Patents by Inventor Denis Falconet

Denis Falconet 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).

  • Inhibitors of sterol metabolism for their use to accumulate triglycerides in microalgae, and methods thereof
    Patent number: 10844411
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for accumulating triacylglycerols in microalgae by inhibiting the sterol metabolism, by incubating the microalgae with an inhibitor of sterol metabolism. The invention also relates to a method for producing fatty acids, biofuels, pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions, and also food supplements, comprising a triacylglycerols accumulation step in microalgae according to the invention. Finally, the invention concerns the use of an inhibitor of sterol metabolism to accumulate triglycerides in microorganisms, and preferably microalgae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Melissa Conte, Lina-Juana Dolch, Coline Mei, Caroline Barette, Dimitris Petroutsos, Denis Falconet, Juliette Jouhet, Fabrice Rebeille, Jean-Christophe Cintrat, Eric Marechal
  • INHIBITORS OF STEROL METABOLISM FOR THEIR USE TO ACCUMULATE TRIGLYCERIDES IN MICROALGAE, AND METHODS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160348138
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for accumulating triacylglycerols in microalgae by inhibiting the sterol metabolism, N by incubating the microalgae with an inhibitor of sterol metabolism. The invention also relates to a method for producing fatty acids, biofuels, pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions, and also food supplements, comprising a triacylglycerols accumulation step in microalgae according to the invention. Finally, the invention concerns the use of an inhibitor of sterol metabolism to accumulate triglycerides in microorganisms, and preferably microalgae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Melissa Conte, Lina-Juana Dolch, Coline Mei, Caroline Barette, Dimitris Petroutsos, Denis Falconet, Juliette Jouhet, Fabrice Rebeille, Jean-Christophe Cintrat, Eric Marechal