US Patent Issued to Black Boar Truffle on Oct. 6 for "Methods of producing truffle infusions" (Montana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,476, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Black Boar Truffle LLC (Bozeman, Mont.).

"Methods of producing truffle infusions" was invented by Gary A. Strobel (Bozeman, Mont.) and Kelly W. Gaisford (Bozeman, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of producing truffle infusion using a pure culture of truffle fungus and using a pure culture of truffle fungus to produce a new flavor profile in food or an ingredient are disclosed. Also disclosed are truffle-growing composition and truffle-infused foods. The applicable truffle species include Tuber melanosporum, Tuber magnatum, Tuber aestivum, Tuber uncinatum, Tuber borchii, Imaia spp., Tu...