Patents by Inventor Veronique Gibon

Veronique Gibon 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).

  • Enzyme interesterification process
    Patent number: 8697393
    Abstract: A fatty material enzyme interesterification process comprising the steps of: a) providing a fatty material that has optionally undergone at least one prior purification treatment; b) introducing soap into said fatty material to form a soap-containing fatty material mixture, c) homogenising said soap-containing fatty material mixture by mixing, d) contacting said soap-containing fatty material mixture with lipase to produce a soap-containing interesterified fatty material, e) removing soaps from said soap-containing interesterified fatty material to yield interesterified fatty material, wherein said soap is either formed in-situ by addition of aqueous alkali to said fatty material or said soap is introduced directly into said fatty material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Kellens, Veronique Gibon, Vaida Petrauskaité, Jeroen Maes
  • ENZYME INTERESTERIFICATION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20120270283
    Abstract: A fatty material enzyme interesterification process comprising the steps of: a) providing a fatty material that has optionally undergone at least one prior purification treatment; b) introducing soap into said fatty material to form a soap-containing fatty material mixture, c) homogenising said soap-containing fatty material mixture by mixing, d) contacting said soap-containing fatty material mixture with lipase to produce a soap-containing interesterified fatty material, e) removing soaps from said soap-containing interesterified fatty material to yield interesterified fatty material, wherein said soap is either formed in-situ by addition of aqueous alkali to said fatty material or said soap is introduced directly into said fatty material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: DESMET BALLESTRA ENGINEERING S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Kellens, Veronique Gibon, Vaida Petrauskaite, Jeroen Maes