Processes Patents (Class 426/665)
  • Patent number: 11957132
    Abstract: A method of storing potatoes, the method comprising the steps of: i. providing a plurality of dormant potatoes, wherein the potatoes have been cured after harvesting; ii. treating the potatoes with 1-methylcyclopropene, the treatment comprising exposing the potatoes, which are at a first treatment temperature within the range of from 10 to 30° C., to 1-methylcyclopropene; storing the potatoes at a second storage temperature within the range of from greater than 1 to up to 6° C. for a storage period within a potato store, wherein the storage period extends continuously until at least 1 week after initiation of eye movement in at least one of the potatoes, and wherein during the storage period the potatoes are stored in atmospheric air free of an external supply of ethylene sprout suppressant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH
    Inventors: Gemma A. Chope, Simon C. McWilliam, Leon A. Terry, Katherine Cools, Roberta Tosetti
  • Patent number: 11718866
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to, among other things, systems for generating engineered water nanostructures (EWNS) comprising reactive oxygen species (ROS) and methods for inactivating at least one of viruses, bacteria, bacterial spores, and fungi in or on a wound of a subject in need thereof or on produce by applying EWNS to the wound or to the produce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Philip Demokritou, Georgios Pyrgiotakis, Joseph D. Brain
  • Patent number: 11337438
    Abstract: Systems and methods have demonstrated the capability of rapidly cooling the contents of pods containing the ingredients for food and drinks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: ColdSnap, Corp.
    Inventors: Matthew Fonte, John Heymans, Nicholas Fonte, Robert Devaney, Ian McGinty, Vincent Weaver, Benjamin Fichera
  • Patent number: 9187222
    Abstract: A soft drink container includes a plurality of the additive storage containers, a plurality of additive contents contained in the additive storage containers, an additive storage selector, a base storage container containing at least one base liquid, and a mechanism operable to release the additive contents into the base liquid storage. The plurality of additive contents may include at least one of salts, spices, flavoring, color agents, odors, fragrances, vitamins, thickeners, enhancers, fruit distillers, preservatives and vitamins. The additive storage selector is operable to separately align each of the plurality of additive storage containers with an opening of the base storage container and is operable to release a selected additive content into the base liquid container. The additive storage selector may further include a piercer operable to pierce the base storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Enpluz, LLC
    Inventor: James D. Bennett
  • Patent number: 9149063
    Abstract: A method for preparing alkaline hydrolysates of plant proteins, which includes the following steps: 1) preparing a suspension of proteins selected from the group consisting of pea proteins, potato proteins and maize proteins, at a dry matter content of between 10 and 15%; 2) adjusting the pH, with stirring, to a value between 9.5 and 10.5 using, as the only alkaline agent, one or more alkali metal hydroxides selected from the group consisting of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide; 3) heating the resulting suspension at a temperature between 70 and 80° C., for 4 to 6 hours; 4) neutralizing said heated suspension using an inorganic acid, preferably hydrochloric acid; 5) drying the neutralized suspension so as to obtain the alkaline hydrolysate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Claire Dhalleine, Sophie Delepierre
  • Publication number: 20150132455
    Abstract: A process for ready to eat confectionery snack included a fruit chewy casing with center filling. The filling can be jam-like, sugar paste-like, other substance like. The product shapes can have a variety of shapes or not limited to create and various color for recreational use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: PAISAL ANGKHASEKVILAI
  • Patent number: 8951558
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous medium containing an amino(meth)acrylate polymer or copolymer which is not soluble in dematerialised water, characterized in that the medium has a content of an aqueous phase of at least 60% by weight and a content of up to 40% by weight of solids comprising the amino(meth)acrylate polymer or copolymer, whereby the aqueous phase is charged by a sufficient amount of carbon dioxide that effects the amino(meth)acrylate polymer or copolymer to be present in solute form in the medium. The aqueous medium may be used beneficially as a coating or binding solution for the spray coating or binding of pharmaceutical compositions or nutraceutical compositions or cosmetical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Evonik Röhm GmbH
    Inventors: Rosario Lizio, Michael Damm, Hans-Ulrich Petereit
  • Publication number: 20140271989
    Abstract: Described are Pichia kluyveri yeast strains with advantageous properties useful in cacao fermentation processes, and related methods and products, including fermented cocoa beans having a ratio of isobutyl acetate/isobutanol higher than 1 and/or a ratio of isoamyl acetate/isoamyl alcohol higher than 0.005, and cocoa-based products prepared therefrom, as well as methods for the fermentation of cocoa beans comprising using at least one Pichia kluyveri yeast strain, fermented cocoa beans obtainable thereby, and cocoa-based products prepared therefrom and obtainable thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Chr. Hansen A/S
