ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,218, issued on June 16, was assigned to Danisco US Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Corn sweet steeping" was invented by Robert I Christensen (Pinole, Calif.) and Jayarama K Shetty (Pleasanton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a process for releasing soluble starch hydrolysates or hydrolysed starch syrup from substantially intact corn kernels during high temperature steeping at a temperature at or above the gelatinization temperature of starch in the corn kernels, and the recovery of protein and oil-enhanced, carbohydrate-depleted residuals that are ideally suited for use as high quality animal feed or other food-grade pr...