Patents by Inventor Miquel Olaizola

Miquel Olaizola 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).

  • Method of mixotrophic culturing of microalgae in a flexible bioreactor
    Patent number: 10047337
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a method of culturing one or more microalgae. The method can include: inoculating a bioreactor with the one or more microalgae and a fluidic support medium, the bioreactor having one or more bioreactor walls at least partially enclosing a bioreactor cavity, being configured to be at least one of folded up or rolled up, and being sterile when the bioreactor is inoculated with the one or more microalgae, the one or more bioreactor walls comprising at least one bioreactor wall material, and the at least one bioreactor wall material being flexible and at least partially transparent; and vitally supporting the one or more microalgae. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Heliae Development LLC
    Inventors: Luke Cizek, Miquel Olaizola, Mason McCarty, Mason Oelschlager
  • METHOD OF MIXOTROPHIC CULTURING OF MICROALGAE IN A FLEXIBLE BIOREACTOR
    Publication number: 20160289628
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a method of culturing one or more microalgae. The method can include: inoculating a bioreactor with the one or more microalgae and a fluidic support medium, the bioreactor having one or more bioreactor walls at least partially enclosing a bioreactor cavity, being configured to be at least one of folded up or rolled up, and being sterile when the bioreactor is inoculated with the one or more microalgae, the one or more bioreactor walls comprising at least one bioreactor wall material, and the at least one bioreactor wall material being flexible and at least partially transparent; and vitally supporting the one or more microalgae. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Heliae Development, LLC
    Inventors: Luke Cizek, Miquel Olaizola, Mason McCarty, Mason Oelschlager