    Inventors: Sofie Saerens, Jan Hendrik Swiegers
  • Publication number: 20140215648
    Abstract: The invention relates to the sorghum variety designated GSV415986. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the sorghum variety GSV415986. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the sorghum variety GSV415986 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing sorghum plants by crossing the sorghum variety GSV415986 with itself or another sorghum variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Ryan S. Bading, Miguel A. Gutierrez, Michael C. Lenz
  • Publication number: 20140212549
    Abstract: A microgreen product and a method relate to a microgreen characterized by a husky, shorter, thicker main stem reaching a harvested height of about one inch, with larger leaves, and is further characterized by a deeper color of green or red with a more intense taste and longer shelf life, such as at least ten days.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Fresh Origins, LLC
    Inventor: David G. Sasuga
  • Publication number: 20140199247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a brine with improved features for use in food as a condiment and for the preservation and treatment of fish and shellfish, improving the organoleptic and nutritional properties of the foods treated and/or cooked with it. The brine with improved features obtained according to the method of the present invention can furthermore be used as raw material for manufacturing intensely hydrating and mineralizing isotonic beverages for human consumption, as well as any food product requiring water in the manufacturing process, improving the nutritional properties thereof. It can also be used as raw material for manufacturing products with a high nutritional value in agriculture and stock raising, in the food industry, in other industries and in health treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventor: Carlos DÍAZ-CRESPO CARDONA
  • Publication number: 20140093618
    Abstract: Provided are engineered meat products formed as a plurality of at least partially fused layers, wherein each layer comprises at least partially fused multicellular bodies comprising non-human myocytes and wherein the engineered meat is comestible. Also provided are multicellular bodies comprising a plurality of non-human myocytes that are adhered and/or cohered to one another; wherein the multicellular bodies are arranged adjacently on a nutrient-permeable support substrate and maintained in culture to allow the multicellular bodies to at least partially fuse to form a substantially planar layer for use in formation of engineered meat. Further described herein are methods of forming engineered meat utilizing said layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: The Curators Of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: Gabor FORGACS, Francoise MARGA, Karoly Robert JAKAB
  • Publication number: 20140090098
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods related to selective inhibition of PPO11 and use for improving shelf life of a plant or parts thereof. In accordance with the invention, for example, compositions for topical application to a plant or part thereof, are provided that can reduce browning of the plant or part thereof to extend shelf life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Michele Feikert, Byron Froman, Graeme S. Garvey, Leo Kelly, William Waycott
  • Publication number: 20140044826
    Abstract: Provided are food and drink ingredients produced from wheat grain which has a low level (2-30%) of total starch branching enzyme II activity and an amylose content in the starch of at least 50% (w/w), and processes for producing and using the ingredients. Also provided are foods produced from the ingredients which may be used in humans to improve one or more parameters of metabolic health, bowel health or cardiovascular health.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: ARISTA CEREAL TECHNOLOGIES PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ahmed Regina, Matthew Kennedy Morell, Pierre Georges Louis Berbezy, Elisabeth Marie-Anne Ida Chanliaud, Bernard Duperrier
  • Patent number: 8637101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polynucleotide sequences comprising genes that encode novel lipolytic enzymes, as well as functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequences with high homology thereto. The invention also relates to methods of using these lipolytic enzymes in industrial processes, for example in the dairy or baking industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Metske Laan Van Der, Yulia M. Efimova, Karin Turk, Margot Elisabeth Francoise Schooneveld-Bergmans, Arie Gerrit Terdu, Arjen Sein, Natalja Alekseevna Cyplenkova
  • Publication number: 20140020129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed of the cos type designated 41-137 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including resistance against downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) races B1:1 to B1:28 and CA-I, CA-IIA, CA-IIB, CA-IV, CA-V, CA-VI, and CA-VIII, currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri) biotype Nr:0, root aphid (Pemphigus bursarius), and lettuce mosaic virus (LMV) race LMV:1. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-137 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-137 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V.
