Patents Represented by Attorney William Takacs

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  • Preparation of alpha-amylase inhibitor
    Patent number: 3944537
    Abstract: Alpha-amylase inhibitor is prepared from whole wheat or other wheat material by blending the starting material with aqueous alkali, separating the juice therefrom, coagulating and separating a protein concentrate from the juice, and then applying acetone to the residual juice to precipitate the alpha-amylase inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Robert M. Saunders, George O. Kohler
  • Removing heavy metal ions from water
    Patent number: 3944415
    Abstract: Heavy metal ions are removed from water by contact with formaldehyde-modified nut waste or tree bark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: John M. Randall, Earl Hautala, Anthony C. Waiss, Jr., Judith A. Kuhnle
  • 3,4-Methylenedioxy-cinnamyloxybenzene as a mosquito larvicide
    Patent number: 3939273
    Abstract: Method of destroying mosquito larvae by applying to them the compound 3,4-methylenedioxy-cinnamyloxybenzene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventor: Leonard Jurd
  • Process for improving the digestibility of hemicellulose-free straw
    Patent number: 3937849
    Abstract: Straw from which the hemicellulose has been removed is not digestible by ruminants. By application of the invention this material is rendered digestible. The process of the invention involves treatment of the hemicellulose-free straw with dioxane containing a small proportion of hydrochloric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Youn W. Han, James W. Pence, Arthur W. Anderson
  • Flameproofing wool textiles
    Patent number: 3936267
    Abstract: The flame resistance of wool textiles is increased by sequential application of N,N',N"-triallylphosphoramide and bromine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: William L. Wasley, Allen G. Pittman
  • Water leaching pre-fried potato slices
    Patent number: 3934046
    Abstract: The invention enables the production of fried potato products of greatly improved texture, flavor, and color from raw stock that exhibits excessive browning tendencies and which would normally yield fried products of excessively dark color. Typically, pieces of raw potato are pre-fried in edible oil for a short period, then leached with water. The leached pieces may be further processed in various ways, e.g., finish-fried, or par-fried and then refrigerated for distribution to the consumer or food service operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Merle L. Weaver, Masahide Nonaka
  • Photodegradable plastic composition containing a N-halo imide
    Patent number: 3932352
    Abstract: Polyolefins capable of photodegradation are prepared by incorporating in the polyolefin an additive which contains chlorine, bromine, or iodine directly linked to the nitrogen atom of an amide or imide group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Bernard Freedman, Martin J. Diamond
  • Photodegradable plastics containing .beta.-halophenyl ketones
    Patent number: 3932338
    Abstract: Polyolefins capable of photodegradation are prepared by incorporating in the polyolefin an additive which contains chlorine, bromine, or iodine in a position alpha to a carbonyl group and whicih also contains a phenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Bernard Freedman, Martin J. Diamond
  • Process for setting textiles
    Patent number: 3932124
    Abstract: Wool or other protein textiles are provided with a durable set by arranging them in a predetermined pattern, and while constrained in such pattern contacting them with a hydroxylic liquid--i.e., ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycidol, glycerol, or diethylene glycol--under controlled conditions of time and temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: William L. Wasley, Allen G. Pittman
  • Preparation of stretchable wool textiles
    Patent number: 3932125
    Abstract: Wool textiles of enhanced stretch properties are prepared by contacting the textile with a hydroxylic liquid, i.e., ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycidol, glycerol, or diethylene glycol, under controlled conditions of time and temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: William L. Wasley, Allen G. Pittman