Patents by Inventor Bernard Ollivier

Bernard Ollivier 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).

  • Isolation and pure culture of an archaebacterium of order
    Patent number: 11560544
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for isolating an archaeon of the order of commensal clade Methanomassiliicoccales, the use of a culture and/or isolation medium comprising a sterile extract of a bacterial culture of a bacterium of genus Eggerthella, for the isolation and/or culture of an archaeon of the order of commensal clade Methanomassiliicoccales, and a pure, isolated archaeon Methanomethylophilus alvus Mx-05. It also concerns a culture method of an archaeon of the order of commensal clade Methanomassiliicoccales.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE, UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE, INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPMENT
    Inventors: Wajdi Ben Hania, Jean-François Brugere, Marie-Laure Fardeau, Bernard Ollivier
  • ISOLATION AND PURE CULTURE OF AN ARCHAEBACTERIUM OF ORDER METHANOMASSILIICOCCALES
    Publication number: 20210171898
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for isolating an archaeon of the order of commensal clade Methanomassiliicoccales, the use of a culture and/or isolation medium comprising a sterile extract of a bacterial culture of a bacterium of genus Eggerthella, for the isolation and/or culture of an archaeon of the order of commensal clade Methanomassiliicoccales, and a pure, isolated archaeon Methanomethylophilus alvus Mx-05. It also concerns a culture method of an archaeon of the order of commensal clade Methanomassiliicoccales.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Wajdi BEN HANIA, Jean-François BRUGERE, Marie-Laure FARDEAU, Bernard OLLIVIER
  • Hyperhalophilic strain and use thereof for the degradation of carbon-containing substrates
    Patent number: 10144977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel hyperhalophilic strain and use thereof for the degradation of carbon-containing substrates, in particular making it possible to prepare novel polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignees: Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement (I.R.D.), Societe Interoleagineuse D'Assistance et de Developpement (SIA)
    Inventors: Bernard Ollivier, Wajdi Ben Hania, France Thevenieau, Abdeljabbar Hedi, Marie-Laure Fardeau
  • Novel Hyperhalophilic Strain and Use Thereof for the Degradation of Carbon-Containing Substrates
    Publication number: 20170058368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel hyperhalophilic strain and use thereof for the degradation of carbon-containing substrates, in particular making it possible to prepare novel polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Bernard Ollivier, Wajdi Ben Hania, France Thevenieau, Abdeljabbar Hedi, Marie-Laure Fardeau
  • METHOD OF THE CLEANUP OF CONTAMINATED SITE/SEDIMENTS
    Publication number: 20130193066
    Abstract: A method for the cleanup of site/sediments contaminated by heavy metals, or by chlorobenzoate, polychlorobenzoates, monochlorophenol, polychlorophenols, polychlorobiphenyl (PCB) compounds or phosphogypsum, includes treating the contaminated sites/sediments by anaerobic mesophilic bacteria (Mesotoga lineage) belonging to the order of Thermotogales.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicants: Institut National Sciences Appliquees Technologie (Insat), Institut De Recherche Pour Le Developpement (I.R.D)
    Inventors: Bernard Ollivier, Marie-Laure Fardeau, Wajdi Ben Hania, Ramzi Ghodbane, Moktar Hamdi
  • Use of thermophilic sulphate-reducing archaea for the implementation of a process for the degradation of hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 8455240
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to use sulphate-reducing thermophilic archaeobacteria for carrying out a method for degrading linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, when necessary sulphur, aromatic hydrocarbons under anaerobic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Institut de Recherche pour le Development (I.R.D.)
    Inventors: Marie-Laure Fardeau, Bernard Ollivier, Agnès Hirschler-Rea, Nadia Khelifi
  • Use of Thermophilic Sulphate-Reducing Archaea For the Implementation of a Process For the Degradation of Hydrocarbons
    Publication number: 20080206839
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to use sulphate-reducing thermophilic archaeobacteria for carrying out a method for degrading linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, when necessary sulphur, aromatic hydrocarbons under anaerobic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement (IRD)
    Inventors: Marie-Laure Fardeau, Bernard Ollivier, Agnes Hirschler-Rea, Nadia Khelifi
  • Bacterial strains of the genus Bacillus, closely phenotypically related to the genus Lactobacillus, culture method and use
    Patent number: 6022537
    Abstract: Bacterial strains of genus Bacillus closely phenotypically related to genus Lactobacillus. The strains are moderately thermophilic, have amylolytic properties and/or are capable of producing L(+) lactate, and are useful for producing metabolites such as L(+) lactate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Developpement en Cooperation (Orstom)
    Inventors: Yannick Combet-Blanc, Bernard Ollivier, Jean-Louis Garcia