Patents by Inventor Mary R. Higgins

Mary R. Higgins 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).

  • Protein material
    Patent number: 7297354
    Abstract: A method of treating a proteinaceous material having a first concentration of ?-conglycinin, the method including combining the proteinaceous material with an enzyme to form a reaction mixture, the reaction mixture initially having a pH of at least about 7.0 standard pH units, allowing the enzyme to hydrolyze ?-conglycinin present in the reaction mixture to form a proteinaceous intermediate, and inactivating the enzyme present in the reaction mixture after a reaction period to form a proteinaceous product, the proteinaceous product having a second concentration of ?-conglycinin, the second concentration of ?-conglycinin being at least 99 percent less than the first concentration of ?-conglycinin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignees: Land O'Lakes, Inc., Genencor International, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill L. Miller, Mary R. Higgins, Madhu Kakade, Tim Emerson, Jane Kitchar, Christopher S. Penet
  • Method of treating soy proteins and soy protein product produced by this method
    Publication number: 20030211202
    Abstract: A method of treating a proteinaceous material having a first concentration of &bgr;-conglycinin, the method including combining the proteinaceous material with an enzyme to form a reaction mixture, the reaction mixture initially having a pH of at least about 7.0 standard pH units, allowing the enzyme to hydrolyze &bgr;-conglycinin present in the reaction mixture to form a proteinaceous intermediate, and inactivating the enzyme present in the reaction mixture after a reaction period to form a proteinaceous product, the proteinaceous product having a second concentration of &bgr;-conglycinin, the second concentration of &bgr;-conglycinin being at least 99 percent less than the first concentration of &bgr;-conglycinin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Bill L. Miller, Mary R. Higgins, Madhu Kakade, Tim Emerson, Jane Kitchar, Christopher S. Penet
  • Method and process for producing an improved milk replacer
    Patent number: 6406729
    Abstract: A method of producing a milk replacer product that includes creating a pattern of air flow in a mixing zone of a mixer, gravity feeding a powdered nutritional composition into the mixing zone, applying an agglomerating aid to the particles of the powdered nutritional composition in the mixing zone, where the agglomerating aid, in combination with the pattern of air flow, is effective to cause particles of the powdered nutritional composition to stick together and form agglomerates, and drying the agglomerates to form the milk replacer product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Land O′Lakes, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill L. Miller, Mary R. Higgins, Paul Casey