Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Susan M. Ben-Oliel
  • Method of high pressure processing of materials
    Patent number: 6322837
    Abstract: A method of pressure processing a material comprises placing the material in a pressure chamber of an enclosed housing, said chamber providing a pressurizing medium and an inflatable resilient pouch, said pouch then being inflated with a pressure agent such that pressure is applied by the surface of the pouch to the pressurizing medium, said medium in turn applying pressure to the material for a sufficient duration and degree to process the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Nakayama Engineering Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Junya Nakayama
  • Process of isolating a phytosterol composition from pulping soap
    Patent number: 5770749
    Abstract: The invention is drawn to a process for isolating and purifying a phytosterol composition from a pulping soap by first extracting a creamy precipitate from the pulping soap using a solvent mixture of water, ketone, and hydrocarbon, and then purifying the cremy precipitate to form the phytosterol composition. The invention also includes the phytosterol composition formed by this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia - University Maison Office (Industrial)
    Inventors: James P. Kutney, Egon Novak, Peter J. Jones
  • Diamond
    Patent number: D476258
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Inventor: Andrew Thatcher