Patents by Inventor Benjamin Offei

Benjamin Offei 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).

  • Means and methods to modulate probiotic potency of the yeast
    Patent number: 12215310
    Abstract: Described herein are probiotics, more particularly [to] the probiotic yeast Saccharomyces boulardii. Even more particularly described herein are enhanced probiotic potency S. boulardii. Also described here are mutant alleles useful to develop yeast strains with enhanced production of acetic acid. In addition, described here is the use of such yeast strains for the production of dietary supplements or pharmaceutical compositions to improve gastrointestinal comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: VIB VZW, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Inventors: Johan Thevelein, Benjamin Offei, Maria Remedios Foulquié Moreno, Paul Vandecruys
  • MEANS AND METHODS TO MODULATE PROBIOTIC POTENCY OF THE YEAST SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII
    Publication number: 20200270568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of probiotics, more particularly to the probiotic yeast Saccharomyces boulardii. Even more particularly the present invention relates to enhanced probiotic potency of S. boulardii. The present invention provides mutant alleles useful to develop yeast strains with enhanced production of acetic acid. In addition, the invention also relates to the use of such yeast strains for the production of dietary supplements or pharmaceutical compositions to improve gastrointestinal comfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Johan Thevelein, Benjamin Offei, Maria Remedios Foulquié Moreno, Paul Vandecruys