Patents by Inventor Eben Bayer
Eben Bayer 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).
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Publication number: 20220396052Abstract: The method grows a mycelial mass over a three-dimensional lattice such that a dense network of oriented hyphae is formed on the lattice. Growth along the lattice results in mycelium composite with highly organized hyphae strands and allows the design and production of composites with greater strength in chosen directions due to the organized nature of the supporting mycelia structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: Ecovative Design LLCInventors: Eben Bayer, Gavin McIntyre
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Publication number: 20220333055Abstract: An improved mycelium in the form of an edible aerial mycelium that is suitable for use as a food product, including a food ingredient for making mycelium-based food, such as bacon. A method of making an edible aerial mycelium suitable for use as a food product, including a food ingredient. An edible product containing an edible aerial mycelium, and a method of making an edible product comprising an edible aerial mycelium, such as a mycelium-based bacon. A mycelium-based food product having a texture that is analogous to a whole-muscle meat product, wherein that whole-muscle meat product is bacon.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Jacob Michael Winiski, Jessie Hannah Kaplan-Bie, Gavin Reim McIntyre, Peter Mueller, Meghan O'Brien, Alex Carlton, Eben Bayer, Russell Hazen, Stephen Lomnes, Asa Trench Snyder
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Publication number: 20220290199Abstract: A mycological biopolymer product consisting entirely of fungal mycelium is made by inoculating a nutritive substrate with a selected fungus in a sealed environment except for a void space, which space is subsequently filled with a network of undifferentiated fungal mycelium. The environmental conditions for producing the mycological biopolymer product, i.e. a high carbon dioxide (CO2) content (from 5% to 7% by volume) and an elevated temperature (from 85° F. to 95° F.), prevent full differentiation of the fungus into a mushroom. There are no stipe, cap, or spores produced. The biopolymer product grows into the void space of the tool, filling the space with an undifferentiated mycelium chitin-polymer, which is subsequently extracted from the substrate and dried.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Lucy Greetham, Gavin R. McIntyre, Eben Bayer, Jacob Winiski, Sarah Araldi
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Patent number: 11359074Abstract: A mycological biopolymer material is subjected to treatment in one or more solutions that work to enhance and/or retain the inherent material properties of the material. In one embodiment, the solution is an organic solution; in another embodiment, the solution is an organic solvent with a salt; in another embodiment, the solution is an organic solvent phenol and/or polyphenol; and in another embodiment, a series of such solutions is used.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: ECOVATIVE DESIGN LLCInventors: Jessica Kaplan-Bie, Gavin R. McIntyre, Lucy Greetham, Ian Bonesteel, Alex Carlton, Eben Bayer
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Publication number: 20220142907Abstract: Topical applicators containing mycological biopolymers are suitable for applying health or cosmetic products to the skin or lips of a subject. The applicators are made from biodegradable mycological biopolymers that are grown from fungi in the presence of a growth medium under a predetermined environment of relative humidity, temperature, carbon dioxide, oxygen and air flow. The topical applicators containing the mycological biopolymers may further contain beneficial agents or products that that may be transferred to the skin or lips, thereby enhancing the health or beauty of a subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Eben Bayer, Gavin Reim McIntyre, Alex James Carlton, Meghan A. O'Brien, Peter Mueller, Damen Donald Schaak, Jessie Hannah Kaplan-Bie
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Patent number: 11277979Abstract: A mycological biopolymer product consisting entirely of fungal mycelium is made by inoculating a nutritive substrate with a selected fungus in a sealed environment except for a void space, which space is subsequently filled with a network of undifferentiated fungal mycelium. The environmental conditions for producing the mycological biopolymer product, i.e. a high carbon dioxide (CO2) content (from 5% to 7% by volume) and an elevated temperature (from 85° F. to 95° F.), prevent full differentiation of the fungus into a mushroom. There are no stipe, cap, or spores produced. The biopolymer product grows into the void space of the tool, filling the space with an undifferentiated mycelium chitin-polymer, which is subsequently extracted from the substrate and dried.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2014Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Ecovative Design LLCInventors: Lucy Greetham, Gavin R. McIntyre, Eben Bayer, Jacob Winiski, Sarah Araldi
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Publication number: 20210401019Abstract: Several methods are described for generating mycelial scaffolds for use several technologies. In one embodiment, a mycelial scaffold is generated using a perfusion bioreactor system for cell-based meat technologies. In another embodiment, a mycelial scaffold is prepared for biomedical applications. The mycelial scaffolds may be generated from a liquid medium or from a solid substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Eben Bayer, Gavin McIntyre, Peter Mueller, Meghan O'Brien, Damen Schaak, Jacob Winiski, Alex Carlton
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Publication number: 20200157506Abstract: Several methods are described for generating mycelial scaffolds for use several technologies. In one embodiment, a mycelial scaffold is generated using a perfusion bioreactor system for cell-based meat technologies. In another embodiment, a mycelial scaffold is prepared for biomedical applications. The mycelial scaffolds may be generated from a liquid medium or from a solid substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Ecovative Design LLCInventors: Eben Bayer, Gavin McIntyre, Peter Mueller, Meghan O'Brien, Damen Schaak, Jacob Winiski, Alex Carlton
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Patent number: 10589489Abstract: The composite material is comprised of a substrate of discrete particles and a network of interconnected mycelia cells bonding the discrete particles together. The composite material is made by inoculating a substrate of discrete particles and a nutrient material with a preselected fungus. The fungus digests the nutrient material over a period of time sufficient to grow hyphae and to allow the hyphae to form a network of interconnected mycelia cells through and around the discrete particles thereby bonding the discrete particles together to form a self-supporting composite material.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: ECOVATIVE DESIGN LLCInventors: Eben Bayer, Gavin R. McIntyre
