Patents by Inventor Gonzalo C. Serafica

Gonzalo C. Serafica 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 microbial cellulose
    Patent number: 6071727
    Abstract: A microbial cellulose with high water content and process for making the microbial cellulose utilizes a rotary disk or linear conveyor bioreactor containing a biological medium and a cellulose producing microorganism are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Henry R. Bungay, Gonzalo C. Serafica
  • Production of microbial cellulose using a rotating disk film bioreactor
    Patent number: 5955326
    Abstract: A new microbial cellulose with high water content and process for making the new microbial cellulose utilizes a trough containing a biological medium and a cellose producing micro organism. A plurality of disks are partly submerged in the medium and moved through the medium. Cellulose is formed on the surface of the disks which is later harvested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Henry R. Bungay, III, Gonzalo C. Serafica