US Patent Issued to BIG HEART PET on June 16 for "Filaments made from milk protein" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,211, issued on June 16, was assigned to BIG HEART PET INC. (Orrville, Ohio).

"Filaments made from milk protein" was invented by Ifendu A. Nnanna (Copley, Ohio), Anand Lakshmikanth (Copley, Ohio) and Rajan K. Bista (Canal Fulton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Edible casein-based flexible filaments with high tensile strength are disclosed. Filaments are formed by extruding compositions comprising about 30 to 60 wt. % milk proteins and about 40 to 65 wt. % of plasticizer. Casein sources include milk protein concentrate (MPC), calcium caseinate (CaC), or sodium caseinate (NaC). Plasticizers include water, glycerol, lactose and mixt...