Patents by Inventor Herbert H. Verveer

Herbert H. Verveer 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 producing fatty-acid lower-alkyl mono-esters
    Patent number: 5116546
    Abstract: The invention pertains to the production of high-purity fatty-acid lower-alkyl mono-esters which comprises a first transesterification step between glycerol fatty-acid esters and a lower alcohol, a separation step wherein the reaction product of the esterification step is separated into glycerol-rich and fatty-acid lower-alkyl mono-ester rich fractions, a second esterification step in which all glycerol and fatty-acid glycerolesters of the fatty-acid lower-alkyl mono-ester rich fraction are esterified to the corresponding fatty-acid triglycerolesters, and a recovery step wherein said fatty-acid lower-alkyl mono-esters are recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Foods Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robbert Klok, Herbert H. Verveer