Patents by Inventor Martti Vaara

Martti Vaara 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).

  • Degraded polysaccharide derivatives
    Patent number: 5569483
    Abstract: A degradation product of a polysaccharide derivative comprising a mixture of oligomers of the polysaccharide derivative, the majority of said oligomers having a molecular weight such that the oligomer conforms to a rod-like configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Alko Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Maritta Timonen, ChoKyun Rha, Timo Vaara, Lindsey Bagley, Sarah Bosdet, Michael Lindley, Tarja Lahtinen, Marja Turunen, Martti Vaara
  • Degraded polysaccharide derivatives and foodstuffs containing same
    Patent number: 5525368
    Abstract: A degradation product of a polysaccharide derivative comprising a mixture of oligomers of the polysaccharide derivative, the majority of said oligomers having a molecular weight such that the oligomer conforms to a rod-like configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Alko Group Ltd.
    Inventors: ChoKyun Rha, Timo Vaara, Maritta Timonen, Tarja Lahtinen, Marja Turunen, Martti Vaara, Lindsey Bagley, Sarah Bosdet, Michael Lindley
  • Foodstuffs containing novel degraded cellulose derivatives
    Patent number: 5366755
    Abstract: A degradation product of a polysaccharide derivative comprising a mixture of oligomers of the polysaccharide derivative, the majority of said oligomers having a molecular weight such that the oligomer conforms to a rod-like configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Inventors: Maritta Timonen, ChoKyun Rha, Timo Vaara, Lindsey Bagley, Sarah Bosdet, Michael Lindley, Tarja Lahtinen, Marja Turunen, Martti Vaara
  • Process for steeping cereals with a new enzyme preparation
    Patent number: 4914029
    Abstract: Corn or sorghum kernels are steeped in warm water containing sulfur dioxide in the presence of an enzyme preparation including one or more phytin-degrading enzymes, such as phytase and acid phosphatases, to eliminate or greatly reduce phytic acid and the salts of phytic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignee: Dorr-Oliver Incorporated
    Inventors: Abraham Caransa, Timo Vaara, Martti Vaara, Maarit Simell, Antti Lehmussaari
  • Compounds for use in antibacterial therapy
    Patent number: 4510132
    Abstract: A compound having the general formula ##STR1## in which Dab is diaminobutyric acid; A is either leucine, threonine, isoleucine or phenylalanine; B is either leucine or threonine; D is either D-leucine or D-phenylalanine; and C is a substituent selected from the group comprising --Dab--Thr, --Dab--Thr--Dab, --Dab, --Dab--Thr--Acyl and H, in which Thr is threonine, Acyl is a lower acyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms and Dab is as defined above. These compounds are useful in sensitizing Gram-negative bacteria to antibacterial agents and to the host defence mechanism complement when subjecting said Gram-negative bacteria to the action of said compounds. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition for use in sensitizing Gram-negative bacteria to antibacterial agents, complement or both, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of said compound in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Inventor: Martti Vaara