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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2010
Applicants:

Debra Inglis, Virgil, CA;

Ai Lin Beh, St. Catharines, CA;

Ian David Brindle, St. Catharines, CA;

Gary Pickering, Port Colborne, CA;

Eric Fabian Humes, Brockville, CA;

Inventors:

Debra Inglis, Virgil, CA;

Ai Lin Beh, St. Catharines, CA;

Ian David Brindle, St. Catharines, CA;

Gary Pickering, Port Colborne, CA;

Eric Fabian Humes, Brockville, CA;

Assignee:

Brock University, St. Catherines, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C 9/14 (2006.01); A23L 1/015 (2006.01); A23L 2/02 (2006.01); B01D 61/14 (2006.01); C12G 1/02 (2006.01); C12H 1/044 (2006.01); C12H 1/052 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/0156 (2013.01); A23L 2/02 (2013.01); B01D 61/145 (2013.01); C12G 1/02 (2013.01); C12H 1/0408 (2013.01); C12H 1/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present application described a method of reducing methoxypyrazines (MPs) in grapes or grape products comprising: (a) contacting the grape or grape product with a protein that binds to MPs at a pH of about 3 to about 4 to form a protein-MP complex; and (b) removing the protein-MP complex from the grape or grape product. Also described is a method of removing MPs from samples comprising contacting the sample with a polyethersulfone membrane.


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