Patents by Inventor Andreas Wäsche

Andreas Wäsche 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).

  • Patent number: 7300681
    Abstract: Shown is a method for producing protein preparations having essentially constant functional properties for technical applications within a broad pH range from about pH 3 to pH 10 by means of extraction from a starting product which contains protein, notably legumes, grains or oilseed. The invention is distinguished by the protein-containing starting product undergoing at least one liquid extraction step and that the raffinate and/or extract obtained thereby undergoes at least one membrane separation process in which a residue is obtained or undergoes thermal upgrading in which a concentrate is obtained and that the residue or the concentrate contain the protein preparations having the desired functional properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Wäsche, Thomas Luck, Wolfgang Holley, Stefanie Dudek
  • Patent number: 7074449
    Abstract: A method of treating and processing alkaloid, oil and protein-containing lupine seeds for the extraction of products from the lupine seeds by means of targeted fractionation is described, whereby the comminuted lupine seed is de-oiled by introducing a solvent and the residue is depleted of substances soluble in the acid range, preferably of alkaloids, by adding acids. The invention is characterized by the provisions that the lupine seeds are comminuted and/or shaped to form discoid flakes in such a way that after pre-crushing of the shelled or non-shelled seed containing the plant seeds the comminution of the plant seeds is carried out by means of a cooled flocculating roller, and the seed is heated by indirect supply of heat, largely with exclusion of water, and that after de-oiling the depletion of the flakes of substances soluble in the acid range, preferably of alkaloids, is performed by aqueous extraction, with a refined product of reduced alkaloid level and an aqueous extract being obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung Derangewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Holley, Klaus Müller, Hisham Kamal, Andreas Wäsche, Axel Borcherding, Thomas Luck