Patents by Inventor Peter Coutteau

Peter Coutteau 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).

  • Microbial arachidonic acid (ARA) for use in marine feed
    Patent number: 6638561
    Abstract: A marine feed composition is described comprising microbially derived arachidonic acid (ARA) or ARA in the form of a triglyceride. The ARA is suitably produced by a fungus, such as of the genus Mortierella, although the feed composition itself is free of microbial cells. These forms of ARA have been found to give better growth and pigmentation promotion in marine organisms (shrimps and fish) than corresponding phospholipid forms of ARA from fish oil. The ARA can be in the form of an oil, e.g. an oil-in-water emulsion or may first be fed to larvae, rotifers or nauplii which are themselves included in a composition as “live” feed for larger organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: DSM N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Franciscus Beudeker, Peter Coutteau
  • Feed for aquaculture
    Patent number: 5158788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing highly digestible feed that may be used among others as feed for aquaculture, by a yeast treatment characterized in that yeast cells are processed to hydrolyze at least partially the external layer of the cell wall without damaging the wall itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Synfina-Oleofina, S.A.
    Inventors: Patrick Lavens, Peter Coutteau, Patrick Sorgeloos, Erick Vandamme