Burcon Granted Two U.S. Patents
Burcon NutraScience Corp., Vancouver, Canada, has been granted a U.S. patent for a major component of its protein extraction and purification technology. U.S. Patent Number 6,992,173 B2—”Protein Extraction from Canola Oil Seed Meal”—covers an improved process for the recovery of protein from canola oil seed meal and other oil seed meals. Burcon has also been granted a U.S. patent over the functional attributes of blends of its canola protein isolates Puratein and Supertein. U.S. Patent Number 7,001,990—”Canola Protein Isolate Functionality II”—covers a protein isolate obtained from canola oil seed meal as a functional component in food compositions.