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Patent number: 10583626Abstract: The composite material is comprised of a substrate of discrete particles and a network of interconnected mycelia cells bonding the discrete particles together. The composite material is a made by inoculating a substrate of discrete particles and a nutrient material with a preselected fungus. The fungus digests the nutrient material over a period of time sufficient to grow hyphae and to allow the hyphae to form a network of interconnected mycelia cells through and around the discrete particles thereby bonding the discrete particles together to form a self-supporting composite material. In another embodiment, the fungus is allowed to grow as a fruiting body out of the substrate and within an enclosure to completely fill the enclosure to form a self-supporting structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Ecovative Design LLCInventors: Eben Bayer, Gavin McIntyre
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Publication number: 20200055274Abstract: The method grows a mycelial mass over a three-dimensional lattice such that a dense network of oriented hyphae is formed on the lattice. Growth along the lattice results in mycelium composite with highly organized hyphae strands and allows the design and production of composites with greater strength in chosen directions due to the organized nature of the supporting mycelia structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: Ecovative Design LLCInventors: Eben Bayer, Gavin McIntyre
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Publication number: 20200024577Abstract: A panel of mycological polymer consisting entirely of fungal mycelium as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/190,585 is post-processed to impart desired characteristics thereto, such as, texture, flavor and nutritional profile for use as a foodstuff or a tissue scaffold. Alternatively, the growth conditions of the growth media may be tailored to obtain a desired density, morphology, and/or composition of the undifferentiated fungal material with or without the use of post-processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: Ecovative Design LLCInventors: Alex Carlton, Eben Bayer, Gavin Mcintyre, Jessie Kaplan-Bie
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Patent number: 10525662Abstract: The product is made, in part, of a network of interconnected mycelia cells forming a mass. In one embodiment, the mass includes one or more embedded elements, such as a panel. In another embodiment, the mass is formed over a three-dimensional lattice. The mycelia cells form hyphae that bond directly to panels made of cellulosic materials.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2013Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: ECOVATIVE DESIGN LLCInventors: Eben Bayer, Gavin McIntyre
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Publication number: 20190390156Abstract: The mycelial foam contains macroscopic void spaces that are formed by filler elements, such as agar beads, that are incorporated in the mycelial matrix during growth of the matrix and are removed from the matrix after growth in a non-destructive manner, such as by heating. The foam may be made of pure mycelium or may be a composite biomaterial.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Ecovative Design LLCInventors: Eben Bayer, Jacob Michael Winiski, Matthew James Lucht, Peter James Mueller, Gavin R. McIntyre, Meghan A. O'Brien
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Patent number: 10407675Abstract: A method of fermenting mycelium composite materials wherein layers of fermentable material are stacked in alteration with ventilation layers with air being passed through the ventilation layers to remove heat and gas generated in the layers of fermentable material during fermentation thereof. The obtained composite materials may be formed into cohesive flat boards, such as are used in the manufacture of insulation or furniture.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Ecovative Design LLCInventors: Eben Bayer, Peter Mueller, Christopher Scully
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Publication number: 20180368337Abstract: A growth medium formed as an inoculum including a preselected fungus and a nutrient material capable of being digested by the fungus is placed in or on a tool formed of a material capable of being at least partially consumed by the fungus. The tool may define a cavity of predetermined shape for the growth medium or the tool may form a scaffolding on which the growth medium grows into the final product taking on the shape of the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: Ecovative Design, LLCInventors: Gavin McIntyre, Eben Bayer, Amanda Palazzolo
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Patent number: 10154627Abstract: A growth medium formed as an inoculum including a preselected fungus and a nutrient material capable of being digested by the fungus is placed in or on a tool formed of a material capable of being at least partially consumed by the fungus. The tool may define a cavity of predetermined shape for the growth medium or the tool may form a scaffolding on which the growth medium grows into the final product taking on the shape of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2013Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: ECOVATIVE DESIGN LLCInventors: Gavin McIntyre, Eben Bayer, Amanda Palazzolo
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Patent number: 9879219Abstract: The process of growing a homogeneous polymer matrix comprising the steps of growing a viable mycelium in a liquid suspension; extracting mycelium from the liquid suspension; thereafter incubating the mycelium for a period of time sufficient to induce mycelium cohesion and to form a solid material; and thereafter drying the solid material to remove moisture and to inactivate the mycelium.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Ecovative Design, LLCInventors: Gavin McIntyre, Eben Bayer, Daniel Flagg
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Patent number: 9803171Abstract: A living hydrated mycelium composite containing at least one of a combination of mycelium and fibers, mycelium and particles, and mycelium, particles and fibers is processed with a nutrient material to promote mycelia tissue growth; thereafter dehydrated to a moisture content of less than 50% by weight to deactivate the further growth of mycelia tissue; and then stored. The stored dehydrated mycelium composite is further processed by rehydrating to reactivate the mycelium and to initiate growth of at least one fruiting body.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Ecovative Design LLCInventors: Eben Bayer, Gavin McIntyre, Sarah Araldi
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Patent number: 9801345Abstract: The composite material is comprised of a substrate of discrete particles and a network of interconnected mycelia cells bonding the discrete particles together. The composite material forms a core to which one or more boards of veneer material are bonded to form a panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: ECOVATIVE DESIGN LLCInventors: Eben Bayer, Gavin McIntyre