Patents by Inventor Michel Moutounet

Michel Moutounet 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).

  • Composition for Stabilising a Dietary Aqueous Liquid Sensitive to Oxidation
    Publication number: 20100297289
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for protecting from oxidation a dietary liquid, which contains substances sensitive to oxidation during the shelf-life thereof including a combination of two types of yeast cells: (i) non-viable yeast cells that are capable of rapidly consuming oxygen, and (ii) glutathione-enriched inactivated yeast cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Salmon, Michel Moutounet, Jean-Claude Boulet
  • Enzyme and microorganism degrading rhamnogalacturonane II
    Patent number: 6103506
    Abstract: Enzyme degrading rhamnogalacturonane II (RG-II) having an endo-.beta.-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(I.fwdarw.3')-D-apiofuranosyl hydrolase activity and/or an endo-.alpha.-L-fucopyranosyl-(I.fwdarw.4)-L-rhamnopyranosyl hydrolase activity. This enzyme can be produced by a microorganism, especially of the penicillium species, such as the branches 1-1577 and 1-1578 lodged with the CNCM. The RG-II can obtained from plant extracts by means of a method comprising a chromatography stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique
    Inventors: Patrice Pellerin, Jean-Marc Brillouet, Thierry Doco, Pascale Williams, Stephane Vidal, Michel Moutounet