Patents by Inventor Robert Berends

Robert Berends 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 controlling scale in the sugar process
    Patent number: 6506258
    Abstract: The deposition of calcium salts, including calcium carbonate and calcium oxalate and the formation of foam, during the evaporation of sugar streams can be prevented or restricted by ding 0.1-200 ppm of a carboxyalkylfructan that contains 0.5-3 carboxyl groups per monosaccharide unit, 0.4-2.5 of which carboxyl groups are in the form of carboxyalkyl groups, to the sugar streams. The carboxyalkyl groups are, in particular, carboxymethyl groups. The other carboxyl groups can be carboxyl groups obtained by oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Cooperatie Cosun U.A.
    Inventors: Robert Berends, Hendrika Cornelia Kuzee