Patents by Inventor Luping L. Ning

Luping L. Ning 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).

  • Soy containing breakfast cereal
    Patent number: 6303177
    Abstract: The present invention provides a breakfast cereal for human consumption that contains at least one cereal grain and a soy material selected from soy flour, soy grits, soy flakes, a comminuted whole soybean material, or combinations thereof. The soy material contains at most 20 &mgr;mol/g raffinose and 35 &mgr;mol/g stachyose, and at least 200 &mgr;mol/g sucrose. A process for producing such a breakfast cereal is also provided in which at least one cereal grain and a soy material selected from a soy flour, soy grits, soy flakes, a comminuted whole soybean material, or combinations thereof are blended, cooked to form a cereal dough, and a ready-to-eat cereal is formed from the cereal dough. The soy material contains at most 20 &mgr;mol/g raffinose and 35 &mgr;mol/g stachyose, and at least 200 &mgr;mol/g sucrose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Protein Technologies International, Inc
    Inventors: Luping L. Ning, James L. Holbrook, Phillip S. Kerr