Patents by Inventor Bruno Sarrobert

Bruno Sarrobert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for the selective production of polyunsaturated fatty acids from a culture of microalgae of the porphyridium cruentum
    Patent number: 5338673
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the selective production of polyunsaturated fatty acids from a culture of microalgae of Porphyrium cruentum. The process comprises growing a biomass by culturing the microalgae in a photobioreactor under optimum culturing conditions, removing a portion of the resulting biomass, and subjecting the removed portion to a temperature decrease. The result is the selective increase in the quantity of a given polyunsaturated fatty acid within the microalgae biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Societe USSI
    Inventors: Catherine Thepenier, Claude Gudin, Bruno Sarrobert