Patents by Inventor Etienne Jourdier

Etienne Jourdier 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).

  • Publication number: 20230303991
    Abstract: The invention relates to the various uses of a fungus strain which belongs to the Trichoderma genus and in which the cel1a gene has been knocked out. The invention relates in particular to a method of producing proteins by a fungus strain which belongs to the Trichoderma genus and in which the cel1a gene has been knocked out, comprising at least two steps: a first step of growth in a batch phase in the presence of at least one carbon growth substrate, and a second step of producing proteins in a fed-batch phase in the presence of a composition comprising at least lactose and a second sugar, the lactose content in the composition representing approximately between 0 and 30% by weight of the total sugar content of the composition, in particular between 5 and 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Frédérique Bidard-Michelot, Etienne Jourdier, Vincent Grandperret, Christa Ivanova, Sabine Prigent, Céline Cohen, Antoine Margeot
  • Publication number: 20230025155
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strain of fungus having a reduced viscosity, wherein the ID 78713 (GEL3) gene has been invalidated. The invention also relates to the different uses of this strain, as well as to the method of genetic modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Frédérique Bidard-Michelot, Etienne Jourdier, Fadhel Ben Chaabane, Thiziri Aouam, Sabine Prigent
  • Patent number: 11560581
    Abstract: A process for producing cellulolytic and/or hemicellulolytic enzymes with a strain of microorganism belonging to the family of filamentous fungi. The process includes growing the fungi in an aqueous culture medium, in the presence of at least one carbon-based growth substrate, in a stirred and aerated bioreactor. It also includes the production of enzymes, starting with the aqueous culture medium in the presence of at least one inductive carbon-based substrate and also inducing the production of hydrophobins. Further, at least a portion of the hydrophobins produced in step (b) are reintroduced into the growth step (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Mohamed Fadhel Ben Chaabane, Etienne Jourdier, Caroline Aymard, Frederic Augier
  • Publication number: 20210147893
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing cellulolytic and/or hemicellulolytic enzymes with a strain of microorganism belonging to the family of filamentous fungi, said process comprising the following steps: (a) a first step of growing the fungi in an aqueous culture medium, in the presence of at least one carbon-based growth substrate, in a stirred and aerated bioreactor, (b) a second step of producing enzymes, starting with the aqueous culture medium obtained in the first step (a), in the presence of at least one inductive carbon-based substrate, also inducing the production of hydrophobins, and, in a step (d), at least a portion of the hydrophobins produced in step (b) are reintroduced into the growth step (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Mohamed Fadhel BEN CHAABANE, Etienne JOURDIER, Caroline AYMARD, Frederic AUGIER
  • Patent number: 10787655
    Abstract: A process for producing oligosaccharides from lignocellulosic biomass, having the following steps: a) pre-treating the biomass in a pre-treatment reactor (1) in order to provide an effluent containing a pre-treated substrate; b) enzymatic hydrolysis of the pre-treated substrate contained in the effluent from step a) in a reactor, in the presence of cellulases such that a hydrolysate containing glucose, cellulases and water is produced; c) removing at least a portion of the hydrolysate from step b) comprising a liquid fraction; d) reducing the water content of said portion of the hydrolysate in step c) such that the liquid fraction of the hydrolysate has a water content of less than 65% by weight with respect to the total weight of the liquid fraction; e) incubating the hydrolysate from step d) at a temperature in the range 40° C. to 70° C. for the time necessary to produce an effluent enriched in oligosaccharides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, ARGO INDUSTRIES RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT
    Inventors: Etienne Jourdier, Caroline Aymard, Fadhel Ben Chaabane
  • Publication number: 20190093068
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a method for modifying the morphology of coagulant type aggregated filamentous fungi comprising: a) the encapsulation of the spores of the said filamentous fungi in the dispersed phase of a water-in-oil emulsion, b) the germination of the encapsulated spores in the said dispersed phase of the emulsion, c) the recovery of the non-aggregated germinated spores, the said emulsion being obtained by using a microfluidic device, d) the culturing of the germinated spores in a liquid medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Marion DROUGARD, Estelle ANDRE, Etienne JOURDIER, Mohamed Fadhel BEN CHAABANE, Nicolas PANNACCI
  • Patent number: 10214734
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of an enzymatic cocktail from a cellulolytic microorganism producing cellulases and/or hemi-cellulases, comprising: a step for the production of enzymes with a medium being obtained containing enzymes and a microorganism must, said must is separated, or not separated, from the liquid containing said enzymes, a step of cooling said must to a temperature below the temperature of the enzyme production step and for a time such that the beta-glucosidase concentration of the liquid originating from the cooling step is greater than that of the liquid originating from the enzyme production step, and/or the solid volume/total volume ratio is less than said ratio for the enzyme production step, and an enzymatic cocktail is obtained at the end of the cooling step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Fadhel Ben Chaabane, Etienne Jourdier, Celine Cohen, Bernard Chaussepied
  • Publication number: 20170211051
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of an enzymatic cocktail from a cellulolytic microorganism producing cellulases and/or hemi-cellulases, comprising: a step for the production of enzymes with a medium being obtained containing enzymes and a microorganism must, said must is separated, or not separated, from the liquid containing said enzymes, a step of cooling said must to a temperature below the temperature of the enzyme production step and for a time such that the beta-glucosidase concentration of the liquid originating from the cooling step is greater than that of the liquid originating from the enzyme production step, and/or the solid volume/total volume ratio is less than said ratio for the enzyme production step, and an enzymatic cocktail is obtained at the end of the cooling step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Fadhel BEN CHAABANE, Etienne JOURDIER, Celine COHEN, Bernard CHAUSSEPIED
  • Publication number: 20150344856
    Abstract: A process for producing oligosaccharides from lignocellulosic biomass, having the following steps: a) pre-treating the biomass in a pre-treatment reactor (1) in order to provide an effluent containing a pre-treated substrate; b) enzymatic hydrolysis of the pre-treated substrate contained in the effluent from step a) in a reactor, in the presence of cellulases such that a hydrolysate containing glucose, cellulases and water is produced; c) removing at least a portion of the hydrolysate from step b) comprising a liquid fraction; d) reducing the water content of said portion of the hydrolysate in step c) such that the liquid fraction of the hydrolysate has a water content of less than 65% by weight with respect to the total weight of the liquid fraction; e) incubating the hydrolysate from step d) at a temperature in the range 40° C. to 70° C. for the time necessary to produce an effluent enriched in oligosaccharides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicants: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, ARGO INDUSTRIES RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT
    Inventors: Etienne JOURDIER, Caroline AYMARD, Fadhel BEN CHAABANE
  • Publication number: 20150336999
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for the production of sophorose starting from sophorolipid, in which a step for the hydrolysis of sophorolipid is carried out in an aqueous medium in the presence of an acidic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Etienne JOURDIER, Fadhel BEN CHAABANE
  • Publication number: 20140302587
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for the production of cellulases using a strain of a filamentous fungus in a stirred, aerated bioreactor, comprising at least two growth steps: the first growth step in the presence of at least one carbonaceous growth substrate in batch phase with a concentration of carbonaceous growth substrate in the range 10 to 80 g/L; a second step for growth and production in the presence of at least one inducer carbonaceous substrate in fed batch phase in the presence of a limiting flow of carbon source in the range 50 to 140 mg per gram of cells per hour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicants: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, AGRO INDUSTRIES RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE
    Inventors: Fadhel Ben Chaabane, Etienne Jourdier, Celine Cohen, Bernard Chaussepied