Patents by Inventor Mario A Villa

Mario A Villa 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).

  • Process for the production of gamma nonalactones in natural form
    Patent number: 5646022
    Abstract: Gamma lactones with 9 carbon atoms, saturated or unsaturated and mixtures thereof, in natural form, are obtained by:A) culturing a microorganism selected from the group comprising Pichia ohmeri and Pichia stipitis or both of these in a substrate comprising an unsaturated C.sub.18 hydroxy-acid with the hydroxyl in position C.sub.13 to obtain a mixture comprising gamma nonanolide;or, alternatively,B) subjecting to lipoxygenation a substrate comprising an acid selected from the group comprising linoleic acid and linolenic acid or mixtures thereof anddistilling the product of lipoxygenation in a current of steam to obtain a mixture comprising an unsaturated gamma lactone that is gamma-2-nonenolide, gamma-2,6-nonadienolide or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Inventors: Mario Villa, Claudio Fuganti, Gioia Zucchi, Gianna Allegrone, Masimo Barbeni, Paolo Cabella
  • Illuminated whip mast
    Patent number: D649140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Inventors: Travis P. Spatter, Mario A Villa