    Inventor: Maria Tomas GARCIA
  • Patent number: 8628921
    Abstract: The disclosure is related generally to methods for testing mammary fluid (including milk) to establish or confirm the identity of the donor of the mammary fluid. Such methods are useful in the milk-bank business to improve safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Prolacta Bioscience Inc.
    Inventors: Elena M. Medo, Martin L. Lee, David J. Rechtman
  • Publication number: 20140013468
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for modulating the juvenile to adult developmental growth transition in plants, such as grasses (e.g. maize). In particular, the invention provides methods for enhancing agronomic properties in plants by modulating expression of GRMZM2G362718, GRMZM2G096016, or homologs thereof. Modulation of expression of one or more additional genes which affect juvenile to adult developmental growth transition such as Glossy15 or Cg1, in conjunction with such modulation of expression is also contemplated. Nucleic acid constructs for down-regulation of GRMZM2G362718 and/or GRMZM2G096016 are also contemplated, as are transgenic plants and products produced there from, that demonstrate altered, such as extended juvenile growth, and display associated phenotypes such as enhanced yield, improved digestibility, and increased disease resistance. Plants described herein may be used, for example, as improved forage or feed crops or in biofuel production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Shawn Kaeppler, Natalia de Leon Gatti, Jillian Foerster
  • Publication number: 20140004249
    Abstract: A hydraulic circuit for instant beverage machines includes a tank, a water extraction pipe contained in the tank, a flow-meter connected to the extraction pipe, a pump, a first vibration-damping valve, a boiler, a second relief and safety valve, a water/steam faucet, a third beverage flow valve, and a recovery tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Stefano Tonelli, Massimo Lelli
  • Publication number: 20130337137
    Abstract: A composition is disclosed comprising at least one acid and at least one sugar for use as an additive for animal feed products. The composition may be used as an alternative to molasses and other sweeteners within the animal feed. The composition disclosed herein may be prepared from discarded and surplus food products. A process for preparing the disclosed composition is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventor: Eric E. Lofquist
  • Patent number: 8592736
    Abstract: A microwave cooking system is described for use in cooking pasta and alike in a microwave oven. The microwave cooking system includes a base receptacle, a colander, and a ventilation cover. The colander is sized to be suspended and nested within a central cavity of the base receptacle. The ventilation cover is sized to mount on top of the colander. An optional storage lid may be included for use in sealably engaging onto the base receptacle in which the colander and the ventilation cover can be nested within the base receptacle sealed with the storage lid. The method includes the steps of affixing, cooking, filling, heating, obtaining, placing, removing, and repositioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Tristar Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul DiLonardo, Jorge Prats
  • Patent number: 8568820
    Abstract: The production of starch containing products such as rice for use in a low glycemic diet as a carbohydrate substitute in diet preparations is disclosed. The preparation may be readily adjusted in form and taste with respect to aroma, texture, consistency, and flavor for utilization in a number of food preparation techniques including baking and frying. The method provides digestible starches from native and commercial starches by controlled heating and/or enzymatic processing and filtration of carbohydrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Inventor: Bashir A Zirkia
  • Patent number: 8568638
    Abstract: A polymer-based sausage casing suitable for use with uncooked meats such as chorizo is disclosed. A polymer resin is blended with a silicon-based barrier control agent, preferably a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, to increase the permeability of the sausage casing. The resultant blend can be biaxially stretch-oriented to produce a single-layered polymer-based sausage casing suitable for use with uncooked sausage meats such as chorizo, and specifically suitable for the gas and moisture permeability needed during the curing process for uncooked sausage meats. Such polymer-based casings can also be employed for cooked sausages by choosing a silicon-based barrier control agent that increases gas and moisture barrier, thereby increasing shelf-life for unpeeled sausages. A method for improving the peelability of cooked sausage casings by injecting a thin coating of a releasing agent, without the addition of a surfactant, into the sausage casing during the shirring process is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Casematic S.A. de C.V.
