Patents by Inventor Iris Noots

Iris Noots 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 malting seeds
    Patent number: 6613371
    Abstract: The invention provides process or method of malting cereal seeds, such as barley, wheat, rye, corn, oats, rice, millet and sorghum which process includes reducing the microbial level in the seeds prior to steeping, malting and the introduction of a starter culture used in the malting process. According to the invention, the reduction of microbial levels permits efficient use of starter cultures, such as molds, yeasts, bacteria, spores and activated spores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Rita M. Delrue, Theo Coppens, Jan Delcour, Iris Noots, Chris Michiels
  • Method for malting seeds
    Publication number: 20010043966
    Abstract: The invention provides process or method of malting cereal seeds, such as barley, wheat, rye, corn, oats, rice, millet and sorghum which process includes reducing the microbial level in the seeds prior to steeping, malting and the introduction of a starter culture used in the malting process According to the invention, the reduction of microbial levels permits efficient use of starter cultures, such as molds, yeasts, bacteria, spores and activated spores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Rita M. Delrue, Theo Coppens, Jan Delcour, Iris Noots, Christ Michiels