Patents by Inventor Tedd Struckmeyer

Tedd Struckmeyer 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 preparing bioactive protein-enriched whey products
    Patent number: 8389039
    Abstract: The present invention involves the discovery that various liquid (whey) streams drained or expelled from cheese curd after salt addition in the preparation of cheese contain enriched levels of bioactive proteins such as lactoferrin, lactoperoxidase, immunoglobulins, and growth factors. According to the invention, these proteins may be further enriched through manipulation of the cheese salting process as described herein. The methods of the invention may be used to produce various whey products with enriched levels of all the above bioactive proteins present and, through manipulation of salting conditions, to enrich these proteins selectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hilmar Cheese Company
    Inventors: Chao Wu, Tedd Struckmeyer
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING BIOACTIVE PROTEIN-ENRICHED WHEY PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20090143278
    Abstract: The present invention involves the discovery that various liquid (whey) streams drained or expelled from cheese curd after salt addition in the preparation of cheese contain enriched levels of bioactive proteins such as lactoferrin, lactoperoxidase, immunoglobulins, and growth factors. According to the invention, these proteins may be further enriched through manipulation of the cheese salting process as described herein. The methods of the invention may be used to produce various whey products with enriched levels of all the above bioactive proteins present and, through manipulation of salting conditions, to enrich these proteins selectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Chao Wu, Tedd Struckmeyer
  • Process for preparing bioactive protein-enriched whey products
    Publication number: 20050208638
    Abstract: The present invention involves the discovery that various liquid (whey) streams drained or expelled from cheese curd after salt addition in the preparation of cheese contain enriched levels of bioactive proteins such as lactoferrin, lactoperoxidase, immunoglobulins, and growth factors. According to the invention, these proteins may be further enriched through manipulation of the cheese salting process as described herein. The methods of the invention may be used to produce various whey products with enriched levels of all the above bioactive proteins present and, through manipulation of salting conditions, to enrich these proteins selectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Chao Wu, Tedd Struckmeyer