ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,072, issued on July 14, was assigned to MyCoWorks Denver LLC (Georgetown, Colo.).
"Mycomaterial processing in liquid medium" was invented by Stephen Perry (Durham, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for making a biopolymer-based fungal mat is described. The system includes a plurality of fresh fungal materials, a mass balance, a liquid chemical solution and a vacuum tumbler drum. The method comprises the steps of harvesting the plurality of fresh mycelium material and marking them for identification, then weighing the initial mass of the mycelium materials is carried out. The liquid chemical solution is decanted ...