Patents by Inventor Gerald W. Scammell

Gerald W. Scammell 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).

  • Production of edible protein substances
    Patent number: 4294929
    Abstract: The invention relates to Fusarium graminearum Schwabe deposited with the Commonwealth Mycological Institute and assigned the number IMI 145425 and variants and mutants thereof, as well as a culture medium containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Assignee: Ranks Hovis McDougall Limited
    Inventors: Gerald L. Solomons, Gerald W. Scammell
  • Edible protein substances composed of fungal mycellium
    Patent number: 4061781
    Abstract: An edible protein-containing substance is produced by incubating and proliferating, under aerobic conditions, a nontoxic strain of the genus Fusarium or a variant or mutant thereof, in a culture medium containing essential growth-promoting nutrient substances, of which carbon in the form of assimilable carbohydrate constitutes the limited substrate in proliferation, and separating the proliferated organism comprising the edible protein-containing substance. Novel strains and variants of Fusarium graminearum are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1977
    Assignee: Ranks Hovis McDougall Limited
    Inventors: Gerald L. Solomons, Gerald W. Scammell
  • Production of edible protein substances
    Patent number: 3937654
    Abstract: Process for the production of an edible protein-containing substance which comprises incubating and proliferating, under aerobic conditions, a non-toxic strain of the gensus Fusarium or a variant or mutant thereof, in a culture medium containing essential growth-promoting nutrient substances, of which carbon in the form of assimilable carbohydrate constitutes the limiting substrate in proliferation, and separating the proliferated organism comprising the edible protein-containing substance. Novel strains and variants of Fusarium graminearum are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1976
    Assignee: Ranks Hovis McDougall Limited
    Inventors: Gerald L. Solomons, Gerald W. Scammell
  • Non-toxic strain of Fusarium graminearum
    Patent number: PP4347
    Abstract: A non-toxic, edible strain of Fusarium graminearum fungus. The fungal mycelium is a nutritious material having a high net protein utilization value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1978
    Assignee: Ranks Hovis McDougall Limited
    Inventors: Gerald L. Solomons, Gerald W. Scammell