Patents by Inventor Beverly A. Friend

Beverly A. Friend 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 reducing the level of objectionable flavors in vegetable protein by microorganism contact
    Patent number: 4642236
    Abstract: A process for the reduction of undesirable flavor components contained in a vegetable protein material such as a soy isolate, is described. An aqueous slurry of the vegetable protein material is formed and contacted with a mold of the genus Rhizopus or Aspergillus under conditions that are sufficient to reduce the level of undesirable flavor components in the protein material, yet insufficient to result in substantial replication or growth of the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: Ralston Purina Company
    Inventors: Beverly A. Friend, Dennis L. Gierhart, Judy K. O'Brien