Patents by Inventor Erik Hoeier

Erik Hoeier 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).

  • Method for making cheese
    Patent number: 10822665
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for making cheese of the continental type or the cheddar type, especially reduced-fat or low-fat cheese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CHR. HANSEN A/S
    Inventors: Marie-Claude Bezenger, Ilka Eppert, Niels Kristian Soerensen, Erik Hoeier, Anne-Gaelle Le Tual, Mikkel Laust Broe, Fergal P. Rattray
  • METHOD FOR MAKING CHEESE
    Publication number: 20140348978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing cheese with good flavour, especially low-salt cheese by using a lactic acid bacteria (LAB) starter culture which is glutamate decarboxylation (GAD) negative. The method may additionally involve inoculating the milk substrate with a GAD-negative Lb. helveticus strain having a high lytic and peptidolytic activity, which further releases glutamate into the milk Additional application of camel chymosin reduces bitterness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Kirsten Kastberg Moeller, Fergal Rattray, Erik Hoeier, Yiva Ardoe
  • METHOD FOR MAKING CHEESE
    Publication number: 20100178387
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for making cheese of the continental type or the cheddar type, especially reduced-fat or low-fat cheese.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: CHR. HANSEN A/S
    Inventors: Marie-Claude Bezenger, Ilka Eppert, Niels Kristian Soerensen, Erik Hoeier, Anne-Gaelle Le Tual, Mikkel Laust Broe
  • Process for Producing Cheese
    Publication number: 20080220123
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing cheese comprising treating cheese milk, or a fraction of cheese milk, with a phospholipase and adding whey protein to the cheese milk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Christian Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Tine Muxoll Fatum, Erik Hoeier, John Lyne, Mikkel Laust Broe
  • Method and apparatus for preparing a dairy product
    Patent number: 7018664
    Abstract: A novel method and apparatus are disclosed for the manufacturing of dairy products. Also dairy products prepared by means of the disclosed method are comprised by the invention. The novel method makes use of preactivated cultures and results in a reduction of production time and costs in addition to a less complicated planning of the production work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Erik Høier, Claus Michael Andersen