Patents by Inventor Nader M. Al-Awadhi

Nader M. Al-Awadhi 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 and microorganisms for producing single cell protein
    Patent number: 5314820
    Abstract: A methanol-utilizing bacterium selected from the group consisting of Methylophilus KISRI 5 (NCIB 12135), Methylophilus KISRI 6.1 (NCIB 12136), Methylophilus KISRI 512 (NCIB 12137), Methylophilus KISRI 5112 (NCIB 12138) and mutants and variants thereof. Also, bacterial cultures comprising these novel strains of Methylophilus and a method of producing single cell protein comprising culturing one or more of the Methylophilus strains of the invention in a methanol-containing aqueous culture medium, preferably in the culture medium of the invention which has been optimized for culturing these novel Methylophilus strains. The culture method preferably further comprises the recycling of spent culture medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
    Inventors: Ibrahim Y. Hamdan, Amin S. ElNawawy, Ibrahim M. Banat, Nader M. Al-Awadhi