Patents by Inventor Yih-Juh Shiau

Yih-Juh Shiau 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).

  • Patent number: 7531350
    Abstract: A bioreactor includes a nutrient reservoir, a rotatable culture bed, at least one culture carrier medium, a mist generator and a mist delivery pipe. The nutrient reservoir stores therein a nutrient solution required for the fungus, plant cell, tissue, organ, hairy roots and plantlet. The rotatable culture bed is rotated at a specified speed. The at least one culture medium has thereon the fungus, plant cell, tissue, organ, hairy roots and plantlet and is supported on the rotatable culture bed. The mist generator is used for producing mists of the nutrient solution. The mist delivery pipe delivers therein the mists of the nutrient solution and has a mist-exit port adjusted to a desired level above the culture medium so as to discharge and spray the mists over the fungus, plant cell, tissue, organ, hairy roots and plantlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Agricultural Research Institute
    Inventor: Yih-Juh Shiau
  • Publication number: 20060240544
    Abstract: A bioreactor includes a nutrient reservoir, a rotatable culture bed, at least one culture medium, a mist generator and a mist delivery pipe. The nutrient reservoir stores therein a nutrient solution required for the fungus, plant cell, tissue, organ, hairy roots and plantlet. The rotatable culture bed is rotated at a specified speed. The at least one culture medium has thereon the fungus, plant cell, tissue, organ, hairy roots and plantlet and is supported on the rotatable culture bed. The mist generator is used for producing mists of the nutrient solution. The mist delivery pipe delivers therein the mists of the nutrient solution and has a mist-exit port adjusted to a desired level above the culture medium so as to discharge and spray the mists over the fungus, plant cell, tissue, organ, hairy roots and plantlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Yih-Juh Shiau