Patents by Inventor CHARLES KNIGHT BENTON

CHARLES KNIGHT BENTON 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).

  • Publication number: 20240271067
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for preparing cell-based meat products (i.e., comestible meat products). In particular, a pipe-based bioreactor is disclosed having one or more substrates disposed therein. In one or more embodiments, the one or more substrates comprise a plurality of nominally spaced substrates conforming to an interior profile of an elongated enclosure of the pipe-based bioreactor. In some embodiments, multiple pipe-based bioreactors are interconnected a fluid source for preparing cell-based meat products. In addition, various methods and procedures for utilizing embodiments of pipe-based bioreactors are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Knight Benton, Konrad Müller-Auffermann
  • Patent number: 11987778
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for preparing cell-based meat products (i.e., comestible meat products). In particular, a pipe-based bioreactor is disclosed having one or more substrates disposed therein. In one or more embodiments, the one or more substrates comprise a plurality of nominally spaced substrates conforming to an interior profile of an elongated enclosure of the pipe-based bioreactor. In some embodiments, multiple pipe-based bioreactors are interconnected a fluid source for preparing cell-based meat products. In addition, various methods and procedures for utilizing embodiments of pipe-based bioreactors are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Upside Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Knight Benton, Konrad Müller-Auffermann
  • Patent number: 11981884
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for preparing cell-based meat products (i.e., comestible meat products). In particular, a pipe-based bioreactor is disclosed having one or more substrates disposed therein. In one or more embodiments, the one or more substrates comprise a plurality of nominally spaced substrates conforming to an interior profile of an elongated enclosure of the pipe-based bioreactor. In some embodiments, multiple pipe-based bioreactors are interconnected a fluid source for preparing cell-based meat products. In addition, various methods and procedures for utilizing embodiments of pipe-based bioreactors are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Upside Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Knight Benton, Konrad Müller-Auffermann
  • Publication number: 20240124817
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for preparing cell-based meat products (i.e., comestible meat products). In particular, a pipe-based bioreactor is disclosed having one or more substrates disposed therein. In one or more embodiments, the one or more substrates comprise a plurality of nominally spaced substrates conforming to an interior profile of an elongated enclosure of the pipe-based bioreactor. In some embodiments, multiple pipe-based bioreactors are interconnected a fluid source for preparing cell-based meat products. In addition, various methods and procedures for utilizing embodiments of pipe-based bioreactors are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Knight Benton, Konrad Müller-Auffermann
  • Publication number: 20240124816
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for preparing cell-based meat products (i.e., comestible meat products). In particular, a pipe-based bioreactor is disclosed having one or more substrates disposed therein. In one or more embodiments, the one or more substrates comprise a plurality of nominally spaced substrates conforming to an interior profile of an elongated enclosure of the pipe-based bioreactor. In some embodiments, multiple pipe-based bioreactors are interconnected a fluid source for preparing cell-based meat products. In addition, various methods and procedures for utilizing embodiments of pipe-based bioreactors are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Knight Benton, Konrad Müller-Auffermann
  • Publication number: 20230372868
    Abstract: Examples relate to systems and methods for concentrating acetic acid solutions using multi-tier ultrahigh pressure (“UHP”) reverse osmosis. Along with an acetic acid product having a concentration of at least 25 weight percent (wt %), the systems and methods disclosed herein simultaneously provide water with an acetic acid concentration of 2 wt % or less in at little as three tiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: PORIFERA, INC.
    Inventor: CHARLES KNIGHT BENTON