sunflower protein solution to a pH between about 1.5 to about 3.5 to solubilize the bulk of the protein and form an acidified sunflower protein solution then separating the acidified sunflower protein solution from the add insoluble solid material. The acidified sunflower protein solution may be dried following optional concentration and diafiltration to form a sunflower protein product, which may be an isolate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: BURCON NUTRASCIENCE (MB) CORP.
    Inventors: Kevin Segall, Martin SCHWEIZER, Brent E. GREEN
  • Publication number: 20220087293
    Abstract: A pulse protein product, which may be an isolate, produces heat-stable solutions at low pH values and is useful for the fortification of acidic beverages such as soft drinks and sports drinks without precipitation of protein. The pulse protein product is obtained by extracting a pulse protein source material with an aqueous calcium salt solution to form an aqueous pulse protein solution, separating the aqueous pulse protein solution from residual pulse protein source, adjusting the pH of the aqueous pulse protein solution to a pH of about 1.5 to about 4.4 to produce an acidified pulse protein solution, which may be dried, following optional concentration and diafiltration, to provide the pulse protein product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: BURCON NUTRASCIENCE (MB) CORP.
    Inventors: Kevin SEGALL, Martin Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20220022491
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to processes for producing pulse protein products, very low in, or substantially free of, pea/vegetable flavour notes useful for the fortification of food and beverage products and prepared without the use of salt in the process. The pulse protein products are obtained by extracting pulse protein source with water to form an aqueous pulse protein solution, at least partially separating the aqueous pulse protein solution from residual pulse protein source, adjusting the pH of the aqueous pulse protein solution to a pH of about 1.5 to about 3.4 to solubilize the bulk of the protein and forming an acidified pulse protein solution then separating the acidified pulse protein solution from the acid insoluble solid material. Also described is the preparation of an acid soluble protein product and which provides acidic solutions of improved clarity and is derived from the acidified pulse protein solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Burcon Nutrascience (MB) Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin I. Segall, Brent E. Green, Martin Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20210307356
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to soy protein products, very low in, or free of, beany flavour notes and useful for the fortification of food and beverage products and prepared without the use of salt in the process. The soy protein products of the present invention are obtained by extracting soy protein source with water to form an aqueous soy protein solution, at least partially separating the aqueous soy protein solution from residual soy protein source, adjusting the pH of the aqueous soy protein solution to a pH of about 1.5 to about 3.6 to solubilize at least a portion of the protein and form an acidified soy protein solution then separating the acidified soy protein solution from the acid insoluble solid material. The acidified soy protein solution may be dried following optional concentration and diafiltration to form a soy protein product, which may be an isolate. The acid insoluble solid material may be washed with acidified water and then dried to form another soy protein product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin I. Segall, Martin Schweizer, Brent E. Green
  • Patent number: 11134705
    Abstract: An aqueous solution of a pulse protein product having a protein content of at least about 60 wt % (N×6.25) d.b. which is soluble in aqueous media at a pH of less than about 4.4 and heat stable at that pH range is adjusted in pH to a pH of about 6 to about 8. The resulting product is further processed by drying the product, recovering and drying any precipitated pulse protein material, heat treating and then drying the product, or heat treating the product and recovering and drying any precipitated pulse protein material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin I. Segall, Martin Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20210186051
    Abstract: An aqueous solution of a soy protein product having a protein content of at least about 60 wt % (N×6.25) d.b. which is completely soluble in aqueous media at a pH of less than about 4.4 and heat stable at that pH range is adjusted in pH to a pH of about 6.1 to about 8. The resulting product is further processed by drying the product, recovering and drying any precipitated soy protein material, heat treating and then drying the product, or heat treating the product and recovering and drying any precipitated soy protein material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: BURCON NUTRASCIENCE (MB) CORP.
