Patents by Inventor Dani Zhu

Dani Zhu 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).

  • Production of protein-polysaccharide conjugates
    Patent number: 11779040
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for producing protein-polysaccharide conjugates in aqueous solutions. Also provided are methods for limiting the Maillard reaction to the very initial stage, the formation of the Schiff base. Provided are methods to obtain a simple product of Schiff base with white color, and compositions obtained using the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: John A. Lucey, Dani Zhu, Srinivasan Damodaran
  • PRODUCTION OF PROTEIN-POLYSACCHARIDE CONJUGATES
    Publication number: 20200352205
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for producing protein-polysaccharide conjugates in aqueous solutions. Also provided are methods for limiting the Maillard reaction to the very initial stage, the formation of the Schiff base. Provided are methods to obtain a simple product of Schiff base with white color, and compositions obtained using the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: John A. Lucey, Dani Zhu, Srinivasan Damodaran
  • Production of protein-polysaccharide conjugates
    Patent number: 10765135
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for producing protein-polysaccharide conjugates in aqueous solutions. Also provided are methods for limiting the Maillard reaction to the very initial stage, the formation of the Schiff base. Provided are methods to obtain a simple product of Schiff base with white color, and compositions obtained using the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: John A. Lucey, Dani Zhu, Srinivasan Damodaran
  • PRODUCTION OF PROTEIN-POLYSACCHARIDE CONJUGATES
    Publication number: 20170049141
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for producing protein-polysaccharide conjugates in aqueous solutions. Also provided are methods for limiting the Maillard reaction to the very initial stage, the formation of the Schiff base. Provided are methods to obtain a simple product of Schiff base with white color, and compositions obtained using the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: John A. Lucey, Dani Zhu, Srinivasan Damodaran
  • Legume and/or oil seed flour-based adhesive composition
    Patent number: 9353300
    Abstract: Adhesives made from phosphorylated legume and oil seed flours are described. The adhesive composition includes water and a legume and/or oil seed flour in which at least a portion of ?-amino moieties in lysine residues present in the flour are phosphorylated. An oxidizing agent may also optionally be added to the adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Srinivasan Damodaran, Dani Zhu