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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
William G Schultz, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435267 ; 426 44 ; 426 50 ; 426 63 ; 426540 ; 426630 ; 426429 ; 426430 ; 8438 ;
Abstract
Pigment is extracted from seeds containing the same by contacting the seeds with water containing one or more alpha-enzymes for a period of time and at a temperature sufficient to extract the pigment. In particular, annatto pigment can be extracted from the seeds of Bixa orellana L. by the aforementioned process.