Patents Assigned to Inter-Mittex AG
  • Process and apparatus for freeing bitter lupin seed of bitter substances therein
    Patent number: 4994272
    Abstract: A process for treating bitter lupin seeds, wherein the seed is reduced to a very fine particle size either before or during a countercurrent extraction using aqueous solutions which contain differing concentrations of lupin-seed extract, produces a material containing bitter substances extracted from the lupin seed which can be used as a biologically active agent, for example, to affect the growth of plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Inter-Mittex AG
    Inventor: Peter Hussmann