Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Products per se – or processes of preparing or treating... – Noncarbohydrate sweetener or composition containing same
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-26
2006-12-26
Hendricks, Keith (Department: 1761)
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Products per se, or processes of preparing or treating...
Noncarbohydrate sweetener or composition containing same
C536S023600, C530S324000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07153535
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein are sweet proteins that are variants of Brazzein, and nucleotide sequences capable of expressing them. Through a replacement of a particular amino acid in the naturally occurring Brazzein sequence with Lys or Asn, the taste profile and sweetness strength are improved.
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Assadi-Porter Fariba M.
Hellekant Bengt G.
Jin Zheyuan
Markley John L.
Hendricks Keith
Quarles & Brady LLP
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
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