Patents by Inventor Axel ATHANE

Axel ATHANE 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 producing phycocyanin-rich biomass via URA culturing
    Patent number: 11560542
    Abstract: The invention relates to the cultivation of unicellular red algae (URA) for producing biomass for the production of products of interest, such as dry biomass or compounds or mixtures of compounds of interest extracted from the biomass produced, particularly food pigments or colouring agents. The invention more particularly relates to the industrial production of said biomass, which must satisfy an economic equilibrium of profitability, with both an increase in productivity (quantity of biomass and of compounds of interest in the biomass) and an economically acceptable production cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: FERMENTALG
    Inventors: Olivier Cagnac, Axel Athane, Marion Champeaud
  • OPTIMIZED METHOD FOR INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION OF UNICELLULAR RED ALGAE
    Publication number: 20220145237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the cultivation of unicellular red algae (URA) optimized for the valorization of the culture products, both the biomass obtained, the phycocyanins extracted therefrom or other culture products such as porphyrins or protein extracts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Olivier CAGNAC, Axel ATHANE, Julien DEMOL, Sandra BROSSET-VINCENT
  • PROCESS FOR PURIFYING PHYCOCYANINS
    Publication number: 20220112235
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for purifying phycocyanins produced by fermenting microalgae, in particular produced by Galdieria sulphuraria, which comprises an enzymatic degradation of glycogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Olivier CAGNAC, Axel ATHANE, Julien DEMOL
  • PROCESS FOR EXTRACTING PHYCOCYANINS
    Publication number: 20220073572
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new process for extracting and purifying phycocyanins produced by fermenting microalgae, in particular produced by Galdieria sulphuraria, by means of selective precipitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Olivier CAGNAC, Axel ATHANE, Julien DEMOL
  • METHOD FOR ENRICHING A BIOMASS WITH PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20210340490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for protein enrichment of a biomass of red unicellular algae such as Galdieria and to the biomass thus obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Olivier CAGNAC, Axel ATHANE, Julien DEMOL
  • METHOD FOR CULTIVATING UNICELLULAR RED ALGAE (URA) ON A MIXTURE OF SUBSTRATES
    Publication number: 20210230534
    Abstract: The invention relates to the cultivation of URA for producing biomass for the production of products of interest, such as dry biomass or compounds or mixtures of compounds of interest extracted from the biomass produced, particularly food pigments or colouring agents. The invention more particularly relates to the industrial production of said biomass, which must satisfy an economic equilibrium of profitability, with both an increase in productivity (quantity of biomass and of compounds of interest in the biomass) and an economically acceptable production cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Olivier CAGNAC, Axel ATHANE, Marion CHAMPEAUD
  • PURIFICATION OF PHYCOBILIPROTEINS
    Publication number: 20200115423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for purifying phycobiliproteins, in particular acid-pH-resistant phycobiliproteins, the resulting phycobiliproteins, and the uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Olivier CAGNAC, Axel ATHANE, Julien DEMOL