ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,701, issued on July 8, was assigned to Leprino Foods Co. (Denver).
"Denatured milk proteins, methods of making, and protein fortified foods" was invented by Paulos Tesfe (Commerce City, Colo.), Jiancai Li (Englewood, Colo.), Bradley Maier (Broomfield, Colo.) and Richard K. Merrill (Highlands Ranch, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes denatured whey protein compositions. The compositions include at least 60 wt. % protein on a dry weight basis, less than 8 wt. % native glycomacropeptide (GMP), greater than 2 wt. % enzymatically hydrolyzed GMP relative to the total weight of the protein, a proteolysis ind...