Patents Assigned to Louisiana State University and Agricultural College
  • Method for processing a perishable product
    Patent number: 5597599
    Abstract: A method of preservation and presentation including the steps of positioning a perishable product having a significant porosity and permeability into a gas impermeable package in the presence of a first agent, thereafter sealing the product in the package in the presence of the agent under a positive pressure and maintaining gas communication between the product and the first agent for a time necessary for the concentration of the first agent to be reduced by 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignees: Pakor, Inc., Louisiana State University and Agricultural College
    Inventors: Brian S. Smith, Kenneth W. McMillin, John H. Wells, A. James Farr, Jerry L. Mitchell
  • Molecular clone of a chitinase gene from vibrio parahemolyticus
    Patent number: 5352607
    Abstract: A process for cloning the chitinase gene of Vibrio parahemolyticus is provided, comprising the steps of cleaving the Vibrio parahemolyticus DNA with Sau3A, PSTI or other restriction enzyme, mixing the cleaved DNA fragments in the presence of pUC18 and T4 ligase to produce a composite plasmid, and inserting the composite plasmid in a DH5a strain of E. Coli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: Louisiana State University and Agricultural College
    Inventors: Roger A. Laine, Chin-Yih Ou, Jesse M. Jaynes