US Patent Issued to Indian Council of Agricultural Research on April 29 for "Microbial method for production of protein isolate/concentrate from oilseed cakes/meals" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,029, issued on April 29, was assigned to Indian Council of Agricultural Research (New Delhi).

"Microbial method for production of protein isolate/concentrate from oilseed cakes/meals" was invented by Deep Narayan Yadav (Ludhiana, India), Sangita Bansal (New Delhi), Rajesh Kumar Singh (Ludhiana, India) and Shyam Narayan Jha (New Delhi).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Alkaline extraction followed by acid precipitation or ultrafiltration method for preparation of protein isolates from oilseeds cakes/meals is followed. The strong alkaline and acidic conditions alter the functional properties of the protein, which adversely affects its quali...