MUMBAI, India, Nov. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517096060 A) filed by Black Boar Truffle, Llc, Bozeman, U.S.A., on Oct. 6, for 'rapid isolation, cultivation methods and utilities of truffle fungi.'
Inventor(s) include Strobel, Gary A; and Gaisford, Kelly W.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 14, under issue no. 46/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Methods of farming, domesticating, or cultivating truffle fungi, including isolation and cultivation methods for producing pure truffle fungi, or mini-truffles, typically a Tuber spp. or an Iamai spp. Examples of truffle include Tuber melanosporum, Tuber magnatum, Tuber aestivum, Tuber uncinatum, Tuber borchii, Imaia spp., Tuber macrosporum, Tuber gibbosum, Tuber oregonense, and Tuberlyonii. The isolated pure truffle may then be cultivated on a nutrient substrate, which may be, for example, a fruit, nut, grain, or a portion thereof, resulting in a truffle-flavored food product. Non-limiting examples of such substrates include rye, barley, lentil, wheat, rice, soybeans, pecan, hazelnut, pine nut, English walnut, coffee beans, mustard, cacao, sesame, sunflower, grapes, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, kiwi, mango, raspberries, and huckleberries."
The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 29, 2024, under International application No.PCT/US2024/022240.
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