Patents by Inventor Silas Granato Villas-Boas

Silas Granato Villas-Boas 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).

  • Publication number: 20240052282
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for large scale solid-state fermentation. The process comprises providing a substrate to be cultured (S1) made of plant material and/or animal material, filling vessels (S2) with the substrate using an automated filling system, sterilizing (S4) the vessels, inoculating (S5) the substrate with a microbial inoculant adapted to cause fermentation of the cultured substrate, storing (S6) the vessels in a closed state in controlled climate conditions for solid state fermentation of the cultured substrate, and harvesting (S7) the content of the vessels. Each vessel has an inner volume of 50 L or less and a smallest dimension less than or equal to 40 cm. This process is particularly adapted, with additional steps, for the production of fermented flour. In this process, upscaling is obtained by providing a high number of small bioreactors and by automation, instead of increasing the size of the reactors as generally done in the field of bioprocessing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Ninna GRANUCCI, Silas GRANATO VILLAS BOAS
  • Patent number: 10477865
    Abstract: Antifungal compounds, an antifungal compound extracted from Epicoccum purpurascens, also known as Epicoccum nigrum, methods of producing the antifungal compounds, isolates and compositions comprising the antifungal compounds, and methods of using the antifungal compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Auckland UniServices Limited
    Inventor: Silas Granato Villas-Boas
  • Publication number: 20180146688
    Abstract: The invention describes a food or flour composition derived from fungal fermentation of plant material, the flour composition having a total metabolizable carbohydrate level of between 0.1-50% by weight. Also described are processes for the manufacture of the food or flour compositions using fungal fermentation having a total metabolizable carbohydrate level of between 0.1-50% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: Green Spot Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Silas Granato Villas Boas, Ninna Granucci
  • Publication number: 20160192657
    Abstract: Antifungal compounds, an antifungal compound extracted from Epicoccum purpurascens, also known as Epicoccum nigrum, methods of producing the antifungal compounds, isolates and compositions comprising the antifungal compounds, and methods of using the antifungal compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: Auckland UniServices Limited
    Inventor: Silas Granato Villas-Boas
  • Patent number: 9255109
    Abstract: Antifungal compounds, an antifungal compound extracted from Epicoccum purpurascens, also known as Epicoccum nigrum, methods of producing the antifungal compounds, isolates and compositions comprising the antifungal compounds, and methods of using the antifungal compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Auckland Uniservices Limited
    Inventor: Silas Granato Villas-Boas
  • Publication number: 20130078272
    Abstract: Antifungal compounds, an antifungal compound extracted from Epicoccum purpurascens, also known as Epicoccum nigrum, methods of producing the antifungal compounds, isolates and compositions comprising the antifungal compounds, and methods of using the antifungal compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Auckland UniServices Limited
    Inventor: Silas Granato Villas-Boas