Patents by Inventor Timo Vaara

Timo Vaara 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).

  • Degraded polysaccharide derivatives
    Patent number: 5569483
    Abstract: A degradation product of a polysaccharide derivative comprising a mixture of oligomers of the polysaccharide derivative, the majority of said oligomers having a molecular weight such that the oligomer conforms to a rod-like configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Alko Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Maritta Timonen, ChoKyun Rha, Timo Vaara, Lindsey Bagley, Sarah Bosdet, Michael Lindley, Tarja Lahtinen, Marja Turunen, Martti Vaara
  • Degraded polysaccharide derivatives and foodstuffs containing same
    Patent number: 5525368
    Abstract: A degradation product of a polysaccharide derivative comprising a mixture of oligomers of the polysaccharide derivative, the majority of said oligomers having a molecular weight such that the oligomer conforms to a rod-like configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Alko Group Ltd.
    Inventors: ChoKyun Rha, Timo Vaara, Maritta Timonen, Tarja Lahtinen, Marja Turunen, Martti Vaara, Lindsey Bagley, Sarah Bosdet, Michael Lindley
  • Foodstuffs containing novel degraded cellulose derivatives
    Patent number: 5366755
    Abstract: A degradation product of a polysaccharide derivative comprising a mixture of oligomers of the polysaccharide derivative, the majority of said oligomers having a molecular weight such that the oligomer conforms to a rod-like configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Inventors: Maritta Timonen, ChoKyun Rha, Timo Vaara, Lindsey Bagley, Sarah Bosdet, Michael Lindley, Tarja Lahtinen, Marja Turunen, Martti Vaara
  • Process of making a yeast fiber composition
    Patent number: 5085875
    Abstract: A smooth textured composition of yeast cells, more than 50% of the yeast cells comprising whole yeast cell walls, the composition comprising at least about 40% by weight of fiber and less than about 1.6% by weight of nucleic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Alko Ltd.
    Inventors: Liisa Penttila, Timo Vaara
  • Process for steeping cereals with a new enzyme preparation
    Patent number: 4914029
    Abstract: Corn or sorghum kernels are steeped in warm water containing sulfur dioxide in the presence of an enzyme preparation including one or more phytin-degrading enzymes, such as phytase and acid phosphatases, to eliminate or greatly reduce phytic acid and the salts of phytic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignee: Dorr-Oliver Incorporated
    Inventors: Abraham Caransa, Timo Vaara, Martti Vaara, Maarit Simell, Antti Lehmussaari