Patents by Inventor Wayne R. Newman

Wayne R. Newman 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).

  • Cell-free and whole cell ice nucleators and process for their production
    Patent number: 5223412
    Abstract: Microbially produced ice nucleator mixtures which include either cell-free ice nucleator particle mixtures and/or whole cell ice nucleator mixtures. These mixtures are produced in methods which comprises culturing a selected microorganism in a two step process at a first temperature in a first step and at a lower temperature in a second step. The mciroorganisms include Erwinia, Pseudomonas and Escherichia coil. These methods produce ice nucleator mixtures having increased concentrations of ice nucleating sites per given weight or volume of ice nucleator material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Genencor International, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Wight, Wayne R. Newman, Patrick J. Ward, Kristine Pochodylo