US Patent Issued to Louis Dreyfus Company Plant Proteins on Nov. 4 for "Albumin rich pea protein isolate and process for production thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,971, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Louis Dreyfus Co. Plant Proteins LLP (Livermore, Calif.).

"Albumin rich pea protein isolate and process for production thereof" was invented by Prasanth Kumar Sasidharan Pillai (Livermore, Calif.) and Manoj Kumar (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an albumin enriched PPI extraction process and albumin enriched PPI produced by the process and use of albumin enriched PPI. The albumin enriched PPI extraction process comprises steps of a) protein extraction from aqueous solution comprising pea flour, b) separation of solids from the aqueous solution, pro...