Patents by Inventor Christophe Rave

Christophe Rave 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).

  • Obtaining high-performance yeast strains for metabolizing arabinose
    Patent number: 10920232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for obtaining yeast strains suitable for metabolizing arabinose, and to improved strains with good performance as regards their capacity to ferment arabinose as well as xylose and glucose, including in the presence of inhibitors such as acetic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: LESAFFRE et COMPAGNIE
    Inventors: Thomas Desfougeres, Emilie Fritsch, Georges Pignede, Christophe Rave, Claire Thorel
  • OBTAINING HIGH-PERFORMANCE YEAST STRAINS FOR METABOLIZING ARABINOSE
    Publication number: 20190330645
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for obtaining yeast strains suitable for metabolizing arabinose, and to improved strains with good performance as regards their capacity to ferment arabinose as well as xylose and glucose, including in the presence of inhibitors such as acetic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Desfougeres, Emilie Fritsch, Georges Pignede, Christophe Rave, Claire Thorel
  • Industrial yeast capable of producing ethanol from at least one pentose
    Patent number: 9090917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of methods for obtaining ethanol-producing yeast strains, to the field of the thus produced strains and to the field of the industrial production of ethanol from said strains. Particularly, the present invention relates, in the most general aspect thereof, to a method for preparing yeasts from industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains, to said strains, and to the use thereof in the industrial production of ethanol from industrial media containing at least one pentose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE
    Inventors: Thomas Desfougeres, Georges Pignede, Christophe Rave, Jean-Michel Bavouzet, Didier Colavizza
  • INDUSTRIAL YEAST CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ETHANOL FROM AT LEAST ONE PENTOSE
    Publication number: 20130040353
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of methods for obtaining ethanol-producing yeast strains, to the field of the thus produced strains and to the field of the industrial production of ethanol from said strains. Particularly, the present invention relates, in the most general aspect thereof, to a method for preparing yeasts from industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains, to said strains, and to the use thereof in the industrial production of ehtanol from industrial media containing at least one pentose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Desfougeres, Georges Pignede, Christophe Rave, Jean-Michel Bavouzet, Didier Colavizza