ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,758, issued on March 25, was assigned to Prairie AquaTech LLC (Brookings, S.D.).
"Microbial-based process for high quality protein concentrate" was invented by William Gibbons (Brookings, S.D.) and Michael L Brown (Volga, S.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention describes a bio-based process to produce high quality protein concentrate (HQPC) by converting plant derived celluloses into bioavailable protein via aerobic incubation, including the use of such HQPC so produced as a nutrient, including use as a fish meal replacement in aquaculture diets."
The patent was filed on Sept. 12, 2022, under Application No. 17/94...