ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,841, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MycoWorks Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.).
"Mycelium growth bed" was invented by Philip Ross (San Francisco), Matt Scullin (San Francisco), Nicholas Wenner (Sebastopol, Calif.), Jordan Chase (Oakland, Calif.), Quinn Miller (Berkeley, Calif.), Ryan Salditos (San Francisco) and Phil McGaughy (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mycelium growth bed for optimal production of pure mycelium or a pure mycelium composite with controlled or predictable properties, the bed comprising a tray, a conveying platform, a permeable membrane, a substrate, and a porous material. The permeable membrane is p...