Patents by Inventor Heikki Heikkild

Heikki Heikkild 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 the fractionation of molasses
    Patent number: 6187204
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the fractionation of molasses using a chromatographic simulated moving bed system in which the liquid flow is effected in a single direction in a system comprising at least two chromatographic partial packing material beds. In the method of the invention, the product or products are recovered during a multi-step sequence comprising the following phases: feeding phase of molasses, eluting phase and recycling phase. The liquid present in the partial packing material beds with their dry solids profile is recycled in the recycling phase in a loop comprising one, two or several partial packing material beds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Danisco Finland Oy
    Inventors: Heikki Heikkild, Göran Hyöky, Jarmo Kuisma