    Inventor: Ruben Garcia Cruz
  • Patent number: 8557297
    Abstract: The present invention contemplates the creation of a low fluoride oil processed from a phospholipid-protein complex (PPC) formed immediately upon a crustacean (i.e., for example, krill) catch. The process comprises disintegrating the crustaceans into smaller particles, adding water, heating the result, adding enzyme(s) to hydrolyze the disintegrated material, deactivating the enzyme(s), removing solids from the enzymatically processed material to reduce fluoride content of the material, separating and drying the PPC material. Then, using extraction with supercritical CO2 and ethanol as solvents, inter alia krill oil is separated from the PPC. In the extraction the krill oil can be separated almost wholly from the feed material. The products have low fluoride content. The manufacturing costs in the extraction process are relatively low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Olympic Seafood, AS
    Inventors: Inge Bruheim, Mikko Griinari, Jon Reidar Ervik, Stig Rune Remoy
  • Patent number: 8541379
    Abstract: A substance capable of imparting a kokumi having CaSR agonist activity is described. This substance is able to impart kokumi in a superior manner, in particular, at the initial taste, and is also highly stable and can easily be produced at a low cost. The present invention thus provides a kokumi-imparting composition which includes such a substance as well as a complex kokumi-imparting composition which includes the substance and other substances possessing the CaSR agonist activities in combination. More particularly, the present invention herein provides a kokumi-imparting composition including ?-Glu-Nva (L-?-glutamyl-L-norvaline), and a complex kokumi-imparting composition including the foregoing substance and another substance having a CaSR agonist activity, in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Miyaki, Naohiro Miyamura, Megumi Kaneko, Yusuke Amino, Reiko Yasuda, Yuzuru Eto, Takaho Tajima
  • Publication number: 20130164795
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods of generating co-products for animal feed and compositions useful as co-products for animal feed derived from biofuel production processes. More specifically, the invention includes co-products for animal feed from at least one process feedstream, such as fatty acids from oil hydrolysis, lipids from evaporation of thin stillage, syrup, distillers grains, distillers grains and solubles, solids from a mash before fermentation, and solids from a whole stillage after fermentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: BUTAMAX(TM) ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
    Inventors: David J. LOWE, Brian Michael Roesch
  • Publication number: 20130149423
    Abstract: A whiskey making method is provided wherein container pressure is controllably varied to mimic, at an increased frequency, the mimic those which occur during cycles of a conventional aging process. To make a whiskey having taste qualities similar to one aged for a conventional aging period (e.g., usually thirty-six months or more), the pressure-varying steps need only be repeated for a period of less than nine months.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Cleveland Whiskey LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Steven Lix
  • Publication number: 20130122140
    Abstract: A highly alkaline, ultra-low sodium antioxidant mineral additive of saturated tripotassium phosphate may be used as an additive to dosages such as concentrated drops, tablets, capsules, bottled water, beverages or other dosage forms. The alkaline antioxidant mineral additive further includes organic potassium, calcium, zinc, magnesium, selenium and 79 trace minerals from ancient sea salt. The trace minerals are taken from the low-sodium technically-processed magnesium chloride marine deposits and chelated with amino acids. The amino acids are from a non-animal source which is suitable for vegetarian and persons who are allergic to animal proteins. The alkaline antioxidant mineral additive, which is considered nutritionally nil in sodium content, can be used as a concentrated aqueous drop or dried and used as an additive for dietary supplement dosage forms including tablets, capsules, bottled water, beverages and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventor: Robert Kim
  • Publication number: 20130111628
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-99 RZ, which exhibits resistance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae Regel.) races Bl:1 to Bl:28, lettuce mosaic virus (LMV) and currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri) and which has deeply red, deeply-incised, nicely-filled leaves. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-99 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-99 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: RIJK ZWANN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
    Inventor: RIJK ZWANN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.
