US Patent Issued to Upside Foods on Dec. 23 for "Plant fat-based scaffolds for the growth of cell-based meats and methods of making such products" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,677, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Upside Foods Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Plant fat-based scaffolds for the growth of cell-based meats and methods of making such products" was invented by Konrad Muller-Aufferman (Berkeley, Calif.) and Michaela Walker (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant fat-based scaffold for growing cell-based meat products for consumption. The scaffold comprises primarily plant fats or waxes in addition to cell binding proteins and optional additional components that assist in the growth of cultivated animal cells. The scaffold can exist in both a liquified state during sterilization and a ...