Patents by Inventor Luc E. Boni

Luc E. Boni 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).

  • Procedure for the separation of starch from a residual flow of the starch preparation and starch thus obtained
    Patent number: 5089607
    Abstract: The residual flow of the starch preparation from wheat, rye, oats or barley is thickened to a dry material content of 17 to 25 weight % after which an enzyme preparation with pentosanase activity, originating from fungi or yeasts, is added. The enzyme preparation is allowed to react for 0.5 to 4 hours with a pH of 2.6 to 3.7 and at a temperature between 30 and 50.degree. C. and the starch fraction is separated afterward with an increased yield. The starch thus obtained is a calibrated, fine grained starch of which at least 90 weight % of the grains have a diameter of 3 to 12 micrometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Amylum, naamloze vennootschap
    Inventors: Luc E. Boni, Frank R. Van Lancker