Patents by Inventor Mireille Haon

Mireille Haon 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).

  • Aspergillus niger which produces vanillic acid from ferulic acid
    Patent number: 6162637
    Abstract: Method for the production of vanillic acid and vanillin by bioconversion from ferulic acid in a medium containing phospholipids cultured with at least one microorganism from the classes Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes or Actinomycetes. Vanillin is also produced by bioconversion of vanillic acid by at least one microorganism of the class Basidiomycetes in a medium containing cellobiose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - I.N.R.A.
    Inventors: Laurence Lesage-Meessen, Michel Delattre, Mireille Haon, Marcel Asther
  • Methods for bioconversion of ferulic acid to vanillic acid or vanillin and for the bioconversion of vanillic acid to vanillin using filamentous fungi
    Patent number: 5866380
    Abstract: Method for the production of vanillic acid and vanillin by bioconversion from ferulic acid in a medium containing phospholipids cultured with at least one microorganism from the classes Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes or Actinomycetes. Vanillin is also produced by bioconversion of vanillic acid by at least one microorganism of the class Basidiomycetes in a medium containing cellobiose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique-I.N.R.A.
    Inventors: Laurence Lesage-Meessen, Michel Delattre, Mireille Haon, Marcel Asther