Table 9 Current patent applications

US20230114815A1

13.04.2023

FS INSULATION B V, NL

Method of manufacturing a prefab construction element

US'815

AU2021234132A1;

CA3171060A1;

EP3878943A1;

EP4118186A1,

WO2021180948A1 (past deadline for entering national/regional phase)

A method of manufacturing a prefab construction element for frame construction, comprising the steps of:

• Providing a roofing, flooring or wall panel, which panel comprises an enclosure,

• Providing at least one fungus and a substrate,

• Introducing or preparing a mixture of the at least one fungus and the substrate, in the enclosure and

• Allowing the at least one fungus to grow to form a network of hyphae through the mixture and into the walls of the enclosure to form a mycelium composite, and

• Drying the composite while it remains in the enclosure of the panel

WO2022155516A1

21.07.2022

MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY, US; STANDARD BANK GROUP LTD, ZA

Method for mycotecture

WO'516

US2022217923A1

(past deadline for entering national/regional phase)

A method of making a food source or medicinal composition and of making a mycotecture construction unit, comprising:

(a) Cultivating a mycelium/substrate composite and edible mushrooms, including;

(i) Forming a mycelium inoculum of a preselected fungus;

(ii) Inoculating a substrate with the mycelium inoculum;

(iii) Growing mycelium in the substrate from the mycelium inoculum; and

(iv) Harvesting the edible mushrooms from the mycelium, leaving a mycelium-substrate composite;

(b) And manufacturing the mycotecture construction unit, including;

(i) Placing the mycelium-substrate composite into a press having a cavity with a predetermined shape;

(ii) Pressing the mycelium-substrate composite at a predetermined pressure; and

(iii) Heating the mycelium-substrate composite

(Dual use of harvesting edible mushrooms and using the substrate for construction purposes)

WO2022068092A1

07.04.2022

TIANJIN INST OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, CN

Use of mycelium material in oil absorption

WO'092

CN112225326A

(past deadline for entering national/regional phase)

Use of a mycelial material for oil absorption, wherein the mycelial material consists of fungal hyphae

(This claim appears to be incredibly broad)

US20220073865A1

10.03.2022

RISE INNVENTIA AB, SE; TECHNION RES & DEV FOUNDATION, IL

Mycelium-containing hybrid materials

US'865

none

A method of preparing a composition comprising mycelium of a fungus and a cellulose, the method comprising inoculating a liquid medium with said fungus, said liquid medium comprising nutrients and said cellulose, thereby obtaining said composition comprising said mycelium and said cellulose

US20210403857A1

30.12.2021

ISA TANTEC LTD, CN

Method of producing mycelium textile fabric and fabrics and products made thereby

US'857

WO2021259378A1

(past deadline for entering national/regional phase)

A system for creating mycelium fabric products, comprising:

a bioreactor configured to grow mycelium;

substrate or feeder materials provided in the bioreactor;

a single batch reactor configured to receive grown mycelium panels;

treatment solutions provided in the single batch reactor to treat the mycelium panels and create treated mycelium panels;

a temperature controlled vacuum oven configured to receive treated mycelium panels; and

a cutting assembly

EP3828260A1

02.06.2021

UNIV CATOLICA PORTUGUESA UCP, PT

Composite biomaterial, obtaining methods and uses thereof

EP'260

none

A composite biomaterial comprising:

a woody material as a support;

a substrate selected from the following list: seed, cereal, woody material or combinations thereof;

a mycelium as an aggregating agent;

wherein the woody material is simultaneously support, substrate and inoculum;

wherein the mycelium growth aggregates the several components;

wherein the mycelium belongs to a species selected from the following list: Pleurotus ostreatus, Trametes versicolor, Ganoderma lucidum, Fistulina hepatica, Lentinus edodes; preferably Pleurotus ostreatus