ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,151, issued on July 15, was assigned to Terramino Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Methods of separating filamentous fungi and other components from mold-fermented compositions, and uses of separated components" was invented by Kimberlie Le (Berkeley, Calif.) and Joshua Nixon (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of separating components traditionally considered as waste material from mold-fermented compositions are described. The waste components can be separated either from unfiltered compositions or from a separation stream separated from a composition. In some embodiments, filamentous fungus used in the production of ...