Frozen food product

US6774210B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Christopher Michael Sidebottom · Bedford, GB
• Margaret Felicia Smallwood · York, GB
• Louise Jane Byass · Swan Hills, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 10, 2004
• Expiry date: Dec 4, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K14/41
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Anti-freeze protein which can be derived from Lichen, said protein having an apparent molecular weight of from 20 to 28 kDa and having an N-terminal amino acid sequence which shows at least 80% overlap with: A-P-A-V-V-M-G-D-A-E-S-F-G-A-I-A-H-G-G-L and modified versions and isoforms of this protein.