Patents by Inventor Steven Eckhoff

Steven Eckhoff 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).

  • Nixtamalization process and products produced therefrom
    Patent number: 7740895
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nixtamalization process wherein corn endosperm fractions, subfractions, or combinations thereof are individually nixtamalized to produce food products. The invention also comprises food products, including masa, instant masa, tortillas, and tortilla-related food products produced by the present invention's methods, including food products that have controllable fat and/or fiber levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Steven Eckhoff, Edith Oliva Cuevas Rodriguez, Jorge Milan Carrillo
  • Nixtamalization process and products produced therefrom
    Publication number: 20060193964
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nixtamalization process wherein corn endosperm fractions, subfractions, or combinations thereof are individually nixtamalized to produce food products. The invention also comprises food products, including masa, instant masa, tortillas, and tortilla-related food products produced by the present invention's methods, including food products that have controllable fat and/or fiber levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Steven Eckhoff, Edith Rodriguez, Jorge Carrillo
  • Use of enzymes to reduce steep time and SO2 requirements in a maize wet-milling process
    Patent number: 6566125
    Abstract: A method for obtaining starch from maize involving soaking maize kernels in water to produce soaked maize kernels, grinding the soaked maize kernels to produce a ground maize slurry, and incubating the ground maize slurry with enzyme (e.g., protease).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Board of Trustees of the Univ. of Illinois
    Inventors: David B. Johnston, Vijay Singh, Steven Eckhoff
  • Use of enzymes to reduce steep time and SO2 requirements in a maize wet-milling process
    Publication number: 20020022252
    Abstract: A method for obtaining starch from maize involving soaking maize kernels in water to produce soaked maize kernels, grinding the soaked maize kernels to produce a ground maize slurry, and incubating the ground maize slurry with enzyme (e.g., protease).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: David B. Johnston, Vijay Singh, Steven Eckhoff