Patents by Inventor Maria Rosario Fernández Gallegos

Maria Rosario Fernández Gallegos 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).

  • Means for reducing acetoin buildup in alcoholic fermentation media
    Patent number: 9017989
    Abstract: The invention relates to yeasts expressing the gene BDH1 coding for Bdh1p, characterized in that they catalyze, in an alcoholic fermentation medium, the reduction of acetoin into 2,3-butanediol by a rate at least twice higher than that of the initial stem. The invention can particularly be used for the fermentation of fruit juice and for producing 2,3-butanediol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventors: Sylvie Dequin, Maryam Ehsani, Maria Rosario Fernández Gallegos, Josep A. Biosca, Anne Ortiz-Julien
  • MEANS FOR REDUCING ACETOIN BUILDUP IN ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION MEDIA
    Publication number: 20100086644
    Abstract: The invention relates to yeasts expressing the gene BDH1 coding for Bdh1p, characterised in that they catalyse, in an alcoholic fermentation medium, the reduction of acetoin into 2,3-butanediol by a rate at least twice higher than that of the initial stem. The invention can particularly be used for the fermentation of fruit juice and for producing 2,3-butanediol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Sylvie Dequin, Maryam Ehsani, Maria Rosario Férnandez Gallegos, Josep A. Biosca, Anne Ortiz-Julien