Patents by Inventor Federico E. Rey

Federico E. Rey 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO ALTER GUT MICROBIAL FERMENTATION USING SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA
    Publication number: 20160000837
    Abstract: The present invention provides combinations and methods for changing the representation of at least one sulfate-reducing bacterial species in a subject's gut, thereby changing microbial fermentative activity in the gut in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Federico E. Rey, Mark Gonzalez, Jeffrey I. Gordon
  • CULTURED COLLECTION OF GUT MICROBIAL COMMUNITY
    Publication number: 20140045744
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses cultured collections of a gut microbial community, models comprising such cultures, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Jeffrey I. Gordon, Jeremiah J. Faith, Nathan P. McNulty, Federico E. Rey, Andrew Goodman, George Kallstrom, Vanessa K. Ridaura
  • Hydrogen production from microbial strains
    Patent number: 8268584
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of screening microbe strains capable of generating hydrogen. This method involves inoculating one or more microbes in a sample containing cell culture medium to form an inoculated culture medium. The inoculated culture medium is then incubated under hydrogen producing conditions. Once incubating causes the inoculated culture medium to produce hydrogen, microbes in the culture medium are identified as candidate microbe strains capable of generating hydrogen. Methods of producing hydrogen using one or more of the microbial strains identified as well as the hydrogen producing strains themselves are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Caroline S. Harwood, Federico E. Rey
  • HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM MICROBIAL STRAINS
    Publication number: 20120220006
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of screening microbe strains capable of generating hydrogen. This method involves inoculating one or more microbes in a sample containing cell culture medium to form an inoculated culture medium. The inoculated culture medium is then incubated under hydrogen producing conditions. Once incubating causes the inoculated culture medium to produce hydrogen, microbes in the culture medium are identified as candidate microbe strains capable of generating hydrogen. Methods of producing hydrogen using one or more of the microbial strains identified as well as the hydrogen producing strains themselves are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    Inventors: Caroline S. HARWOOD, Federico E. REY