Patents by Inventor Alexander B. SMETANA

Alexander B. SMETANA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9650333
    Abstract: Disclosed is a chromatographic process complex for the refining of krill oil extract including desalting, removal of impurities such as trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), and the production of krill oil products including desalted krill oil extract, polar lipid products having polar lipid contents greater than 50 wt-% on a dry or solvent free basis, neutral lipid streams for biodiesel production and astaxanthin. The refinery includes a continuous desalting zone, a fixed bed polar lipid extraction zone to adsorb neutral lipids and astaxanthin to provide a polar lipid extract stream comprising solvent and polar lipids and being essentially free of neutral lipids and astaxanthin, and an astaxanthin separation zone to recover essentially pure astaxanthin and provide a neutral lipid stream. The enriched products of the krill oil refinery are essentially free of TMAO and salt and provide products which can be used as dietary supplements and as medicinal additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: OROCHEM Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil R. Oroskar, Asha A. Oroskar, Alexander B. Smetana, Slobodan Milasinovic, Xuejun Zang
  • Patent number: 9650590
    Abstract: Disclosed is a chromatographic process complex for the refining of krill oil extract including desalting, removal of impurities such as trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), and the production of krill oil products including desalted krill oil extract, polar lipid products having polar lipid contents greater than 50 wt-% on a dry or solvent free basis, neutral lipid streams for biodiesel production and astaxanthin. The refinery includes a continuous desalting zone, a fixed bed polar lipid extraction zone to adsorb neutral lipids and astaxanthin to provide a polar lipid extract stream comprising solvent and polar lipids and being essentially free of neutral lipids and astaxanthin, and an astaxanthin separation zone to recover essentially pure astaxanthin and provide a neutral lipid stream. The enriched products of the krill oil refinery are essentially free of TMAO and salt and provide products which can be used as dietary supplements and as medicinal additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: OROCHEM Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil R. Oroskar, Asha A. Oroskar, Alexander B. Smetana, Slobodan Milasinovic, Xuejun Zang
  • Publication number: 20170101373
    Abstract: Disclosed is a chromatographic process complex for the refining of krill oil extract including desalting, removal of impurities such as trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), and the production of krill oil products including desalted krill oil extract, polar lipid products having polar lipid contents greater than 50 wt-% on a dry or solvent free basis, neutral lipid streams for biodiesel production and astaxanthin. The refinery includes a continuous desalting zone, a fixed bed polar lipid extraction zone to adsorb neutral lipids and astaxanthin to provide a polar lipid extract stream comprising solvent and polar lipids and being essentially free of neutral lipids and astaxanthin, and an astaxanthin separation zone to recover essentially pure astaxanthin and provide a neutral lipid stream. The enriched products of the krill oil refinery are essentially free of TMAO and salt and provide products which can be used as dietary supplements and as medicinal additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Anil R. Oroskar, Asha A. Oroskar, Alexander B. Smetana, Slobodan Milasinovic, Xuejun Zang
  • Publication number: 20170101600
    Abstract: Disclosed is a chromatographic process complex for the refining of krill oil extract including desalting, removal of impurities such as trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), and the production of krill oil products including desalted krill oil extract, polar lipid products having polar lipid contents greater than 50 wt-% on a dry or solvent free basis, neutral lipid streams for biodiesel production and astaxanthin. The refinery includes a continuous desalting zone, a fixed bed polar lipid extraction zone to adsorb neutral lipids and astaxanthin to provide a polar lipid extract stream comprising solvent and polar lipids and being essentially free of neutral lipids and astaxanthin, and an astaxanthin separation zone to recover essentially pure astaxanthin and provide a neutral lipid stream. The enriched products of the krill oil refinery are essentially free of TMAO and salt and provide products which can be used as dietary supplements and as medicinal additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Anil R. Oroskar, Asha A. Oroskar, Alexander B. Smetana, Slobodan Milasinovic, Xuejun Zang
  • Patent number: 9556116
    Abstract: Disclosed is a chromatographic process complex for the refining of krill oil extract including desalting, removal of impurities such as trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), and the production of krill oil products including desalted krill oil extract, polar lipid products having polar lipid contents greater than 50 wt-% on a dry or solvent free basis, neutral lipid streams for biodiesel production and astaxanthin. The refinery includes a continuous desalting zone, a fixed bed polar lipid extraction zone to adsorb neutral lipids and astaxanthin to provide a polar lipid extract stream comprising solvent and polar lipids and being essentially free of neutral lipids and astaxanthin, and an astaxanthin separation zone to recover essentially pure astaxanthin and provide a neutral lipid stream. The enriched products of the krill oil refinery are essentially free of TMAO and salt and provide products which can be used as dietary supplements and as medicinal additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: OROCHEM Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil R. Oroskar, Asha A. Oroskar, Alexander B. Smetana, Slobodan Milasinovic, Xuejun Zang
  • Publication number: 20160229781
    Abstract: Disclosed is a chromatographic process complex for the refining of krill oil extract including desalting, removal of impurities such as trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), and the production of krill oil products including desalted krill oil extract, polar lipid products having polar lipid contents greater than 50 wt-% on a dry or solvent free basis, neutral lipid streams for biodiesel production and astaxanthin. The refinery includes a continuous desalting zone, a fixed bed polar lipid extraction zone to adsorb neutral lipids and astaxanthin to provide a polar lipid extract stream comprising solvent and polar lipids and being essentially free of neutral lipids and astaxanthin, and an astaxanthin separation zone to recover essentially pure astaxanthin and provide a neutral lipid stream. The enriched products of the krill oil refinery are essentially free of TMAO and salt and provide products which can be used as dietary supplements and as medicinal additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Anil R. OROSKAR, Asha A. Oroskar, Alexander B. Smetana, Slobodan Milasinovic, Xuejun Zang
  • Publication number: 20120088694
    Abstract: Versatile, efficient cell assays which can be prepared with use of nanolithography and can be used to test nanomaterials, pharmaceuticals, toxins, and the like. For example, a method comprising: depositing at least one first composition comprising at least one cell adhesion material on at least one substrate to form a pattern which forms an interior space on the substrate within the pattern, depositing in the interior space on the substrate at least one second composition, different from the first, comprising at least one material adapted to affect or potentially affect cell function. Tip-based deposition and direct-write methods can be used for deposition at nanoscale and sub-cellular resolutions. Nanoscopic and atomic force microscope tips can be used. Multiplexing can be carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Saju Nettikadan, John Michael Collins, Alexander B. Smetana, Paul Leon Stiles
  • Publication number: 20110277193
    Abstract: Multiplexed printing and sensors for biological applications. Sensors can be made with high sensitivity and by high throughput methods. Multiple capture molecules can be applied to the same or different sensor elements such as cantilevers. The sensor element can be a microcantilever. Direct write lithography from nanoscopic tips can be used to make the sensor. Proteins and hydrogels can be printed. Specific binding can be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Alexander B. SMETANA, Saju R. Nettikadan