Patents by Inventor Immok Lee

Immok Lee 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 producing fats or oils
    Patent number: 7452702
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to improving productivity of an enzymatic method for making esterified, transesterified or interesterified products. Specifically, a method that can greatly improve the productivity of enzymatic transesterification or esterification by deodorization alone, or by deodorization and purification of the initial substrate to extend the useful life of the enzyme is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
    Inventor: Immok Lee
  • Chemical process for the production of 1,3-diglyceride oils
    Patent number: 7081542
    Abstract: A method for producing 1,3-diglyceride oils from triglyceride containing oils is disclosed. The method uses alkali metal salts or alkali earth metal salts of mono-carboxylic or di-carboxylic acids to drive glycerolysis under conditions such that commercial, food-quality 1,3-diglyceride oils are produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
    Inventors: Lewis Jacobs, Immok Lee, George Poppe