Patents by Inventor Ian Thomas Bonesteel

Ian Thomas Bonesteel 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HARVESTING MYCELIA
    Publication number: 20230320288
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods to harvest biopolymer material, such as a mycological material comprising mycelia. The mycelia products that are harvested can be used in the food industry (for example, as an animal-based meat-substitute) and in other industries, such as textiles, packaging, and others. The present invention provides mycelial harvesting methods and systems that are repeatable and energy efficient, while providing high quality and quantity mycelium-based products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Scully, Christopher William Werner, Ian Thomas Bonesteel, Maxwell Lee Carmack, Asa Trench Snyder
  • INCREASED HOMOGENEITY OF MYCOLOGICAL BIOPOLYMER GROWN INTO VOID SPACE
    Publication number: 20230024708
    Abstract: The method of growing a biopolymer material employs incubation of a growth media comprised of nutritive substrate and a fungus in containers that are placed in a closed incubation chamber with air flows passed over each container while the chamber is maintained with a predetermined environment of humidity, temperature, carbon dioxide and oxygen. The air flows may be directed parallel or perpendicularly to the surfaces of the growth media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jessica Hannah Kaplan-Bie, Lucy Elaine Greetham, Ian Thomas Bonesteel, Gavin Reim McIntyre
  • SOLUTION BASED POST-PROCESSING METHODS FOR MYCOLOGICAL BIOPOLYMER MATERIAL AND MYCOLOGICAL PRODUCT MADE THEREBY
    Publication number: 20230013465
    Abstract: A mycological biopolymer material is subjected to treatment in one or more solutions that work to enhance and/or retain the inherent material properties of the material. In one embodiment, the solution is an organic solution; in another embodiment, the solution is an organic solvent with a salt; in another embodiment, the solution is an organic solvent phenol and/or polyphenol; and in another embodiment, a series of such solutions is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jessica Hannah Kaplan-Bie, Gavin Reim McIntyre, Lucy Elaine Greetham, Ian Thomas Bonesteel, Alex James Carlton, Eben D. Bayer
  • Increased homogeneity of mycological biopolymer grown into void space
    Patent number: 11266085
    Abstract: The method of growing a biopolymer material employs incubation of a growth media comprised of nutritive substrate and a fungus in containers that are placed in a closed incubation chamber with air flows passed over each container while the chamber is maintained with a predetermined environment of humidity, temperature, carbon dioxide and oxygen. The air flows may be directed parallel or perpendicularly to the surfaces of the growth media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ECOVATIVE DESIGN LLC
    Inventors: Jessie Hannah Kaplan-Bie, Lucy Elaine Greetham, Ian Thomas Bonesteel, Gavin Reim McIntyre
  • Increased Homogeneity of Mycological Biopolymer Grown into Void Space
    Publication number: 20210127601
    Abstract: The method of growing a biopolymer material employs incubation of a growth media comprised of nutritive substrate and a fungus in containers that are placed in a closed incubation chamber with air flows passed over each container while the chamber is maintained with a predetermined environment of humidity, temperature, carbon dioxide and oxygen. The air flows may be directed parallel or perpendicularly to the surfaces of the growth media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Ecovative Design LLC
    Inventors: Jessie Hannah Kaplan-Bie, Lucy Elaine Greetham, Ian Thomas Bonesteel, Gavin Reim McIntyre
  • Increased Homogeneity of Mycological Biopolymer Grown into Void Space
    Publication number: 20200146224
    Abstract: The method of growing a biopolymer material employs incubation of a growth media comprised of nutritive substrate and a fungus in containers that are placed in a closed incubation chamber with air flows passed over each container while the chamber is maintained with a predetermined environment of humidity, temperature, carbon dioxide and oxygen. The air flows may be directed parallel or perpendicularly to the surfaces of the growth media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Ecovative Design LLC
    Inventors: Jessie Hannah Kaplan-Bie, Lucy Elaine Greetham, Ian Thomas Bonesteel, Gavin Reim McIntyre