Patents by Inventor William J. McBurney

William J. McBurney 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).

  • Patent number: 4828846
    Abstract: A food product suitable for human consumption, having acceptable flavor and nutritional value, is recovered from cereal grain residues remaining after alcohol fermentation. The food product of the invention is produced by controlling the pH at a range of 4.0-5.0 of the various enzymic conversions of starch to alcohol using only certain organic and inorganic acids which avoid imparting unacceptable mineral acid tastes to the finished product. The preferred acid is citric acid. The pH of the slurry residues before drying to a finished product must be neutralized to about 5.0-8.0. Again, satisfactory taste of the finished product is achieved by carefully selecting the neutralizing agent, typically hydroxides or oxides of Na, K or Ca. Resulting products are characterized as containing only salts from acids used to adjust pH which are taste acceptable. The product forms a 1:10 aqueous suspension having a pH of about 5.0-8.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: Washington Research Foundation
    Inventors: Barbara A. Rasco, William J. McBurney