Patents by Inventor Alina Ruxandra Tenea

Alina Ruxandra Tenea 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).

  • PROCESSED LEGUMINOUS MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20240090541
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of processing raw leguminous materials, such as pea flour, pea concentrate, or pea isolate, to reduce non-volatile flavor components and in particular bound saponin compounds. The methods includes select processing steps by steam cooking a raw slurry to form a cooked slurry and drying the cooked slurry to form a processed material. An amount of non-volatile flavor components in the processed material is less than an amount of non-volatile flavor components in the raw materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Monjur HOSSEN, John David PINKSTON, Alina Ruxandra TENEA, George CHERIAN
  • Processed leguminous materials
    Patent number: 11744271
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of processing raw leguminous materials, such as pea flour, pea concentrate, or pea isolate, to reduce non-volatile flavor components and in particular bound saponin compounds. The methods includes select processing steps by steam cooking a raw slurry to form a cooked slurry and drying the cooked slurry to form a processed material. An amount of non-volatile flavor components in the processed material is less than an amount of non-volatile flavor components in the raw materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: KELLOGG COMPANY
    Inventors: Monjur Hossen, John David Pinkston, Alina Ruxandra Tenea, George Cherian
  • Processed Leguminous Materials
    Publication number: 20190000120
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of processing raw leguminous materials, such as pea flour, pea concentrate, or pea isolate, to reduce non-volatile flavor components and in particular bound saponin compounds. The methods includes select processing steps by steam cooking a raw slurry to form a cooked slurry and drying the cooked slurry to form a processed material. An amount of non-volatile flavor components in the processed material is less than an amount of non-volatile flavor components in the raw materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Monjur Hossen, John David Pinkston, Alina Ruxandra Tenea, George Cherian