Patents by Inventor Peter R. Shewry

Peter R. Shewry 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).

  • Bioelastomers suitable as food product additives
    Patent number: 5972406
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for improving the texture of a food product by incorporating in the food product or a precursor of the food product a bioelastic polypeptide in an amount sufficient to increase the elasticity of the food product, the bioelastic polypeptide having tetrapeptide or pentapeptide repeating units or mixtures thereof and the repeating units existing in a conformation having a .beta.-turn. The invention also provides a method for binding a food product precursor by adding a bioelastic polypeptide in an amount sufficient to bind the food product precursor, the bioelastomer having tetrapeptide or pentapeptide repeating units or mixtures thereof and the repeating units existing in a conformation having a .beta.-turn. The present invention further provides a food adjunct containing a bioelastic polypeptide having tetrapeptide or pentapeptide repeating units or mixtures thereof where the repeating units exist in a conformation having a .beta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignees: Bioelastics Research LTD., The UAB Research Foundation, University of Bristol
    Inventors: Dan W. Urry, Peter R. Shewry, Umamaheswara Prasad Kari