US Patent Issued to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG on May 27 for "Process for producing protein preparations from sunflower seeds and protein preparations produced therefrom" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,385, issued on May 27, was assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Munich).

"Process for producing protein preparations from sunflower seeds and protein preparations produced therefrom" was invented by Peter Eisner (Freising, Germany), Stephaine Mittermaier (Freising, Germany) and Andreas Stabler (Freising, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a process for producing protein preparations from sunflower seeds a protein-containing flour made of dehulled and deoiled sunflower seeds preferably having a protein solubility in water at pH 6 of less than15% by mass and/or at pH 7 of less than25...