Patents by Inventor Kenneth Goering

Kenneth Goering 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).

  • Production of .beta.-glucan and .beta.-glucan product
    Patent number: 5512287
    Abstract: Cereal grains are ground, slurried in water below the starch gelatinization temperature. Bran, starch granules and protein are removed. .beta.-Glucan is precipitated and dehydrated with alcohol, screened and ground to become a white-colored product with a neutral flavor. The method recovers from 33 to 75 percent of the total natural occurring .beta.-glucan in cereal grains. The .beta.-glucan product is water soluble with purity ranging from 60-90 percent and exhibiting molecular weight of .beta.-glucan ranging from 4.times.10.sup.5 daltons to 2.times.10.sup.6 daltons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Centennial Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Linji Wang, Ike E. Lynch, Kenneth Goering