Patents by Inventor Philippe Thonart

Philippe Thonart 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).

  • COMPOSITION FOR THE RELEASE AND PROTECTION OF INSTANT ACTIVE DRY YEASTS
    Publication number: 20110135789
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for preserving the stability, the fermentative activity and for favouring the release of instant active dry yeasts. A composition of the invention can be in liquid, pasta-like or powdered form. The invention concerns also the method for preparing said composition and its different applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: PURATOS N.V.
    Inventors: Paul De Pauw, Thami El Mejdoub, Philippe Thonart
  • Novel use of lipopeptide preparations
    Publication number: 20060166869
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of lipopeptide preparations as anti-tilted-peptide agents, which are able to inhibit or limit the destabilization effect of tilted peptides on hydrophobic/hydrophilic interfaces, for instance on membranes. The lipopeptides include surfactins, iturins, and fengycins. The invention also relates to a process for the production of the lipopeptide preparations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Magali Deleu, Robert Brasseur, Michel Paquot, Herve Legros, Samuel Dufour, Philippe Jacques, Jacqueline Destain, Philippe Thonart, Alain Brans, Bernard Joris, Jean-Marie Frerc
  • Enzyme or cell preparation with inulinase activity
    Patent number: 6518047
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an isolated and purified enzyme with inulinolytic activity having more than 75% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO 12 to its encoding nucleotidic sequence to a cell producing the enzyme and to the use for the degradation of inulin or inulin-containing plant material, especially for the production of fructose syrups and for the production of oligomers of fructose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Puratos Naamloze Vennootschap
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Jonniaux, Karl Rauw, Philippe Thonart, Thierry Dauvrin
  • Microcapsules of oily liquid
    Patent number: 5456985
    Abstract: The present invention relates to micro-capsules constituted by a solid envelope consisting of a layer of coating materials including at least one gastro-resistant polymer, said solid envelope containing an oily liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Inventors: Slim Zgoulli, Philippe Delfosse, Philippe Thonart, Dominique Delacroix