ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,090, issued on May 6, was assigned to THE FYNDER GROUP INC. (Chicago).
"Edible foodstuffs and bio reactor design" was invented by Mark A. Kozubal (Bozeman, Mont.), Richard E. Macur (Manhattan, Mont.), Yuval C. Avniel (Missoula, Mont.) and Maximilian Devane Hamilton (Bozeman, Mont.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biofilm-biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a ...