Patents by Inventor Viviane Lanquar
Viviane Lanquar 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).
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Patent number: 11952606Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing milk proteins, which allow for safe, sustainable and humane production of milk proteins for commercial use, such as use in alternative food compositions. The disclosure provides recombinant fusion proteins comprising at least a first casein protein and a second casein protein. The disclosure also provides methods for producing the recombinant fusions proteins, and alternative food compositions comprising the same.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Inventors: Viviane Lanquar, Magi El-Richani, Leyla Hathwaik, Joseph Klemaszewski
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Publication number: 20240102072Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing milk proteins, which allow for safe, sustainable and humane production of milk proteins for commercial use, such as use in food compositions. The disclosure provides recombinant fusion proteins comprising at least first protein and a second protein, wherein at least one of the first protein and the second protein is a milk protein, or fragment thereof. The disclosure also provides methods for producing the recombinant fusions proteins, and food compositions comprising the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Viviane LANQUAR, Magi EL-RICHANI, Leyla HATHWAIK, Joseph KLEMASZEWSKI
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Publication number: 20240043900Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing milk proteins, which allow for safe, sustainable and humane production of milk proteins for commercial use, such as use in food compositions. The disclosure provides recombinant fusion proteins comprising at least first protein and a second protein, wherein at least one of the first protein and the second protein is a milk protein, or fragment thereof. The disclosure also provides methods for producing the recombinant fusions proteins, and food compositions comprising the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Viviane LANQUAR, Magi EL-RICHANI, Leyla HATHWAIK, Yaxin WANG
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Patent number: 11840717Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing milk proteins, which allow for safe, sustainable and humane production of milk proteins for commercial use, such as use in food compositions. The disclosure further teaches methods of increasing the production/accumulation of casein proteins in host cells by co-expressing a kinase capable of phosphorylating the casein protein. Specifically, the disclosure provides host cells comprising a heterologous casein protein and a heterologous casein. Stable transgenic plants expressing heterologous caseins and heterologous kinase proteins are also provided. In some embodiments, the heterologous casein proteins of the disclosure are contained within fusion proteins comprising at least first protein and a second protein, wherein at least one of the first protein and the second protein is a milk protein, or fragment thereof. The disclosure also provides methods for producing the recombinant fusions proteins, and food compositions comprising the same.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Nobell Foods, Inc.Inventors: Viviane Lanquar, Magi El-Richani, Leyla Hathwaik, Yaxin Wang
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Publication number: 20230265139Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing milk proteins, which allow for safe, sustainable and humane production of milk proteins for commercial use, such as use in food compositions. The disclosure provides recombinant fusion proteins comprising at least first protein and a second protein, wherein at least one of the first protein and the second protein is a milk protein, or fragment thereof: The disclosure also provides methods for producing the recombinant fusions proteins, and food compositions comprising the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Viviane LANQUAR, Magi EL-RICHANI, Leyla HATHWAIK, Joseph KLEMASZEWSKI
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Publication number: 20230203556Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing milk proteins, which allow for safe, sustainable and humane production of milk proteins for commercial use, such as use in food compositions. The disclosure further teaches methods of increasing the production/accumulation of casein proteins in host cells by co-expressing a kinase capable of phosphorylating the casein protein. Specifically, the disclosure provides host cells comprising a heterologous casein protein and a heterologous casein. Stable transgenic plants expressing heterologous caseins and heterologous kinase proteins are also provided. In some embodiments, the heterologous casein proteins of the disclosure are contained within fusion proteins comprising at least first protein and a second protein, wherein at least one of the first protein and the second protein is a milk protein, or fragment thereof. The disclosure also provides methods for producing the recombinant fusions proteins, and food compositions comprising the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Viviane LANQUAR, Magi EL-RICHANI, Leyla HATHWAIK, Yaxin WANG
