ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,005, issued on July 15, was assigned to ICM Inc. (Colwich, Kan.).
"Single cell protein process and product-oxygen free" was invented by Charles C. Gallop (Gower, Mo.) and Christopher Riley William Gerken (Helena, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes methods to separate solids from liquids in a production facility. A process separates components in the process stream by applying non-condensable media to create density differences and then using a mechanical device to separate the solids from the liquids based on the density difference. The process produces the liquids and solids, which may be further processed ...