Patents Assigned to TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY S.A.
  • Patent number: 10190139
    Abstract: Tools and methods for producing organic acids using strains of Monascus which are tolerant to high organic acid concentrations at low pH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy S.A.
    Inventors: Alexander Ruud Weusthuis, Emil Johan Harald Wolbert, Jan Springer, John Van Der Oost, Gerrit Eggink
  • Patent number: 8900834
    Abstract: A process for producing polylactic acid (PLA) comprising the steps: fermenting in a fermentation vessel a micro-organism of the genus Monascus in a medium at a pH less than or equal to 5 under conditions which produce lactic acid into the medium, converting the lactic acid produced into lactide, and polymerizing the lactide to form PLA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy S.A.
    Inventors: Alexander Ruud Weusthuis, Emil Johan Harald Wolbert, Jan Springer, John Van Der Oost, Gerrit Eggink
  • Publication number: 20130224813
    Abstract: A process for producing polylactic acid (PLA) comprising the steps: fermenting in a fermentation vessel a micro-organism of the genus Monascus in a medium at a pH less than or equal to 5 under conditions which produce lactic acid into the medium, converting the lactic acid produced into lactide, and polymerizing the lactide to form PLA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY S.A.
    Inventors: Alexander Ruud Weusthuis, Emil Johan Harald Wolbert, Jan Springer, John Van Der Oost, Gerrit Eggink