Patents by Inventor Peter J. BUTTERWORTH

Peter J. BUTTERWORTH 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: 20210037861
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process comprising (a) providing a quantity of plant material; (b) heating the material of (a) in aqueous medium to a temperature of 75 to 105° C.; (c) physically disrupting the material of (b); (d) processing the physically disrupted material of (c) to enrich for cells and/or cell clusters; and (e) drying the material of (d). The invention also relates to a product, which comprises at least 30% or more intact plant cells, which comprises 15% or less water by weight, which has a particle size in the range 75-500 ?m, characterised in that the product comprises at least 30% resistant starch as a proportion of total starch. The invention also relates to foodstuffs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Peter J. BUTTERWORTH, Cathrina H. EDWARDS, Peter R. ELLIS, Sandra HILL, Alan MARSON, Jacek OBUCHOWICZ