  • Publication number: 20130095225
    Abstract: A system for treating edible fluids under high pressure to reduce microorganisms. The system comprises a high pressure housing having an interior chamber containing two parallel flexible bladders adapted to hold the fluid to be treated under high pressure within the confines of the chamber. A pressurizing fluid fills the interior chamber outside the bladders. When one bladder is filled the other bladder is collapsed. In operation pressure is exerted throughout the interior chamber by means of the pressurizing fluid for a period sufficient to reduce microorganisms in the fluid within the filled bladder. Pressure will be released and the collapsed bladder will then be filled with an edible fluid causing treated fluid to be removed from the first bladder due to expansion caused by the filling of the second bladder such that the first bladder is collapsed. The process can then be repeated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventor: Elend S. LeBaron
  • Publication number: 20130055455
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the development of a spinach plant that expresses a new resistance pattern against downy mildew (Peronospora farinosa f. sp. Spinaciae) strains Pf1-Pf13, methods and compositions relating to plants, progeny, seeds and derivatives thereof and plants, progeny, seeds and derivatives thereof having all the morphological, physiological and/or genetic characteristics thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventor: Jan Hugo den Braber
  • Publication number: 20130055454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of plant breeding and more particular to the development of a spinach plant that expresses a new resistance pattern against downy mildew (Peronospora farinosa f. sp. Spinaciae) strains Pf1-Pf12 and isolate PfsUA441), methods and compositions relating to plants, progeny, seeds and derivatives thereof and plants, progeny, seeds and derivatives thereof having all the morphological, physiological and/or genetic characteristics thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventor: Jan Hugo den BRABER
  • Publication number: 20130045324
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to methods for preparing plants, plant cells, or plant parts with increased content in one or more of protein, oil, or one or more amino acids. The invention also relates to transgenic plants comprising multiple genes of interest including a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide having pyruvate kinase activity and a nucleic acid molecule encoding a trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (TPS) homolog. Expression cassettes for achieving such gene expression manipulation, as well as recombinant constructs, vectors and plants, plant cells, or plant parts comprising the same, are also provided. Plants, plant cells, or plant parts with increased content in one or more of protein, oil, or one or more amino acids thus obtained may be useful in preparing foodstuffs and animal feeds and in plant breeding programs for developing further hybrid or inbred lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Hanping Guan, Heiko Härtel, Suzy M. Cocciolone
  • Publication number: 20130045325
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to methods for preparing a plant, plant cell, or plant part with increased content in one or more of protein, oil, or one or more amino acids relative to a corresponding wild-type plant, plant cell, or plant part. Expression cassettes for achieving such gene expression manipulation, as well as recombinant constructs, vectors and plants, plant cells, or plant parts comprising the same, are also provided. Plants, plant cells, or plant parts with increased content in one or more of protein, oil, or one or more amino acids thus obtained may be useful in the preparation of foodstuffs and animal feeds. Plants, plant cells, or plant parts with increased content in one or more of protein, oil, or one or more amino acids thus obtained may also be useful in plant breeding programs for developing further hybrid or inbred lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Härtel, Volker Haake, Alex Cernac, Jamie Härtel, Christopher Kafer
  • Publication number: 20130045323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for increasing the protein, oil, and/or amino acid content of a plant. The methods involve the manipulation of the expression level of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (TPS) homologs. Expression cassettes for achieving such gene expression manipulation and transgenic plant cells and plants comprising the constructs and cassettes are also provided. Methods of plant breeding using these plants have also been developed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
    Inventor: Heiko Härtel
  • Patent number: 8372463
    Abstract: Low sodium salt compositions containing a blend of sodium chloride and one or more magnesium, sodium and potassium salts are provided. Also provided are methods for making and using the compositions. Further provided are food products containing the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Exportadora de Sal, S.A. de C.V.
