Patents by Inventor Enrico Giuseppe Roberto Berardi

Enrico Giuseppe Roberto Berardi 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).

  • Patent number: 6902912
    Abstract: There is disclosed a fermentation process for producing glutathione which comprises (a) the obtainment of a biomass pre-culture by pre-cultivating, in aerobic conditions, a strain of a glutathione producing yeast wherein the glutathione content per biomass unit is higher than 1.2% w/w; (b) the cultivation, in aerobic conditions, of the resulting biomass pre-culture such that the resulting biomass density is higher than 50 g/l; (c) the activation of the cultured biomass; and (d) the recovery of the cultured biomass, extracting glutathione at a pH equal to or lower than 6 and purifying the resulting glutathione. The process allows to obtain glutathione with high yields and relatively low costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Gnosis Srl
    Inventors: Alberto Benedetti, Enrico Giuseppe Roberto Berardi, Matilde Manzoni, Marina Nichele, Hermes Pagani, Manuela Rollini