ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,324, issued on July 21, was assigned to ARLA FOODS AMBA (Viby J, Denmark).

"Crystallisation of beta-lactoglobulin using multiple protein feeds" was invented by Kasper Bogelund Lauridsen (Viby J, Denmark), Hans Bertelsen (Viby J, Denmark) and Nikolaj Drachmann (Viby J, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an improved method of producing beta-lactoglobulin (BLG) compositions by crystallisation of BLG. The invention makes use of at least two different BLG-containing protein feeds which are mixed to prepare a supersaturated protein solution in which BLG is crystallized. One of the protein feeds must hav...