    Inventor: Juan Antonio Flores Zúñiga
  • Publication number: 20130023459
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a protein emulsion from bone material from which meat has been at least partially removed. The invention also relates to the protein emulsion obtained with such a method and to the use of this protein emulsion. In addition, the invention also relates to a food product comprising the protein emulsion according to the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventor: Patrick Willibrord Koehorst
  • Publication number: 20130007918
    Abstract: Sunn hemp plants capable of flowering and producing seed when grown in the continental United States are provided. Two plant varieties capable of flowering and producing seed when grown in the continental United States, named AU Golden and AU Durbin, are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: Jorge Mosjidis
  • Publication number: 20120328764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-190 RZ or 79-107 RZ, which exhibits resistance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae Regel.) races B1:1 to B1:28 and currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri), as well as an extraordinary high number of red-colored, elongated leaves of substantially equal size. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-190 RZ or 79-107 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-190 RZ or 79-107 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Cornelis Marinus Moor, Hubertus Joseph Wilhelmus Crins
  • Patent number: 8337687
    Abstract: A structured chromium solids particles layer with a network of cracks in which solids particles are embedded, wherein the crack density is 10-250 per mm, the particle size of the solids particles lies in the range of from 0.01-10 ?m, the proportion of solids particles in the overall layer is 1-30 vol.-% and the chromium solids particles layer has a microstructure with depressions in the surface of the layer, wherein the proportion of the surface area accounted for by the depressions is 5-80%. A method for producing the structured chromium solids particles layer on a workpiece includes introducing the workpiece into an electrolyte containing a Cr(VI) compound and electrolytically depositing a chromium layer at a current density of 20-100 A/dm2 and a current yield of 12% or less and then reversing the current direction wherein the solid particles are embedded within the network of cracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Linde, Stefan Duerdoth
  • Publication number: 20120321775
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for holding a cookie includes a handle and a holder configured to hold a cookie to be dipped in a beverage. The holder includes a pair of retainer panels and a generally C-shaped clip. The C-shaped clip separates the pair of retainer panels and is adapted to hold the cookie between the panels. The handle is gripped and the cookie inserted into the holder such that the C-shaped clip resiliently bends around at least a portion of the cookie. The cookie is held by the holder and may be dipped into a beverage, such as milk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: BURTON & PARKER ENTERPRISES LLC.
