Patents by Inventor Maud BENOIT

Maud BENOIT 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 preparing an algal powder containing a reduced content of proteins, and bioplastic composition formulated from such a powder
    Patent number: 10870733
    Abstract: A process for preparing an algal powder containing a reduced content of proteins, a bioplastic composition formed from such a powder, a process for manufacturing a plastic product obtained from such an algal powder and also the plastic product obtained in this way. Process for preparing an algal powder, especially intended for the manufacture of a plastic product, including the successive steps of: culturing and/or harvesting an algal biomass; reducing by at least 10% the intrinsic amount of proteins of the algae, by weight relative to the weight of proteins of the harvested biomass; drying; and reducing to give powder or granules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: ERANOVA
    Inventors: Philippe Lavoisier, Ronan Pierre, Maud Benoit
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN ALGAL POWDER CONTAINING A REDUCED CONTENT OF PROTEINS, AND BIOPLASTIC COMPOSITION FORMULATED FROM SUCH A POWDER
    Publication number: 20180258231
    Abstract: A process for preparing an algal powder containing a reduced content of proteins, a bioplastic composition formed from such a powder, a process for manufacturing a plastic product obtained from such an algal powder and also the plastic product obtained in this way. Process for preparing an algal powder, especially intended for the manufacture of a plastic product, including the successive steps of: culturing and/or harvesting an algal biomass; reducing by at least 10% the intrinsic amount of proteins of the algae, by weight relative to the weight of proteins of the harvested biomass; drying; and reducing to give powder or granules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: ERANOVA
    Inventors: Philippe LAVOISIER, Ronan PIERRE, Maud BENOIT