Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
32 patents granted to the 4 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to MGP Ingredients, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
32
32 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 1 in 2024 and none in 2023
Applications published
16
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
its own name, a former name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
MGP Ingredients, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
7 publishedMidwest Grain Products a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 publishedMGPI PROCESSING, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 publishedMGPI PROCESSING, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
3 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Apr 30, 2024 | 11,968,998 | L-cysteine-treated proteins with altered functionalities and preparations thereof | Food chemistry | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. |
| Jan 19, 2016 | 9,238,618 | Production of polyols using distillers grains and proteins and lignin extracted from distillers grains | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. |
| Sep 8, 2015 | 9,125,431 | Resistant starch-hydrocolloid blends and uses thereof | Food chemistry | MGP Ingredients, Inc. |
| Aug 12, 2014 | 8,802,754 | Starch-plastic composite resins and profiles made by extrusion | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. |
| Jun 24, 2014 | 8,758,845 | Methods of making wheat protein isolates and their modified forms | Food chemistry | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. |
| Jun 17, 2014 | 8,753,705 | Mineral-bound starch compositions and methods of making the same | Organic fine chemistry | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. |
| Jun 3, 2014 | 8,741,370 | Expanded products with high protein content | Food chemistry | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. |
| Nov 13, 2012 | 8,309,152 | Processes for producing wheat protein isolates | Food chemistry | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. |
| Aug 2, 2011 | 7,989,592 | Process for preparing hybrid proteins | Food chemistry | MGP Ingredients, Inc. |
| May 19, 2009 | 7,534,459 | Process for preparing hybrid proteins | Food chemistry | MGP Ingredients, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Jun 5, 2025 | 2025/0176589 | PLANT-BASED MEAT ALTERNATIVE COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSERVICE AND PREPARATION METHODS THEREOF | Food chemistry | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. |
| Oct 18, 2018 | 2018/0295857 | L-CYSTEINE-TREATED PROTEINS WITH ALTERED FUNCTIONALITIES AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF | Food chemistry | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. · patent 11,968,998 granted from it |
| Feb 5, 2015 | 2015/0038665 | PRODUCTION OF POLYOLS USING DISTILLERS GRAINS AND PROTEINS AND LIGNIN EXTRACTED FROM DISTILLERS GRAINS | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. · patent 9,238,618 granted from it |
| Oct 23, 2014 | 2014/0314932 | EXPANDED PRODUCTS WITH HIGH PROTEIN CONTENT | Food chemistry | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. |
| Jul 17, 2014 | 2014/0200324 | PRODUCTION OF POLYOLS USING DISTILLERS GRAINS AND PROTEINS AND LIGNIN EXTRACTED FROM DISTILLERS GRAINS | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. |
| Apr 10, 2014 | 2014/0099404 | HIGH-PROTEIN, LOW-CARBOHYDRATE BAKERY PRODUCTS | Food chemistry | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. |
| Mar 21, 2013 | 2013/0072662 | Wheat Protein Isolates And Their Modified Forms and Methods of Making | Food chemistry | MGPI PROCESSING, INC. · patent 8,758,845 granted from it |
| Feb 11, 2010 | 2010/0034946 | RESISTANT STARCH-HYDROCOLLOID BLENDS AND USES THEREOF | Food chemistry | MGP Ingredients, Inc. · patent 9,125,431 granted from it |
| Sep 25, 2008 | 2008/0233260 | RESISTANT STARCH-HYDROCOLLOID BLENDS AND USES THEREOF | Food chemistry | MGP Ingredients, Inc. |
| Feb 7, 2008 | 2008/0032033 | Grain Protein Formulations That Provide Clean Release From Molding Surfaces, And Associated Methods | Food chemistry | MGP Ingredients, Inc. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Food chemistry 1.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.