Patents by Inventor Ulrike Schmid-Staiger

Ulrike Schmid-Staiger 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 OBTAINING FUCOXANTHIN AND FATTY ACIDS FROM THE BIOMASS OF ALGAE
    Publication number: 20220144790
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for obtaining a fucoxanthin-crystal-containing precipitate, in particular fucoxanthin crystals, in particular fucoxanthin, and a fatty-acid-containing lipid fraction, in particular fatty acids, from the biomass of algae, in particular methods for the integrated extraction and separation of fucoxanthin and fatty acids from the biomass of algae, and to the products obtained from these methods, in particular fucoxanthin crystals and fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Felix Derwenskus, Ulrike Schmid-Staiger, Christian Bringmann
  • Photobioreactor with improved supply of light by surface enlargement, wavelength shifter bars or light transport
    Patent number: 6509188
    Abstract: A photobioreactor is described that has a reactor chamber that is made of light-transparent material and that has an increased surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur
    Inventors: Walter Trösch, Ulrike Schmid-Staiger, Armin Zastrow, Alexander Retze, Franz Brucker