Table 3 Description of all microalgae patents related to agriculture granted by EPO and WIPO
From: What do patents tell us about microalgae in agriculture?
References | Application Year | Grant Year | Publication number | Title | Product type | Microalgae species | Company’s name | Origin Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Astakhov et al. (2005) | 2005 | 2007 | RU2005130370A | Method for biological protection of summer-planted potato from Colorado beetle | Insecticide | Microcystis aeruginosa | G NAUCHNOE UCHREZHDENIE VRII | Russia |
Lee (2016) | 2016 | 2017 | KR2016019054A | Manufacturing method of microalgae-containing liquid salt for weeds elimination in lawn having low salt density | Herbicide | Oscillatoria sp. | Lee Se Yong | South Korea |
Thiebeauld de la Crouee, O. and Thomas (2016) | 2016 | 2018 | FR1655263A | Cellular extract of one or more microalgae of the genus Amphidinium for its fungicide and/or bactericide activity on fungi, pathogenic oomycetes and/or bacteria of plants and culture seeds | Fungicide | Amphidium carterae, Prymnesium parvum, Phaeodactylum tricornutum | Immunirise | France |
Carney and Michael (2017) | 2017 | 2020 | US201816010686A | Biomass compositions for decreasing bruising in fruit and methods therefor | Post-harvest | Chlorella, Aurantiochytrium acetophilum, Galdieria, Scenedesmus, Haematococcus, Isochrysis, Spirulina | Heliae Dev LLC | United States |
Cheng et al. (2017) | 2017 | 2020 | TW106100901A | Soil improving composition and method for promoting plant growth which not only has rapid and long-acting nitrogen supplementation, but also inhibits the occurrence of pests and diseases | Growth promoter | Chlorella spp. | Tai Jian Biotech Co. LTD | Taiwan |
Baek (2017) | 2017 | 2018 | KR101928514B1 | Eco-friendly grass protectant using sea water | Lawn protector | Chlororella sp., Paeodactylium sp. | Purum Bio Co., LTD | South Korea |
Moo and Min (2019) | 2018 | 2019 | KR20190090526A | Composition for improving immunity of plant comprising cultural filtrate of Chlorella sp. | Resistance elicitor | Clorella sp. | Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology | South Korea |
Carney; Jauregui; Miller (2018) | 2018 | 2020 | US201916567597A | Compositions and methods for indirectly reducing incidence of fungal pathogen activity in plants | Fungicide | Chlorella, Aurantiochytrium acetophilum, Galdieria, Scenedesmus, Haematococcus, Isochrysis, Spirulina | Heliae Dev LLC | United States |
Carney et al. (2018) | 2018 | 2020 | US20190142014A1 | Biomass compositions for increasing sweetness of fruit and methods therefor | Post-harvest | Chlorella, Aurantiochytrium acetophilum, Galdieria, Scenedesmus, Haematococcus, Isochrysis, Spirulina | Heliae Dev LLC | United States |
Mógor et al. (2019) | 2019 | 2020 | BR1020190065672 | Microalgae enzymatic hydrolysis and product recovery based on free amino acids for agricultural use | Biofertilizer | Arthrospira sp. (Spirulina sp.) | Universidade Federal do Paraná | Brazil |