Patents by Inventor Giuseppe Bimbi

Giuseppe Bimbi 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 the preparation of a lactulose syrup by lactose isomerization
    Patent number: 6214124
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of lactulose wherein an aqueous solution or suspension of lactose is reacted with sodium aluminate in order to produce the isomerization of lactose and the mixture thus obtained is neutralized by treatment with gaseous CO2 under pressure, obtaining a suspension of aluminum hydroxide which can be easily separated from the lactulose solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Inalco S.P.A.
    Inventors: Renato Carobbi, Giuseppe Bimbi, Giovanni Cipolletti
  • Process for the preparation of crystalline lactulose from commercial syrups
    Patent number: 5480491
    Abstract: The following description sets forth a new process for the preparation of .gtoreq.98.5% pure crystalline lactulose from commercially available aqueous syrups having the following composition: 50-70% by weight of lactulose, 3-9% by weight of lactose, 3-14% by weight of galactose, 4-7% by weight of other carbohydrates, the total content of carbohydrates different from lactulose being of from 10% to 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Inalco S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Bimbi
  • Process for the preparation of esters of oxalic acid
    Patent number: 4160107
    Abstract: There is provided a process for the preparation of esters of oxalic acid comprising reacting at a temperature of between about 20.degree. and 200.degree. C. a copper (II) compound having the formula Cu(OR)X, where R is alkyl having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and X is chlorine or bromine, with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of palladium salts, metallic palladium and zero valent palladium complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1979
    Assignee: Montedison S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Agnes, Giuseppe Bimbi, Franco Guerrieri, Guglielmo Rucci