Patents by Inventor Yan-Chu Wu

Yan-Chu Wu 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: 20060105443
    Abstract: This invention is related to a process for isolating and purifying lycopene, and more particularly to a process for large-scaled isolation and purification of the biosynthesized lycopene from bacterial cells via simple steps with high purity and recovery. The steps in the process of the present invention comprises: isolating a biomass from a fermented broth; treating the isolated biomass with alcohol; extracting the lycopene from the alcohol treated biomass with an organic solvent; removing the solid phase from the biomass/solvent extracting mixture; filtering the liquid-phase extract; crystallizing the lycopene by concentrating the liquid-phase extract; separating the dark red lycopene crystals; re-suspending the separated dark red lycopene crystals with acetone; and separating and drying the washed lycopene crystals. A biosynthesized lycopene purified by the process is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Yan-Chu Wu, Yuan-Ting Chen, Chun-Yen Liu, Mei-Chiao Wu, Yi Lu, Ming-Hsi Chiou, Chi-Jen Du