ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,983, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to The Fynder Group Inc. (Chicago).

"Food materials comprising filamentous fungal particles and membrane bioreactor design" was invented by Richard Eugene Macur (Manhattan, Mont.), Yuval Charles Avniel (Missoula, Mont.), Renata Usaite Black (Bozeman, Mont.), Maximilian Devane Hamilton (Bozeman, Mont.), Michael John Harney (Bozeman, Mont.), Eleanore Brophy Eckstrom (Chicago) and Mark Andrew Kozubal (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...