Patents Assigned to THE FYNDER GROUP, INC.
  • Filamentous fungal biomats, methods of their production and methods of their use
    Patent number: 12385003
    Abstract: A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Kozubal, Richard E. Macur, Yuval C. Avniel
  • Edible foodstuffs and bio reactor design
    Patent number: 12290090
    Abstract: Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biofilm-biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: THE FYNDER GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Mark A. Kozubal, Richard E. Macur, Yuval C. Avniel, Maximilian Devane Hamilton
  • Filamentous fungal biomats, methods of their production and methods of their use
    Patent number: 12173277
    Abstract: A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: THE FYNDER GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Mark A. Kozubal, Richard E. Macur, Yuval C. Avniel
  • Filamentous fungal biomats, methods of their production and methods of their use
    Patent number: 12157880
    Abstract: A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: THE FYNDER GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Mark A. Kozubal, Richard E. Macur, Yuval C. Avniel
  • Food products comprising filamentous fungal material
    Patent number: 12089615
    Abstract: Filamentous fungal food compositions are disclosed, as are methods of making such filamentous fungal food compositions. The filamentous fungal food compositions may serve as analogs of conventional non-fungal food products, particularly meat products such as meat jerky. The methods of manufacture of the filamentous fungal food compositions may include processing of filamentous fungal biomass under sub-atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Baljit Ghotra, Yuval Avniel, Brian Klopf, Jessica Kawabata, Eric Carre, Eleanore Brophy Eckstrom
  • Food materials comprising filamentous fungal particles and membrane bioreactor design
    Patent number: 12075802
    Abstract: Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Eugene Macur, Yuval Charles Avniel, Renata Usaite Black, Maximilian Devane Hamilton, Michael John Harney, Eleanore Brophy Eckstrom, Mark Andrew Kozubal
  • Food products comprising filamentous fungal material
    Patent number: 12041949
    Abstract: Filamentous fungal food compositions are disclosed, as are methods of making such filamentous fungal food compositions. The filamentous fungal food compositions may serve as analogs of conventional non-fungal food products, particularly meat products such as meat jerky. The methods of manufacture of the filamentous fungal food compositions may include processing of filamentous fungal biomass under sub-atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Baljit Ghotra, Yuval Avniel, Brian Klopf, Jessica Kawabata, Eric Carre, Eleanore Brophy Eckstrom
  • Food materials comprising filamentous fungal particles and membrane bioreactor design
    Patent number: 12035736
    Abstract: Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Eugene Macur, Yuval Charles Avniel, Renata Usaite Black, Maximilian DeVane Hamilton, Michael John Harney, Eleanore Brophy Eckstrom, Mark Andrew Kozubal
  • Food materials comprising filamentous fungal particles and membrane bioreactor design
    Patent number: 12035737
    Abstract: Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Eugene Macur, Yuval Charles Avniel, Renata Usaite Black, Maximilian DeVane Hamilton, Michael John Harney, Eleanore Brophy Eckstrom, Mark Andrew Kozubal
  • Food materials comprising filamentous fungal particles and membrane bioreactor design
    Patent number: 12035735
    Abstract: Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Eugene Macur, Yuval Charles Avniel, Renata Usaite Black, Maximilian DeVane Hamilton, Michael John Harney, Eleanore Brophy Eckstrom, Mark Andrew Kozubal
  • Edible foodstuffs and bio reactor design
    Patent number: 12029230
    Abstract: Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biofilm-biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Kozubal, Richard E. Macur, Yuval C. Avniel, Maximilian DeVane Hamilton
  • Fungal textile materials and leather analogs
    Patent number: 11952713
    Abstract: Textile compositions comprising at least one filamentous fungus are disclosed, as are methods for making and using such textile compositions. Embodiments of the textile compositions generally include at least one of a plasticizer, a polymer, and a crosslinker, in addition to the filamentous fungus. The disclosed textile compositions are particularly useful as analogs or substitutes for conventional textile compositions, including but not limited to leather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan Allen Stewart, Larry Andrew Alegria, Ryan Jacob Totman, Yuval Charles Avniel
  • Filamentous fungal biomats, methods of their production and methods of their use
    Patent number: 11939568
    Abstract: A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Kozubal, Richard E. Macur, Yuval C. Avniel
  • Filamentous fungal biomats, methods of their production and methods of their use
    Patent number: 11912979
    Abstract: A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Kozubal, Richard E. Macur, Yuval C. Avniel
  • Edible foodstuffs and bio reactor design
    Patent number: 11751595
    Abstract: Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biofilm-biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Kozubal, Richard E. Macur, Yuval C. Avniel, Maximilian DeVane Hamilton
  • Food materials comprising filamentous fungal particles and membrane bioreactor design
    Patent number: 11723392
    Abstract: Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Eugene Macur, Yuval Charles Avniel, Renata Usaite Black, Maximilian DeVane Hamilton, Michael John Harney, Eleanore Brophy Eckstrom, Mark Andrew Kozubal
  • Fungal textile materials and leather analogs
    Patent number: 11718954
    Abstract: Textile compositions comprising at least one filamentous fungus are disclosed, as are methods for making and using such textile compositions. Embodiments of the textile compositions generally include at least one of a plasticizer, a polymer, and a crosslinker, in addition to the filamentous fungus. The disclosed textile compositions are particularly useful as analogs or substitutes for conventional textile compositions, including but not limited to leather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: THE FYNDER GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Brendan Allen Stewart, Larry Andrew Alegria, Ryan Jacob Totman, Yuval Charles Avniel
  • Edible foodstuffs and bio reactor design
    Patent number: 11672268
    Abstract: Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biofilm-biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Kozubal, Richard E. Macur, Yuval C. Avniel, Maximilian Devane Hamilton
  • Edible foodstuffs and bio reactor design
    Patent number: 11672269
    Abstract: Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biofilm-biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Kozubal, Richard E. Macur, Yuval C. Avniel, Maximilian DeVane Hamilton
  • Edible foodstuffs and bio reactor design
    Patent number: 11666080
    Abstract: Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biofilm-biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Fynder Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Kozubal, Richard E. Macur, Yuval C. Avniel, Maximilian Devane Hamilton