Patents by Inventor Chelsea Marie Brain

Chelsea Marie Brain 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).

  • System and method for producing phycocyanin
    Patent number: 10336795
    Abstract: The invention discloses microorganism cell culture conditions that result in increased cellular and media concentrations of a biological pigment. The invention has applications in use as a natural food coloring, as antioxidants in the food supplement industries, in the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and cosmeceutical industries, and a non-toxic ink. The method results in pigment that is relatively easy to separate from the microorganism culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: University of Newcastle
    Inventors: Chelsea Marie Brain, Gary Stephen Caldwell
  • Method for the synthesis of phycocyanin
    Patent number: 10072052
    Abstract: The invention discloses microorganism cell culture conditions that result in increased cellular and media concentrations of a biological pigment. The invention has applications in use as a natural food colouring, as antioxidants in the food supplement industries, in the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and cosmeceutical industries, and a non-toxic ink. The method results in pigment that is relatively easy to separate from the microorganism culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
    Inventors: Chelsea Marie Brain, Gary Stephen Caldwell
  • Method for the Synthesis of Phycocyanin
    Publication number: 20180155401
    Abstract: The invention discloses microorganism cell culture conditions that result in increased cellular and media concentrations of a biological pigment. The invention has applications in use as a natural food colouring, as antioxidants in the food supplement industries, in the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and cosmeceutical industries, and a non-toxic ink. The method results in pigment that is relatively easy to separate from the microorganism culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: University of Newcastle upon Tyne
    Inventors: Chelsea Marie Brain, Gary Stephen Caldwell
  • Improvements in the Synthesis of Phycocyanins
    Publication number: 20160333059
    Abstract: The invention discloses microorganism cell culture conditions that result in increased cellular and media concentrations of a biological pigment. The invention has applications in use as a natural food colouring, as antioxidants in the food supplement industries, in the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and cosmeceutical industries, and a non-toxic ink. The method results in pigment that is relatively easy to separate from the microorganism culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Chelsea Marie Brain, Gary Stephen Caldwell
  • MICRO-EVOLUTION OF MICROBES
    Publication number: 20150353982
    Abstract: An enclosed bioremediation system utilizing resistant micro-evolved microbes for treatment of wastewater and recovery of chemicals and metals and which also results in biomass and biochemical production and carbon capture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: David Christian Daniel Van Alstyne, Chelsea Marie Brain, Garyt Stephen Caldwell