Patents by Inventor Ravin Gnanasambandam

Ravin Gnanasambandam 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: 20220361517
    Abstract: Phospholipid concentration methods involve use of a dairy composition, such as buttermilk or butter serum, as a starting material. The dairy composition is subjected to a first ultrafiltration, yielding a first permeate and a first retentate. The first retentate is treated with carbon dioxide and subjected to microfiltration, yielding a second permeate and a second retentate. The second retentate is treated with carbon dioxide and subjected to a second ultrafiltration, yielding a third permeate and a third retentate. The third retentate includes at least 30 wt % phospholipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ravin Gnanasambandam, Hasmukh Patel
  • Patent number: 11425915
    Abstract: Phospholipid concentration methods involve use of a dairy composition, such as buttermilk or butter serum, as a starting material. The dairy composition is subjected to a first ultrafiltration, yielding a first permeate and a first retentate. The first retentate is treated with carbon dioxide and subjected to microfiltration, yielding a second permeate and a second retentate. The second retentate is treated with carbon dioxide and subjected to a second ultrafiltration, yielding a third permeate and a third retentate. The third retentate includes at least 30 wt % phospholipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Land O'Lakes, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravin Gnanasambandam, Hasmukh Patel
  • Patent number: 10729156
    Abstract: Exosome purification methods involve use of a whey composition as an exosome source. Exosomes are isolated by subjecting the whey composition to a first ultrafiltration, which yields a first permeate and a first retentate. The first retentate may then be subjected to a second ultrafiltration, yielding a second permeate and a second retentate. During the second ultrafiltration, the first retentate may be treated with carbon dioxide. The second retentate may then be subjected to a third ultrafiltration, yielding a third permeate and a third retentate. The third permeate may then be optionally dried to yield an exosome powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC
    Inventors: Hasmukh Ambalal Patel, Samantha Steelman, Ravin Gnanasambandam, Benjamin R. Trible, Nathan Christopher Burke
  • Publication number: 20200196622
    Abstract: Cheese sauce products including phospholipid emulsifiers exhibit delayed, reduced or eliminated formation of a surface film upon prolonged exposure to air. The cheese sauce products include a cheese composition that is non-solid at room temperature, a liquid, and a phospholipid emulsifier composition. The cheese sauce products are “clean label” due to the absence of disodium and/or trisodium phosphates therein. Methods of preventing the formation of a surface film on a cheese sauce product involve mixing a cheese sauce composition with a liquid to form a cheese sauce, and admixing a phospholipid emulsifier composition to the cheese sauce. The phospholipid emulsifier composition constitutes about 0.5 wt % to about 5 wt % of the cheese sauce product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Nathan Burke, Ravin Gnanasambandam, Hasmukh Patel
  • Publication number: 20190335778
    Abstract: Phospholipid concentration methods involve use of a dairy composition, such as buttermilk or butter serum, as a starting material. The dairy composition is subjected to a first ultrafiltration, yielding a first permeate and a first retentate. The first retentate is treated with carbon dioxide and subjected to microfiltration, yielding a second permeate and a second retentate. The second retentate is treated with carbon dioxide and subjected to a second ultrafiltration, yielding a third permeate and a third retentate. The third retentate includes at least 30 wt % phospholipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Ravin Gnanasambandam, Hasmukh Patel
  • Publication number: 20190150474
    Abstract: Exosome purification methods involve use of a whey composition as an exosome source. Exosomes are isolated by subjecting the whey composition to a first ultrafiltration, which yields a first permeate and a first retentate. The first retentate may then be subjected to a second ultrafiltration, yielding a second permeate and a second retentate. During the second ultrafiltration, the first retentate may be treated with carbon dioxide. The second retentate may then be subjected to a third ultrafiltration, yielding a third permeate and a third retentate. The third permeate may then be optionally dried to yield an exosome powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Hasmukh Ambalal Patel, Samantha Steelman, Ravin Gnanasambandam, Benjamin R. Trible, Nathan Christopher Burke
  • Patent number: 8790733
    Abstract: The present invention includes a soft butter composition wherein the fat components are derived from cream. The soft butter has a unique fat crystal matrix and is more spreadable due to the altered crystal structure and melting points. The soft butter also equilibrates to room temperature faster than traditional churned butter. The soft butter is made using a process that includes separating the fat and serum components of cream, removing the crystal memory from the fat fraction and recombining fat and aqueous fractions in a process that employs a stepwise cooling and shearing process and filled into tubs of different geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Land O'Lakes, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravin Gnanasambandam, Arti Bedi
  • Publication number: 20120237663
    Abstract: The present invention includes a soft butter composition wherein the fat components are derived from cream. The soft butter has a unique fat crystal matrix and is more spreadable due to the altered crystal structure and melting points. The soft butter also equilibrates to room temperature faster than traditional churned butter. The soft butter is made using a process that includes separating the fat and serum components of cream, removing the crystal memory from the fat fraction and recombining fat and aqueous fractions in a process that employs a stepwise cooling and shearing process and filled into tubs of different geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Land O'Lakes, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravin Gnanasambandam, Arti Bedi