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Patent number: 11685928Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing milk proteins in plants, which allow for safe, sustainable and humane production of milk proteins for commercial use, such as use in food compositions. The disclosure provides recombinant fusion proteins comprising a milk protein, or fragment thereof and a structured mammalian, avian, plant, or fungal protein, or fragment thereof. The disclosure also provides methods for producing the recombinant fusions proteins, and food compositions comprising the same.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Nobell Foods, Inc.Inventors: Viviane Lanquar, Magi El-Richani
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Publication number: 20230180788Abstract: Provided herein are methods for producing a mung bean protein isolate having high functionality for a broad range of food applications. In some embodiments, the methods for producing the isolate comprise one or more steps selected from: (a) extracting one or more mung bean proteins from a mung bean protein source in an aqueous solution, for example, at a pH between about 6.5-10.0; (b) purifying protein from the extract using at least one of two methods: (i) precipitating protein from the extract at a pH near the isoelectric point of a globulin-rich fraction, for example a pH between about 5.0-6.0; and/or (ii) fractionating and concentrating protein from the extract using filtration such as microfiltration, ultrafiltration or ion-exchange chromatography; and (c) recovering purified protein isolate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Ritu Bansal-Mutalik, Siddharth Bhide, Brenna Gibson, Camilla Hall, Malgorzata Jakubasch, Jake Kleiner, Viviane Lanquar, Swetha Mahadevan, Trevor Niekowal, Jade Proulx, Ben Roche, Meng Xu, James Flatt, Nathaniel Park
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Patent number: 11659850Abstract: Provided herein are methods for producing a mung bean protein isolate having high functionality for a broad range of food applications. In some embodiments, the methods for producing the isolate comprise one or more steps selected from: (a) extracting one or more mung bean proteins from a mung bean protein source in an aqueous solution, for example, at a pH between about 6.5-10.0; (b) purifying protein from the extract using at least one of two methods: (i) precipitating protein from the extract at a pH near the isoelectric point of a globulin-rich fraction, for example a pH between about 5.0-6.0; and/or (ii) fractionating and concentrating protein from the extract using filtration such as microfiltration, ultrafiltration or ion-exchange chromatography; and (c) recovering purified protein isolate.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: EAT JUST, INC.Inventors: Ritu Bansal-Mutalik, Siddharth Bhide, Brenna Gibson, Camilla Hall, Malgorzata Jakubasch, Jake Kleiner, Viviane Lanquar, Swetha Mahadevan, Trevor Niekowal, Jade Proulx, Ben Roche, Meng Xu, James Flatt, Nathaniel Park
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Publication number: 20230146346Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing milk proteins in plants, which allow for safe, sustainable and humane production of milk proteins for commercial use, such as use in food compositions. The disclosure provides recombinant fusion proteins comprising a milk protein, or fragment thereof and a structured mammalian, avian, plant, or fungal protein, or fragment thereof. The disclosure also provides methods for producing the recombinant fusions proteins, and food compositions comprising the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Viviane LANQUAR, Magi EL-RICHANI
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Publication number: 20220372504Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing milk proteins in plants, which allow for safe, sustainable and humane production of milk proteins for commercial use, such as use in food compositions. The disclosure provides recombinant fusion proteins comprising a milk protein, or fragment thereof and a structured mammalian, avian, plant, or fungal protein, or fragment thereof. The disclosure also provides methods for producing the recombinant fusions proteins, and food compositions comprising the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicants: Nobell Foods, Inc., Nobell Foods, Inc.Inventors: Viviane LANQUAR, Magi EL-RICHANI
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Publication number: 20220279824Abstract: Provided herein are methods for producing an adzuki bean protein isolate having high functionality for a broad range of food applications. In some embodiments, the methods for producing the isolate comprise one or more steps selected from: (a) extracting one or more adzuki bean proteins from an adzuki bean protein source in an aqueous solution, for example, at a pH between about 6.5-10.0; (b) purifying protein from the extract using at least one of two methods: (i) precipitating protein from the extract at a pH near the isoelectric point of a globulin-rich fraction, for example a pH between about 5.0-6.0; and/or (ii) fractionating and concentrating protein from the extract using filtration such as microfiltration, ultrafiltration or ion-exchange chromatography; and (c) recovering purified protein isolate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Ritu BANSAL-MUTALIK, Siddharth BHIDE, Brenna GIBSON, Camilla HALL, Malgorzata JAKUBASCH, Jake KLEINER, Viviane LANQUAR, Swetha MAHADEVAN, Trevor NIEKOWAL, Jade PROULX, Ben ROCHE, Meng XU, James FLATT
