Patents by Inventor Steffi Hunger

Steffi Hunger 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).

  • Method for the production of carboxylic acids under unsterile conditions
    Patent number: 11597952
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide a method for biotechnological production of carboxylic acids, in which the acid-forming micro-organisms are cultured in an unsterile manner in a submerged phase containing waste water containing all carbon and nutrient medium components necessary for the production of the carboxylic acid, which method avoids the disadvantages of known methods and enables high product concentrations and productivity while at the same time the resources of water and power are being conserved. This aim is achieved, according to the invention, in that micro-organisms are used that are cultured under unsterile conditions in a culture medium containing waste water with the addition of carbon-rich compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FÜR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH—UFZ
    Inventors: Andreas Aurich, Steffi Hunger, Mi-Yong Becker, Norbert Kohlheb, Roland Arno Müller
  • Expansion kit for bioreactors used for performing microbial bio-electrosynthesis
    Patent number: 10767150
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to design an expansion kit (100) for bioreactors (20) which allows prior art bioreactors (20) to be expanded in a way that makes the same usable for microbial bio-electrosynthesis. In order to achieve said aim, the expansion kit (100) comprises a reaction chamber (21) which is open on one side and which has a window (23) in a sidewall (22), said window (23) being provided with a membrane (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH—UFZ
    Inventors: Falk Harnisch, Steffi Hunger, Andreas Zehnsdorf, Daniel Beyer, Luis Felipe Morgado Rosa
  • A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS UNDER UNSTERILE CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20200131543
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide a method for biotechnological production of carboxylic acids, in which the acid-forming micro-organisms are cultured in an unsterile manner in a submerged phase containing waste water containing all carbon and nutrient medium components necessary for the production of the carboxylic acid, which method avoids the disadvantages of known methods and enables high product concentrations and productivity while at the same time the resources of water and power are being conserved. This aim is achieved, according to the invention, in that micro-organisms are used that are cultured under unsterile conditions in a culture medium containing waste water with the addition of carbon-rich compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas AURICH, Steffi HUNGER, Mi-Yong BECKER, Norbert KOHLHEB, Roland Arno MÜLLER
  • EXPANSION KIT FOR BIOREACTORS USED FOR PERFORMING MICROBIAL BIO-ELECTROSYNTHESIS
    Publication number: 20160312167
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to design an expansion kit (100) for bioreactors (20) which allows prior art bioreactors (20) to be expanded in a way that makes the same usable for microbial bio-electrosynthesis. In order to achieve said aim, the expansion kit (100) comprises a reaction chamber (21) which is open on one side and which has a window (23) in a sidewall (22), said window (23) being provided with a membrane (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Falk Harnisch, Steffi Hunger, Andreas Zehnsdorf, Daniel Beyer, Luis Felipe Morgado Rosa