Patents by Inventor Martijn Bekker

Martijn Bekker 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCED CARBOHYDRATES AND INCREASED ERYTHRITOL IN BEVERAGES
    Publication number: 20150320099
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for naturally decreasing carbohydrates and calories, while increasing erythritol, in beverages. The method includes fermenting beverages, such as fruit juices with a microorganism capable of metabolizing sugars into sugar alcohol(s) such as erythritol, to produce a fermented beverage having reduced carbohydrates, and therefore reduced calories, and increased erythritol as compared to an unfermented equivalent beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jeroen HUGENHOLTZ, Thilo TRACHOTTA, Martijn BEKKER, Christel CARRIGUES
  • L-lactate production in cyanobacteria
    Patent number: 9085783
    Abstract: A process of producing L-lactate by feeding carbon dioxide to a culture of a cyanobacterial cell and subjecting this culture to light, wherein the cell is capable of expressing a nucleic acid molecule, which upon expression confers on the cell the ability to convert a glycolytic intermediate into L-lactate and wherein aforementioned nucleic acid molecule is under the control of a regulatory system which responds to light or to a change in the concentration of a nutrient in the culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: PHOTANOL BV
    Inventors: Martijn Bekker, Maarten Joost Teixeira de Mattos, Klaas Jan Hellingwerf
  • L-LACTATE PRODUCTION IN CYANOBACTERIA
    Publication number: 20130071895
    Abstract: A process of producing L-lactate as defined herein by feeding carbon dioxide to a culture of a cyanobacterial cell and subjecting said culture to light, wherein said cell is capable of expressing a nucleic acid molecule, wherein the expression of said nucleic acid molecule confer on the cell the ability to convert a glycolytic intermediate into L-lactate and wherein said nucleic acid molecule is under the control of a regulatory system which responds to light or to a change in the concentration of a nutrient in said culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: PHOTANOL B.V.
    Inventors: Martijn Bekker, Maarten Joost Teixeira de Mattos, Klaas Jan Hellingwerf