Patents by Inventor Hannu Maunula

Hannu Maunula 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).

  • Patent number: 4448790
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a process by means of which the fraction of grain flour that remains after separation of the main part of the starch and of the gluten-type protein, when the grain contains gluten, is divided into two products of food quality. One of these products consists mainly of the albumin-globulin-type, water soluble proteins and the other one, a syrupy product, consists mainly of sugars obtained as products of hydrolysis of small-particle starch of grain. The homogenous slurry obtained after separation of ordinary grain starch and gluten from the grain flour by known methods is heated at a temperature of at least 120.degree. C., treated at a temperature of at the most 90.degree. C. simultaneously by means of alpha-amylase and beta-glucanase, the produced protein precipitate is separated from the sludge, washed, and dried. The remaining clear fraction is sugared by means of amyloglucosidase of fungalamylase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Assignee: Oy Vehna AB
    Inventors: Marja-Leena Sarkki, Martti Soderstrom, Hannu Maunula, Annika Korhonen