Patents by Inventor Roderick Nairn MCEWAN

Roderick Nairn MCEWAN 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 extraction from spent grains
    Patent number: 11477994
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for the extraction of protein rich flour and fiber rich flour from brewer's spent grains (BSG). The extraction of protein from the BSG may include preparing the BSG by controlling the temperature in a hot grain storage system and in some cases dewatering the BSG to acceptable moisture content levels. In extracting the protein rich and fiber rich flour, the BSG is conveyed to a device that dries, mills, and fractionates the BSG into separated protein and fiber extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Coors Brewing Company
    Inventors: Roderick Nairn McEwan, Roderick Ian White
  • PROTEIN EXTRACTION FROM SPENT GRAINS
    Publication number: 20200260757
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for the extraction of protein rich flour and fiber rich flour from brewer's spent grains (BSG). The extraction of protein from the BSG may include preparing the BSG by controlling the temperature in a hot grain storage system and in some cases dewatering the BSG to acceptable moisture content levels. In extracting the protein rich and fiber rich flour, the BSG is conveyed to a device that dries, mills, and fractionates the BSG into separated protein and fiber extract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Roderick Nairn MCEWAN, Roderick Ian WHITE