Patents by Inventor Michael Frankl

Michael Frankl 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).

  • Publication number: 20230094035
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining protein preparations from sunflower and/or canola seeds. At least the following steps are carried out: dehulling sunflower or canola seeds up to a shell content of <5 mass.%; partially deoiling the hulled sunflower or canola seeds in a mechanical manner by means of pressing up to a fat or oil content ranging between >7 and >35 mass.%; and carrying out one or more extraction steps using at least one organic solvent or supercritical CO2. At least one of the extraction steps produces a further deoiling of the sunflower or canola seeds and is carried out after a previous comminution process or during a simultaneous comminution process of the pressed cake to a particle size of <2 mm or a flake thickness of <2 mm as a percolation or immersion extraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: PETER EISNER, STEPHANIE MITTERMAIER, MICHAEL FRANKL
  • Publication number: 20210153522
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining protein preparations from sunflower and/or canola seeds. At least the following steps are carried out: dehulling sunflower or canola seeds up to a shell content of <5 mass. %; partially deoiling the hulled sunflower or canola seeds in a mechanical manner by means of pressing up to a fat or oil content ranging between >7 and >35 mass. %; and carrying out one or more extraction steps using at least one organic solvent or supercritical CO2. These steps produce a further deoiling of the sunflower or canola seeds and is carried out after a previous comminution process or during a simultaneous comminution process of the pressed cake to a particle size of <2 mm or a flake thickness of <2 mm as a percolation or immersion extraction. A deoiled protein-containing meal or granulate with good protein digestibility is obtained as a result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: PETER EISNER, STEPHANIE MITTERMAIER, MICHAEL FRANKL
  • Patent number: 9351514
    Abstract: The protein preparation produced from rape seeds has a protein content of less than 90% based on the dry mass, has a brightness L*, determined according to CIE-L*a*b* color scale, of at least 70 and also has at least water-binding, oil-binding and emulsifying functionality. The method for producing a protein preparation includes dehulling the rape seeds and a mechanical deoiling process, wherein only part of the oil is separated and/or wherein the process is carried out at a temperature, averaged over the duration of the pressing process, of less than 80° C., and/or an extraction process wherein the amount of non-protein material is reduced in the protein flour and then the grain size is prepared in order to obtain a pourable material having a predetermined particle size distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Claudia Pickardt, Peter Eisner, Stephanie Bader, Klaus Muller, Hubert Zimmermann, Etienne Bernath, Florian Wild, Michael Frankl, Sigrid Gruppe, Klaus Schreiber
  • Patent number: 8309160
    Abstract: A method for modifying the flavor profile of a plant protein preparation, especially a protein preparation from a leguminous plant. The protein preparation is brought into contact with water-soluble carbohydrates in an aqueous solution before being added to a food product, the contact advantageously influencing the flavor profile of protein preparations from leguminous plant, so that the preparations can be used in foodstuffs without essentially changing the flavor thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Klaus Müller, Peter Eisner, Michael Schott, Jürgen Bez, Stefanie Bader, Katrin Hasenkopf, Michael Frankl
  • Publication number: 20110301074
    Abstract: The protein preparation produced from rape seeds has a protein content of less than 90% based on the dry mass, has a brightness L*, determined according to CIE-L*a*b* color scale, of at least 70 and also has at least water-binding, oil-binding and emulsifying functionality. The method for producing a protein preparation includes dehulling the rape seeds and a mechanical deoiling process, wherein only part of the oil is separated and/or wherein the process is carried out at a temperature, averaged over the duration of the pressing process, of less than 80° C., and/or an extraction process wherein the amount of non-protein material is reduced in the protein flour and then the grain size is prepared in order to obtain a pourable material having a predetermined particle size distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Claudia Pickardt, Peter Eisner, Stephanie Bader, Klaus Muller, Hubert Zimmermann, Etienne Bernath, Florian Wild, Michael Frankl, Sigrid Gruppe, Klaus Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20110289828
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biofuel and to a process for production thereof, which biofuel contains at least one fraction of triglycerides, a fraction of monoglycerides, a fraction of diglycerides and a fraction of alkylesters of fatty acids. The biofuel may be obtained by partial transesterification of vegetable oil or vegetable fat and is distinguished in that the mass fraction of alkylesters of fatty acids in the biofuel is smaller than the mass fraction of triglycerides. The fuel is suitable in particular as additive for conventional fuels, may be produced at high yield and can also be used at relatively low temperatures below 10° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Peter Eisner, Michael Menner, Andreas Stäbler, Andreas Malberg, Michael Frankl
  • Patent number: 7935736
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recycling polyesters or polyester mixtures from polyester-containing waste, in which the polyester or the polyester mixture is dissolved in a solvent and subsequently free-flowing particles are precipitated herefrom with a precipitant. The precipitant is thereby chosen such that subsequent separation of precipitant and solvent is made possible in a simple manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Mäurer, Udo Knauf, Gerd Wolz, Michael Frankl, Otto Beck
  • Publication number: 20110076382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plant protein preparation, preferably from lupine protein, and a method for producing the same. The protein preparation consists of an aqueous mixture with a water content >75% by weight and a solid material mass, which contains over 70% by weight of plant proteins, wherein a proportion of the plant proteins are denatured. The preparation has excellent techno-functional properties, is easy to process and displays large-scale stability to fat oxidation. It can be used as an ingredient for producing foodstuffs and as a substitute for commercial plant and animal protein preparations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Klaus Müller, Peter Eisner, Michael Schott, Jürgen Bez, Stefanie Bader, Katrin Hasenkopf, Michael Frankl
  • Publication number: 20100092654
    Abstract: A method for modifying the flavor profile of a plant protein preparation, especially a protein preparation from a leguminous plant. The protein preparation is brought into contact with water-soluble carbohydrates in an aqueous solution before being added to a food product, the contact advantageously influencing the flavor profile of protein preparations from leguminous plant, so that the preparations can be used in foodstuffs without essentially changing the flavor thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Zur Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Klaus Müller, Peter Eisner, Michael Schott, Jürgen Bez, Stefanie Bader, Katrin Hasenkopf, Michael Frankl
  • Publication number: 20090203092
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biofuel mixture comprising a fraction of fatty acid alkyl esters and at least one fraction of bound glycerol in an amount of ?1 wt %, based on the glycerol backbone, and a method and a device for producing said biofuel mixture. The biofuel mixture can be produced inexpensively, can also be utilized as a fuel in diesel engines without additional heating and can be added to conventional diesel fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Peter Eisner, Andreas Stäbler, Andreas Malberg, Michael Menner, Michael Frankl
  • Publication number: 20070265361
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recycling polyesters or polyester mixtures from polyester-containing waste, in which the polyester or the polyester mixture is dissolved in a solvent and subsequently free-flowing particles are precipitated herefrom with a precipitant. The precipitant is thereby chosen such that subsequent separation of precipitant and solvent is made possible in a simple manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung Der Angewand
    Inventors: Andreas Maurer, Udo Knauf, Gerd Wolz, Michael Frankl, Otto Beck