Patents Examined by Susan D. Ge
  • Enzymatic treatment of proteinaceous animal by-product materials to impart cohesion and strength
    Patent number: 6200789
    Abstract: A method of producing useful products from animal by-products by incubating animal by-products in a transglutaminase-containing solution to produce transglutaminase-treated animal by-products, compressing the transglutaminase-treated animal by-products to produced a compressed product, and drying the compressed product. The transglutaminase containing solution need not contain casein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: William N. Marmer, Eleanor M. Brown, Maryann M. Taylor, Luisa F. Cabeza