Patents by Inventor Georges Corrieu

Georges Corrieu 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).

  • Use of strains of which are incapable of hydrolyzing urea in dairy products
    Patent number: 6962721
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one strain of Streptococcus thermophilus which is incapable of hydrolyzing urea in the manufacture of cheese or fermented dairy products such as yogurts in order to obtain an acidification kinetic which is independent from the content of various components of the milk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignees: Texel, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
    Inventors: Anne-Marie Sepulchre, Christophe Monnet, Georges Corrieu
  • Production of vanillin by bioconversion of benzenoid precursors by pyenoporus
    Patent number: 5262315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing vanillin. Culturing of a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Pycnoporus or of their variants and mutants is performed in a culture medium to which a benzenoid precursor of vanillin has been added, and the vanillin produced by bioconversion of the benzenoid precursor is recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Pernod Ricard
    Inventors: Brigitte Gross, Marcel Asther, Georges Corrieu, Pascal Brunerie
  • Microbial method for producing lignin peroxidase
    Patent number: 5153121
    Abstract: Method for producing lignin-peroxydase from the fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium. The method comprises a first step of culture wherein the phospholipids and the emulsified fatty acids are added to the culture medium; a second step during which veratrylic alcohol is added to the culture medium, the culture medium being partially renewed for the second culture step and totally renewed for the third and fourth culture steps, by varying the content of constituents in said medium. Application to the production of lignin-peroxydase with important yields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Institut Nationale de la Recherche Agronomique-Inra
    Inventors: Marcel Asther, Cecile Capdevila, Georges Corrieu