Patents by Inventor Jose Iñaki Alava Marquinet

Jose Iñaki Alava Marquinet 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 a food colorant, colorant thus obtained and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6329010
    Abstract: The process is based on the stabilization of a natural colorant such as cephalopod ink and is carried out in two phases, a microbiological stabilization and a chemisal stabilization, the first being carried out between 80 and 90° C. and the chemical stabilization being carried out by mixing with chemical absorbents such as plant carbon and a cellulose hydrolisate, and incorporating a common salt, medicinal plant carbon, cellulose hydrolisate and water, while providing for a stabilization time prior to packaging. The present invention can be used to obtain extruded substitute products such as the simulation of the backs, eyes and eye spots of squids and the colour of the legs and the degraded bicolor of calamars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Inventor: Jose Iñaki Alava Marquinet