Patents by Inventor Aldo Buffa

Aldo Buffa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for making foods and feeds
    Patent number: 3950543
    Abstract: A process for making foods and animal feeds from starchy raw materials, such as flour, meal and grits of cereals, pulses, starch roots, tubers, oil seeds, cakes of oil seeds, milk products, or mixtures of these materials, which includes the steps of: mixing water and at least one high-temperature resistant enzyme with the raw materials to form an extrudable paste; effecting partial gelatinization and initiating fermentation by extruding the paste while heating the paste to a temperature of from 65.degree.C (149.degree.F) to 115.degree.C (239.degree.F); converting the starch into dextrins and sugars by treating the extruded product in a fermentation apparatus for 40 to 90 minutes at a temperature of 55.degree.C (131.degree.F) to 90.degree.C (194.degree.F) in a high humidity atmosphere, as near as possible to saturation; and drying the product after fermentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Assignees: United Nations Childrens' Fund, Aldo Buffa, Gebrueder Buehler AG
    Inventors: Aldo Buffa, Adolf Holliger