Patents by Inventor Robert Hutkins

Robert Hutkins 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).

  • Methods for the isolation of microbes with enhanced persistance and compositions with such microbes
    Patent number: 11752178
    Abstract: Particularly effective prebiotic-probiotic combinations including a novel probiotic, B. longum subsp longum, and XOS and B. pseudocatenulatum with Xylo-oligosaccharides are provided, together with methods of identifying synergistic probiotic-prebiotic combinations. Additionally, kits comprising the probiotic(s) and prebiotic(s) are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NUtech Ventures
    Inventors: Robert Hutkins, Car Reen Kok, Maria X. Maldonado-Gomez
  • METHODS FOR THE ISOLATION OF MICROBES WITH ENHANCED PERSISTANCE AND COMPOSITIONS WITH SUCH MICROBES
    Publication number: 20210069266
    Abstract: Particularly effective prebiotic-probiotic combinations including a novel probiotic, B. longum subsp longum, and XOS and B. pseudocatenulatum with Xylo-oligosaccharides are provided, together with methods of identifying synergistic probiotic-prebiotic combinations. Additionally, kits comprising the probiotic(s) and prebiotic(s) are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Hutkins, Car Reen Kok, Maria X. Maldonado-Gomez
  • Silicalite membrane and method for the selective recovery and concentration of acetone and butanol from model ABE solutions and fermentation broth
    Patent number: 5755967
    Abstract: Silicalite, silicalite filled polymer membrane, and process for the selective adsorption of acetone and butanol from aqueous solutions thereof. The silicalite, silicalite filled polymer membrane, and process are particularly suited to the removal of acetone and butanol from Clostridium acetobutylicum fermentation media in that the membrane is not fouled by the fermentation media and may be used without removing the cells from the fermentation media. The silicalite and silicalite filled polymer membrane show excellent selectivity to the adsorption of acetone and butanol relative to the ethanol, acetic acid, and butyric acid components of the fermentation media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Inventors: Michael M. Meagher, Nasibuddin Qureshi, Robert Hutkins