Patents Examined by Fabian A. Jamelson
  • Whey protein fractionation using high pressure or supercritical carbon dioxide
    Patent number: 5925737
    Abstract: A process for the fractionation of proteins from an aqueous solution of whey is described. The process includes mixing the solution with carbon dioxide under pressure, heating the mixture to increase the pressure, releasing the pressure and lowering the temperature of the mixture, then separating a supernatant liquor from a precipitate which results from the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Peggy M. Tomasula, Nicholas Parris