Patents by Inventor Lance Shaner

Lance Shaner 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).

  • Materials and methods for characterising diastatic activity
    Patent number: 11926816
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a culture plate comprising medium which supports microbial growth and comprises a dextrin comprising four or more glucose units linked by ?(1?4) glycosidic bonds as a sole carbon source. The culture plate comprises a first zone inoculated with a sta? S. cerevisiae strain which produces a pigment upon sugar fermentation, and a second zone adjacent to the first zone and which is not inoculated with a microbe. The disclosure further provides a method of using the culture plate to characterize microbial diastatic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: OMEGA YEAST LABS, LLC
    Inventors: Lance Shaner, Laura Burns
  • MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR BREWING BEER
    Publication number: 20240076589
    Abstract: Described herein are materials and methods for the conversion of a non-volatile form of 3-sulfanyl-1-hexanol (3SH) to free 3SH during a brewing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: OMEGA YEAST LABS, LLC
    Inventors: Laura Burns, Lance Shaner
  • Hybrid ale yeast strain
    Patent number: 11535823
    Abstract: The invention provides a hybrid ale strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: OMEGA YEAST LABS, LLC
    Inventors: Lance Shaner, Nate Gibbon
  • MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERISING DIASTATIC ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20210222116
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a culture plate comprising medium which supports microbial growth and comprises a dextrin comprising four or more glucose units linked by ?(1?4) glycosidic bonds as a sole carbon source. The culture plate comprises a first zone inoculated with a sta? S. cerevisiae strain which produces a pigment upon sugar fermentation, and a second zone adjacent to the first zone and which is not inoculated with a microbe. The disclosure further provides a method of using the culture plate to characterize microbial diastatic activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Lance Shaner, Laura Burns
  • HYBRID ALE YEAST STRAIN
    Publication number: 20200255914
    Abstract: The invention provides a hybrid ale strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Lance Shaner, Nate Gibbon