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Publication number: 20220264908Abstract: An isolated plant protein comprising both native and denatured proteins, food compositions containing such isolates, and methods for preparing isolated plant protein are disclosed. In some embodiments, the hardness and gel elasticity of the isolated plant protein can be controlled by controlling the amounts of native protein and denatured protein present in the plant protein isolate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Meng LI, Michael JAMROS, Swetha MAHADEVAN, Viviane LANQUAR, Camilla HEROLD, Peter LICARI
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Patent number: 11401526Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing milk proteins in plants, which allow for safe, sustainable and humane production of milk proteins for commercial use, such as use in food compositions. The disclosure provides recombinant fusion proteins comprising a milk protein, or fragment thereof and a structured mammalian, avian, plant, or fungal protein, or fragment thereof. The disclosure also provides methods for producing the recombinant fusions proteins, and food compositions comprising the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Nobell Foods, Inc.Inventors: Viviane Lanquar, Magi El-Richani
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Publication number: 20220169690Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing milk proteins, which allow for safe, sustainable, and humane production of milk proteins for commercial use, such as use in food compositions. The disclosure provides recombinant fusion proteins comprising at least first protein and a second protein, wherein at least one of the first protein and the second protein is a milk protein, or fragment thereof. The disclosure also provides methods for producing the recombinant fusions proteins, and food compositions comprising the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Viviane LANQUAR, Magi EL-RICHANI
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Patent number: 11311038Abstract: Provided herein are methods for producing an adzuki bean protein isolate having high functionality for a broad range of food applications. In some embodiments, the methods for producing the isolate comprise one or more steps selected from: (a) extracting one or more adzuki bean proteins from an adzuki bean protein source in an aqueous solution, for example, at a pH between about 6.5-10.0; (b) purifying protein from the extract using at least one of two methods: (i) precipitating protein from the extract at a pH near the isoelectric point of a globulin-rich fraction, for example a pH between about 5.0-6.0; and/or (ii) fractionating and concentrating protein from the extract using filtration such as microfiltration, ultrafiltration or ion-exchange chromatography; and (c) recovering purified protein isolate.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Eat JUST, Inc.Inventors: Ritu Bansal-Mutalik, Siddharth Bhide, Brenna Gibson, Camilla Hall, Malgorzata Jakubasch, Jake Kleiner, Viviane Lanquar, Swetha Mahadevan, Trevor Niekowal, Jade Proulx, Ben Roche, Meng Xu, James Flatt
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Publication number: 20220098259Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing recombinant milk proteins, as well as food compositions comprising the same. In aspects, the recombinant milk proteins of the disclosure are recombinant fusion proteins comprising casein and beta-lactoglobulin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Viviane LANQUAR, Magi EL-RICHANI
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Publication number: 20220098608Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing milk proteins in plants, which allow for safe, sustainable and humane production of milk proteins for commercial use, such as use in food compositions. The disclosure provides recombinant fusion proteins comprising a milk protein, or fragment thereof and a structured mammalian, avian, plant, or fungal protein, or fragment thereof. The disclosure also provides methods for producing the recombinant fusions proteins, and food compositions comprising the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Viviane LANQUAR, Magi EL-RICHANI
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Patent number: 11266163Abstract: Provided herein are methods for producing a mung bean protein isolate having high functionality for a broad range of food applications. In some embodiments, the methods for producing the isolate comprise one or more steps selected from: (a) extracting one or more mung bean proteins from a mung bean protein source in an aqueous solution, for example, at a pH between about 6.5-10.0; (b) purifying protein from the extract using at least one of two methods: (i) precipitating protein from the extract at a pH near the isoelectric point of a globulin-rich fraction, for example a pH between about 5.0-6.0; and/or (ii) fractionating and concentrating protein from the extract using filtration such as microfiltration, ultrafiltration or ion-exchange chromatography; and (c) recovering purified protein isolate.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Eat JUST, Inc.Inventors: Ritu Bansal-Mutalik, Siddharth Bhide, Brenna Gibson, Camilla Hall, Malgorzata Jakubasch, Jake Kleiner, Viviane Lanquar, Swetha Mahadevan, Trevor Niekowal, Jade Proulx, Ben Roche, Meng Xu, James Flatt, Nathaniel Park
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Patent number: 11142555Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing recombinant milk proteins, as well as food compositions comprising the same. In aspects, the recombinant milk proteins of the disclosure are recombinant fusion proteins comprising casein and beta-lactoglobulin.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Nobell Foods, Inc.Inventors: Viviane Lanquar, Magi El-Richani