Patents by Inventor Riitta PUUPPONEN-PIMIÄ

Riitta PUUPPONEN-PIMIÄ 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).

  • Process for converting berry and fruit materials to antimicrobially active fractions
    Patent number: 11044935
    Abstract: The invention relates to process for converting berry and/or fruit materials to fractions comprising bioactive compounds, said process comprising the steps, where at least one berry material or fruit material selected from berries, fruits, by-products, side streams and waste materials originating from berries or fruits, and any combinations thereof is sieved whereby a seed fraction is separated from a skin fraction, the seed fraction is subjected to sanding and a seed coat fraction comprising surface layer of the seeds and a sanded seed fraction comprising the sanded seeds are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY
    Inventors: Riitta Puupponen-Pimiä, Liisa Nohynek, Tuija Kössö, Mirja Mokkila
  • PROCESS FOR CONVERTING BERRY AND FRUIT MATERIALS TO ANTIMICROBIALLY ACTIVE FRACTIONS
    Publication number: 20180263272
    Abstract: The invention relates to process for converting berry and/or fruit materials to fractions comprising bioactive compounds, said process comprising the steps, where at least one berry material or fruit material selected from berries, fruits, by-products, side streams and waste materials originating from berries or fruits, and any combinations thereof is sieved whereby a seed fraction is separated from a skin fraction, the seed fraction is subjected to sanding and a seed coat fraction comprising surface layer of the seeds and a sanded seed fraction comprising the sanded seeds are obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY
    Inventors: Riitta PUUPPONEN-PIMIÄ, Liisa NOHYNEK, Tuija KÖSSÖ, Mirja MOKKILA