Patents by Inventor Jack C. Bailey

Jack C. Bailey 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 removal of gossypol from cottonseed meal by the use of urea in a borate containing buffer
    Patent number: 5277909
    Abstract: Plant material may be treated for the removal of gossypol therefrom to provide a protein-rich product and/or oil relatively free of gossypol. The process includes the steps of:a. grinding the plant material to form a meal,b. adding an amine and a buffer to the meal and mixing to form a slurry and react the gossypol in the plant material with the amine and buffer to form a gossypol/amine/buffer complex,c. allowing the slurry to form a crystal layer of the complex above a layer of the meal having gossypol removed therefrom,d. separating the crystal layer from the layer of meal.The gossypol containing complex recovered also possesses insecticidal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: John H. Schmidt, Randy Wells, Jack C. Bailey