Patents Assigned to Honiron Corporation (a Louisiana Corporation)
  • Sugarcane fractioning system
    Patent number: 6479636
    Abstract: A method of extracting and purifying recombinant protein(s) from transgenic sugarcane is disclosed. Fractioning of sugarcane juice that has been extracted from the cane stalks is obtained by using a multiple stage filtering process that uses multiple stages of decreasing porosity (preferably screening) followed by preferably membrane type filters, ion exchange, membrane adsorber, and chromatographic processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignees: Honiron Corporation (a Louisiana Corporation), The Texas A&M University (an Agency of the State of Texas)
    Inventors: T. Erik Mirkov, Jean P. Monclin, Adam Barrilleaux, James E. Irvine, Francis Moonan