Patents by Inventor Fergal Rattray

Fergal Rattray 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: 11241019
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for making Cheddar type and Continental type cheese with an adjunct culture comprising a Lactobacillus helveticus strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: CHR. HANSEN A/S
    Inventors: Fergal Rattray, Annette Helle Johansen, Mikkel Laust Broe
  • 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: 20110206805
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for making Cheddar type and Continental type cheese with an adjunct culture comprising a Lactobacillus helveticus strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Fergal Rattray, Annette Helle Johansen, Mikkel Laust Broe