    Inventor: Herschel Parker
  • Publication number: 20120311732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-41 RZ, which may exhibit resistance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae Regel.), currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribis-nigri) and Lettuce Mosaic Virus (LMV), and which may have light green, moderately glossy, deeply-incised, strongly undulated leaves. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-41 seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-41 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Cornelis Marinus MOOR, Egbert Carolus Johannes Smits
  • Publication number: 20120288614
    Abstract: A method of treating solid and semi-solid foods to reduce microorganisms and enzymes in the food including introducing solid or semi-solid food to a pressure vessel, exposing the food in the vessel to supercritical carbon dioxide to reduce the one or more microorganisms or enzymes, exhausting the supercritical carbon dioxide at a rate to maintain organoleptic integrity of the food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Nicole Favreau, Patrick J. Marek
  • Publication number: 20120284860
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV652404. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV652404, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV652404 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV652404 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV652404.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventor: SLOBODAN TRIFUNOVIC
  • Publication number: 20120266270
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH475945. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH475945, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH475945 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH475945.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Gary Stangland, Peter J. Lynch
  • Publication number: 20120231119
    Abstract: Provided are: tofu-like food and soy milk containing fibrous material, each of which has good texture and flavor and enables simultaneous intake of almost all of nutritional components in soybeans, such as proteins, lipids, glucides, fibrous material, minerals, vitamin components, and isoflavone compounds. Also provided is a process for producing soy milk containing fibrous material, which comprises the steps of: (A) dissolving and dispersing dehulled soybean powdery material having a nitrogen solubility index of 75 to 90, a lipoxygenase value of 30 to 120, an n-hexanal content of 0.5 ppm to 2 ppm, and a peroxide value of 0.2 meq/kg to 3.0 meq/kg in water to obtain dispersion; (B) subjecting the dispersion to heat treatment at 120° C. to 160° C. for 1 to 600 seconds; and (C) after the step (B), cooling the dispersion to 100° C. or lower and subjecting the resultant dispersion to emulsification and dispersion treatment under a pressure of 25 MPa to 200 MPa to produce soy milk containing fibrous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Masaru Matsuura, Masaki Sato, Nobuhiro Hirasawa, Sachiko Tadokoro, Kenji Koga
  • Patent number: 8252314
    Abstract: This invention is directed generally to compositions (including foods, supplements, treats, toys, etc.) for animal (including pet) consumption, and particularly hypoallergenic compositions, and more particularly semi-solid hypoallergenic compositions and hypoallergenic compositions that comprise a hydrolysate. This invention also is directed generally to methods for using such compositions. This invention is further directed generally to processes for making such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Dierking, Dennis Jewell, Luis Montelongo, Fernando Qvyjt, Naina Shah, Timothy Vande Giessen
  • Patent number: 8252315
    Abstract: This invention is directed generally to compositions (including foods, supplements, treats, toys, etc.) for animal (including pet) consumption, and particularly hypoallergenic compositions, and more particularly semi-solid hypoallergenic compositions and hypoallergenic compositions that comprise a hydrolysate. This invention also is directed generally to methods for using such compositions. This invention is further directed generally to processes for making such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Dierking, Dennis Edward Jewell, Luis Jose Montelongo, Fernando Qvyjt, Naina Kiran Shah, Timothy Glen Vande Giessen
  • Publication number: 20120207883
    Abstract: A highly alkaline, ultra-low sodium solution of saturated tripotassium phosphate may be used as an additive to dosages such as concentrated drops, tablets, capsules, bottled water, beverages or other dosage forms. The additive further includes organic potassium, calcium, zinc, magnesium, selenium and 79 trace minerals from ancient sea salt. The trace minerals are taken from the low-sodium technical magnesium chloride marine deposits and chelated with amino acids. The amino acids are from a non-animal source which is suitable for vegetarian and persons who are allergic to animal proteins. The additive, which is considered nutritionally nil in sodium content, can be used as a concentrated aqueous drop or dried and used as an additive for dietary supplement dosage forms including tablets, capsules, bottled water, beverages and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventor: Robert Kim
  • Publication number: 20120201913
    Abstract: According to this invention, plants of the genus Triodia are harvested for use as a renewable energy source or as a means of carbon sequestration. Triodia is a hummock-forming grass endemic to Australia, commonly known as spinifex. It is an abundant perennial plant which grows in semi-arid and arid regions. The novel use of Triodia as a biofuel feedstock has many advantages over the prior art. Being perennial, there is no need to plant and fertilise crops. The plants can be continuously harvested without damaging the soil. Triodia grows well with even small amounts of natural rainfall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventor: Michael Archer