Patents
US 7989592 B2: Process for preparing hybrid proteins
- Granted
- 2011-08-02
- Filed
- 2007-07-12 application 11777176
- Type
- Utility · 28 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Hydrothermal processes are provided for preparing hybrid proteins containing altered SS/SH bonds, thereby yielding hybrid proteins having enhanced functional and/or nutritional properties. The processes involve initial homogenization of a protein-containing slurry containing at least two proteins, followed by high pressure steam treatment in a jet cooker (16) or similar device in order to heat shock and thereby alter the conformation of some of the proteins, followed by a holding period to allow the proteins to reform, whereupon the proteins are cooled. Plant and animal proteins may be processed, and the starting slurry can be pH-modified and/or supplemented with one or more additional ingredients (e.g., salts, phosphates, fatty acids, polysaccharides, alcohols, aromatic compounds). The hybrid proteins are useful as food ingredients (e.g., solubility, wetability, dispersibility, foiling, emulsification, viscosity, gelatinosa or thickening agents).
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg110802.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MGP Ingredients, Inc. 2 patents | US company or organization | Atchison, KS | MGP INGREDIENTS INC State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state MGP INGREDIENTS, INC. Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state MGP INGREDIENTS INC SEC filer EXACT medium confidence: identical full name, one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girish Ganjyal | Atchison, KS | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Clodualdo C. Maningat | Platte City, MO | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Sukh Bassi | Atchison, KS | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A23J | Protein compositions for foodstuffs; working-up proteins for foodstuffs; phosphatide compositions for foodstuffs | A23J3/22 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A23L | Foods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages, not otherwise provided for; preparation or treatment thereof | A23L5/13 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A23P | Shaping or working of foodstuffs, not fully covered by a single other subclass | A23P10/20 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-31 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION signed 2017-08-23 | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. ATCHISON, KS | 43464/155 | PASDL, file of 2026-08-13 |
| 2017-08-31 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION signed 2017-08-23 | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. ATCHISON, KS | 43463/807 | PASDL, file of 2026-08-13 |
| 2017-08-23 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | MGP INGREDIENTS, INC. signed 2017-08-23 MGPI PROCESSING, INC. signed 2017-08-23 MGPI PIPELINE, INC. signed 2017-08-23 MGPI OF INDIANA, LLC signed 2017-08-23 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT SANDY SPRINGS, GA | 43374/545 | PASDL, file of 2026-08-13 |
| 2012-11-07 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. signed 2012-11-02 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT CHICAGO, IL | 29257/862 | PASDL, file of 2026-08-13 |
| 2012-02-17 | Name change Change of name | MGP INGREDIENTS, INC. signed 2012-01-03 | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. ATCHISON, KS | 27722/84 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2009-09-16 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | MGP INGREDIENTS, INC. signed 2009-07-21 | WELLS FARGO BANK MINNEAPOLIS, MN | 23234/311 | PASDL, file of 2026-08-13 |
| 2007-07-12 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BASSI, SUKH signed 2007-05-29 MANINGAT, CLODUALDO C. signed 2007-06-15 GANJYAL, GIRISH M. signed 2007-06-22 | MGP INGREDIENTS, INC. ATCHISON, KS | 19552/36 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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