Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm I. Michael Dixon
  • Plant protein for nutritional products and method of making same
    Patent number: 6440469
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of producing plant proteins for use in nutritional products that have reduced levels of phytoestrogens, manganese or nucleotides. More specifically, this invention is directed to a method of using ion exchange technology to remove phytoestrogens, manganese or nucleotides from plant proteins. This invention is also directed to the plant protein product resulting from the inventive process and to nutritional products that use the plant protein product as a source of amino nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: John D. Suh, Karin M. Ostrom, Louis I. Ndife, Paul S. Anloague, James N. Chmura, Andre Daab-Krzykowski, Paul W. Johns, Diane M. Garcia, Terrence B. Mazer, Fu-i Mei