    Inventors: Brent E. Green, Martin Schweizer, Kevin I. Segall
  • Patent number: 11013243
    Abstract: Canola protein products having a protein content of at least about 60 wt % (N×6.25) d.b., preferably at least about 90 wt %, more preferably at lease about 100 wt %, and low phytic acid content, are produced by extracting canola seeds or canola oil seed meal with an aqueous calcium salt solution, preferably calcium chloride solution, to cause solubilization of canola protein from the seeds or meal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventors: Randy Willardsen, Martin Schweizer, Kevin I. Segall
  • Patent number: 10966436
    Abstract: Pulse proteins of reduced astringency are obtained by fractionating pulse protein products which are completely soluble and heat stable in aqueous media at acid pH value of less than about 4.4 into lower molecular weight, less astringent proteins and higher molecular weight, more astringent proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Martin Schweizer, Sarah Medina, Kevin I. Segall
  • Patent number: 10865223
    Abstract: A pulse protein product having a protein content of at least about 50 wt % (N×6.25) d.b. is recovered in the processing of pulse protein source material to form pulse protein products wherein the pulse protein source is extracted in one embodiment with calcium salt solution. The resulting pulse protein solution is separated from the bulk of the residual pulse protein source and then the pulse protein solution is processed to remove finer residual solids, which are optionally washed and then dried to provide the pulse protein product. In another embodiment, the pulse protein source is extracted with water, the bulk of the residual protein source removed and the resulting pulse protein solution treated with calcium salt to precipitate phytic acid. The precipitated phytic acid and any finer residual solids remaining in solution after the initial separation step are removed from the pulse protein solution then optionally washed and dried to provide the pulse protein product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: BURCON NUTRASCIENCE (MB) CORP.
    Inventors: Brent E. Green, Martin Schweizer, Sampson Russ
  • Publication number: 20200262028
    Abstract: Method for dressing a grinding tool by means of a machine tool including dressing the grinding tool with a form dressing roller and generating a tool profile on the grinding tool by a contact between the rotating grinding tool and the rotating form dressing roller along a dressing path, and generating relative movement therebetween along the dressing path automatically with the aid of two or more NC axes, wherein during the relative movement along the dressing path and during the contact between the form dressing roller and the grinding tool, each of the NC axes has an axial velocity with an absolute value greater than zero, and none of these NC axes carries out a directional reversal or comes to a standstill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Martin Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20200196628
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to soy protein products, very low in, or free of, beany flavour notes and useful for the fortification of food and beverage products and prepared without the use of salt in the process. The soy protein products of the present invention are obtained by extracting soy protein source with water to form an aqueous soy protein solution, at least partially separating the aqueous soy protein solution from residual soy protein source, adjusting the pH of the aqueous soy protein solution to a pH of about 1.5 to about 3.6 to solubilize at least a portion of the protein and form an acidified soy protein solution then separating the acidified soy protein solution from the acid insoluble solid material. The acidified soy protein solution may be dried following optional concentration and diafiltration to form a soy protein product, which may be an isolate. The acid insoluble solid material may be washed with acidified water and then dried to form another soy protein product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Burcon NutraScience (MB) Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin I. Segall, Martin Schweizer, Brent E. Green
  • Publication number: 20200189016
    Abstract: A method for inspecting a dressable worm grinding wheel, having the following method steps: providing a dressable worm grinding wheel in a machine tool, wherein the worm grinding wheel has at least one worm thread and wherein the machine tool comprises a dressing tool for dressing the worm grinding wheel; traveling along a thread head of the worm thread in contact with a region of the dressing tool; measuring and analyzing at least one signal during the travel along the thread head, which is characteristic for the contact between the dressing tool and the thread head of the worm thread, such as a contact force, a displacement, a structure-borne noise, a power consumption of a drive, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Schweizer, Sergej Amboni
  • Patent number: 10575538
    Abstract: A soy protein product is obtained by extracting a soy protein source material with an aqueous calcium salt solution to form an aqueous soy protein solution and adjusting the pH of the mixture of aqueous soy protein solution and residual soy protein source to a pH of about 1.5 to about 4.4. The acidified soy protein solution then is separated from the residual soy protein source. The acidified soy protein solution may be dried, following optional concentration and diafiltration, to provide the soy protein product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: BURCON NUTRISCIENCE (MB) CORP.
    Inventors: Martin Schweizer, Kevin I. Segall