Patents by Inventor Günther Laufenberg

Günther Laufenberg 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 obtaining inulin from plants
    Patent number: 9096693
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for obtaining inulin which comprises: a) finely comminuting inulin-containing plant material, wherein particle sizes of the plant material are generated which are smaller than the size of the inulin-containing plant cells, b) suspending the finely comminuted plant material in a liquid, wherein inulin is released from the plant material and suspended in particulate form in the liquid, c) separating off plant particles from the liquid, wherein the inulin which is suspended in particulate form remains in the liquid, d) separating off the inulin which is suspended in particulate form from the liquid. The method is suitable in particular for obtaining inulin from artichoke roots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Günther Laufenberg, Friedrich Meuser
  • METHOD FOR OBTAINING INULIN FROM PLANTS
    Publication number: 20120041188
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for obtaining inulin which comprises: a) finely comminuting inulin-containing plant material, wherein particle sizes of the plant material are generated which are smaller than the size of the inulin-containing plant cells, b) suspending the finely comminuted plant material in a liquid, wherein inulin is released from the plant material and suspended in particulate form in the liquid, c) separating off plant particles from the liquid, wherein the inulin which is suspended in particulate form remains in the liquid, d) separating off the inulin which is suspended in particulate form from the liquid. The method is suitable in particular for obtaining inulin from artichoke roots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer Crop Science AG
    Inventors: Günther Laufenberg, Friedrich Meuser