Patents by Inventor Mustapha Benmoussa

Mustapha Benmoussa 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).

  • Patent number: 10834949
    Abstract: A method to process microalgae biomass and produce high-value chemicals from microalgae biomass is disclosed. The method uses the same biomass cells to extract more than one component such as lipids, water-soluble chemicals, carotenoids, polysaccharides and algae meal. The method is a sequence of physical and chemical treatments. Water soluble polysaccharides produced by the method exhibit properties of low viscosity at low shear thinning. A method for extracting dietary fiber from microalgal biomass is disclosed. Compositions of water-soluble polysaccharides that are fermented slowly by colon microbiota with less gas production than commercial dietary fiber FOS are disclosed. The present inventions described herein provide a method of improving colon health by increasing butyrate during a microalgal dietary fiber fermenting process by colonic microbiota.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventor: Mustapha Benmoussa
  • Publication number: 20200046003
    Abstract: A method to process microalgae biomass and produce high-value chemicals from microalgae biomass is disclosed. The method uses the same biomass cells to extract more than one component such as are lipids, water-soluble chemicals, carotenoids, polysaccharides and algae meal. The method is a sequence of physical and chemical treatments. Water soluble polysaccharides produced by the method exhibit properties of low viscosity at low shear thinning. A method for extracting dietary fiber from microalgal biomass is disclosed. Compositions of water-soluble polysaccharides that are fermented slowly by colon microbiota with less gas production than commercial dietary fiber FOS are disclosed. The present inventions described herein provide a method of improving colon health by increasing butyrate during a microalgal dietary fiber fermenting process by colonic microbiota.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventor: Mustapha Benmoussa
  • Patent number: 10485253
    Abstract: A method to process microalgae biomass and produce high-value chemicals from microalgae biomass is disclosed. The method uses the same biomass cells to extract more than one component such as lipids, water-soluble chemicals, carotenoids, polysaccharides and algae meal. The method is a sequence of physical and chemical treatments. Water soluble polysaccharides produced by the method exhibit properties of low viscosity at low shear thinning. A method for extracting dietary fiber from microalgal biomass is disclosed. Compositions of water-soluble polysaccharides that are fermented slowly by colon microbiota with less gas production than commercial dietary fiber FOS are disclosed. The present inventions described herein provide a method of improving colon health by increasing butyrate during a microalgal dietary fiber fermenting process by colonic microbiota.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Inventor: Mustapha Benmoussa
  • Publication number: 20190053523
    Abstract: A method to process microalgae biomass and produce high-value chemicals from microalgae biomass is disclosed. The method uses the same biomass cells to extract more than one component such as are lipids, water-soluble chemicals, carotenoids, polysaccharides and algae meal. The method is a sequence of physical and chemical treatments. Water soluble polysaccharides produced by the method exhibit properties of low viscosity at low shear thinning. A method for extracting dietary fiber from microalgal biomass is disclosed. Compositions of water-soluble polysaccharides that are fermented slowly by colon microbiota with less gas production than commercial dietary fiber FOS are disclosed. The present inventions described herein provide a method of improving colon health by increasing butyrate during a microalgal dietary fiber fermenting process by colonic microbiota.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventor: Mustapha Benmoussa
  • Publication number: 20180258005
    Abstract: A coating matrix operable for coating fertilizer particles. The coating matrix is made from a whole biomass composition, in which said whole biomass composition comprises at least a microalgae and a macroalgae reduced to a powder form, mixed with an aqueous solution of alkali metal hydroxide or alkaline earth metal hydroxide at a concentration ranging from 0.1% to 20% (w/v). The mixture is mixed at about 7 pH to about 9.5 pH which produces a cross-linked polysaccharide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Mustapha Benmoussa