Patents by Inventor Kok-Kheng Tan

Kok-Kheng Tan 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).

  • Mushroom cultivation
    Patent number: 4987698
    Abstract: A method of cultivating wood-decaying edible fungi, comprises mixing spawn of the fungi with a substrate comprising comminuted wood which has been hydrated and sterilized or pasteurized, exposing the mixture to conditions under which the spawn will grow and fruit, and subjecting the spawn-run substrate to thermal shock comprising sequentially raising, lowering and raising the temperature, to 28.degree.-30.degree. C., 10.degree.-15.degree. C. and 20.degree.-25.degree. C., respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignee: Everbloom Mushroom (PTE) Ltd.
    Inventor: Kok-Kheng Tan
  • Mushroom cultivation
    Patent number: 4833821
    Abstract: A method of cultivating wood-decaying edible fungi, which comprises hydrating and sterilizing comminuted wood, inoculating the thus-treated spawn of the fungi, and exposing the inoculated wood to conditions under which the spawn will grow and fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Everbloom Biotechnology Ltd.
    Inventor: Kok-Kheng Tan