Patents by Inventor Thomas Luck

Thomas Luck 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).

  • Publication number: 20030143518
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of drying blood plasma, blood plasma fractions or blood plasma products (material for treatment) obtained therefrom, the product being sprayed in a liquid or dissolved condition into an evacuable container, drying to the granular form being carried out by means of a fluidizing gas in the fluidized layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Luck, Armin Prasch, Andreas Maurer, Reinhard Nowak, Bernard Luy
  • Patent number: 6335044
    Abstract: A method treating and processing alkaloid-, oil- and protein-containing lupine seeds for the production of lupine seed products by selective fractioning. The invention involves the steps of crushing and/or shaping the lupine seeds to form platelet-shaped flakes, indirect introduction of heat into the platelet-shaped flakes, with water being largely excluded, to deactivate enzymes contained in the lupine seeds, de-oiling of the platelet-shaped flakes by introduction of a solvent for obtaining lipids and lipid-reduced flakes, disembitterment of the lipid-reduced flakes by an aqueous disembitterment process for obtaining an alkaloid-reduced refined product and an aqueous extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung Derangewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Wasche, Wolfgang Holley, Thomas Luck, Till Nurrenbach, Axel Borcherding
  • Patent number: 6258393
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for changing the functional features, with no alteration thereof, of a protein preparation, preferably isolates or concentrates from plant seed-based proteins. The inventive method consists in heating a proteinic preparation for producing perishable or dry products as a starting material or component for protein-containing foodstuff. According to the invention, the proteinic preparation is exposed to a high frequency electromagnetic field, so that, due to evenly distributed temperature, the total volume of the proteinic preparation is heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Luck, Thomas Pfeiffer, Andreas Waesche
  • Patent number: 6217932
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method of obtaining haemin. In order to separate haemin from the globin part, slaughter blood is subjected to an acid treatment at a pH of between 1.2 and 3 and a temperature of between 45 and 80° C., the haemin then being separated from globin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesell schaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Luck, Andreas Mäurer