ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,160, issued on May 20, was assigned to Fondazione Aria-Ente del Terzo Settore (Cagliari, Italy).
"Photobioreactor for blue-green algae cultivation" was invented by Cristiano Galbiati (Carloforte, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns the field of high-efficiency, quality-controlled production of blue-green algae for direct human consumption, for extraction of proteins, vitamins, and amino acids, and for production of organic materials loaded with the special isotope 13C.It is an object of the present invention to describe a high-efficiency photobioreactor."
The patent was filed on Jan. 30, 2020, under A...