Patents by Inventor Robert E. Cairns

Robert E. Cairns 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).

  • Protein and lipid sources for use in aquafeeds and animal feeds and a process for their preparation
    Patent number: 6955831
    Abstract: A process for preparation of nutritionally upgraded oilseed meals which are protein and lipid-rich and have a reduced fiber content, and plant oils from oilseeds for use in fish or other non-human animal diets or human foods comprising the steps of: providing a source of oilseed; subjecting the oilseed to heat treatment to substantially reduce the concentration of at least some antinutritional components normally present in the oilseed to obtain heat-treated seed; dehulling the heat-treated seed to produce a meat fraction, a hull fraction or a mixture thereof; and cold pressing the meat fraction or the mixture to yeild the plant oils and the protein and lipid-rich meals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as Represented by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
    Inventors: David Higgs, Robert E. Cairns, Ian Shand
  • Protein and lipid sources for use in aquafeeds and animal feeds and a process for their preparation
    Publication number: 20030072866
    Abstract: A process for preparation of nutritionally upgraded oilseed meals which are protein and lipid-rich and have a reduced fiber content, and plant oils from oilseeds for use in fish or other non-human animal diets or human foods comprising the steps of: providing a source of oilseed; subjecting the oilseed to heat treatment to substantially reduce the concentration of at least some antinutritional components normally present in the oilseed to obtain heat-treated seed; dehulling the heat-treated seed to produce a meat fraction, a hull fraction or a mixture thereof; and cold pressing the meat fraction or the mixture to yeild the plant oils and the protein and lipid-rich meals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: David Higgs, Robert E. Cairns, Ian Shand