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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:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1999
John D. Suh, Gahanna, OH (US);
Karin M. Ostrom, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Louis I. Ndife, Columbus, OH (US);
Paul S. Anloague, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
James N. Chmura, Canal Winchester, OH (US);
Andre Daab-Krzykowski, Columbus, OH (US);
Paul W. Johns, Columbus, OH (US);
Diane M. Garcia, Westerville, OH (US);
Terrence B. Mazer, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Fu-i Mei, Columbus, OH (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to a method of producing plant proteins for use in nutritional products that have reduced levels of phytoestrogens, manganese or nucleotides. More specifically, this invention is directed to a method of using ion exchange technology to remove phytoestrogens, manganese or nucleotides from plant proteins. This invention is also directed to the plant protein product resulting from the inventive process and to nutritional products that use the plant protein product as a source of amino nitrogen.