Patents by Inventor Kathleen A. Keon

Kathleen A. Keon 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).

  • Bioconversion process for the production of vanillin
    Patent number: 5279950
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the production of vanillin through the bioconversion of a vanillin precursor with a tissue culture of undifferentiated callus cells derived from a vanilla plant and/or enzymes obtained therefrom in the presence of a water soluble sulfhydryl compound and optionally, also in the presence of an assimilable carbon source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Kraft General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivica M. Labuda, Steven K. Goers, Kathleen A. Keon
  • Bioconversion process for the production of vanillin
    Patent number: 5128253
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the production of vanillin through the bioconversion of a vanillin precursor with a ferulic acid degrading microorganism in the presence of a water soluble sulfhydryl compound and optionally, also in the presence of an assimilable carbon source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Kraft General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivica M. Labuda, Steven K. Goers, Kathleen A. Keon