Patents by Inventor Oscar Pastor Ferrer

Oscar Pastor Ferrer 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).

  • IMPROVED FIBER-WASHING IN CORN WET-MILLING
    Publication number: 20230227585
    Abstract: A method for increasing starch yield and/or gluten yield from corn kernels in a wet milling process, comprising contacting a fiber rich fraction of ground kernels, with an effective amount of SO2, and an effective amount of one or more hydrolytic enzymes, wherein at least one of said hydrolytic enzymes is selected from xylanase and/or cellulase enzymes, during a fiber-washing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Bernardo Vidal, Jr., Yi Cao, Oscar Pastor Ferrer, Brian Manning, Madelyn Mallison Shoup, Svend Gunnar Kaasgaard, Mary Ann Stringer, Lorena Gonzalez Palmen
  • Starch Extraction Method
    Publication number: 20200199638
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods for enzyme-assisted corn wet milling. Also provided are corn kernel wet milling systems which may be used to perform the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Oscar Pastor Ferrer, Bernardo Vidal
  • Fiber Washing Method and System
    Publication number: 20200009573
    Abstract: The present invention provides to a fiber washing system, optimized for the use of hydrolytic enzymes in the system. Furthermore, the present invention provides to a method for improving starch and gluten yield in a wet milling process, preferably comprising the optimized fiber washing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Bernardo Vidal, JR., Oscar Pastor Ferrer, Scott R. McLaughlin, Randall Deinhammer, Thomas Patrick Gibbons