Patents by Inventor Eric Robertson

Eric Robertson 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: 10605054
    Abstract: A system includes a schedule generator having one or more processors configured to obtain resource extraction parameters for extracting a resource from a reservoir. The resource extraction parameters include well creation parameters associated with drilling wellbores, well stimulation parameters associated with introducing fracturing fluid into the wellbores, and production parameters associated with extracting the resource through the wellbores. The schedule generator selects initial trial schedules having different values of the resource extraction parameters and receives initial resource output data generated by execution of the initial trial schedules with a designated reservoir model. The schedule generator generates a surrogate model based on the initial resource output data and the initial trial schedules and uses the surrogate model to perform iterations of selecting modified trial schedules until a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Co.
    Inventors: Robert Carl Lloyd Klenner, Eric Robertson, Guoxiang Liu, Naresh Sundaram Iyer, Steven Hector Azzaro
  • Publication number: 20180230780
    Abstract: A system includes a schedule generator having one or more processors configured to obtain resource extraction parameters for extracting a resource from a reservoir. The resource extraction parameters include well creation parameters associated with drilling wellbores, well stimulation parameters associated with introducing fracturing fluid into the wellbores, and production parameters associated with extracting the resource through the wellbores. The schedule generator selects initial trial schedules having different values of the resource extraction parameters and receives initial resource output data generated by execution of the initial trial schedules with a designated reservoir model. The schedule generator generates a surrogate model based on the initial resource output data and the initial trial schedules and uses the surrogate model to perform iterations of selecting modified trial schedules until a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Carl Lloyd Klenner, Eric Robertson, Guoxiang Liu, Naresh Sundaram Iyer, Steven Hector Azzaro
  • Publication number: 20160145649
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for engineering photoautotrophic organisms to convert carbon dioxide and light into fatty acid esters and other molecules, including biofuels. The molecules are then secreted by the organism into a growth medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Brian D. Green, Nikos Basil Reppas, Dan Eric Robertson
  • Patent number: 9284579
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for engineering photoautotrophic organisms to convert carbon dioxide and light into fatty acid esters and other molecules, including biofuels. The molecules are then secreted by the organism into a growth medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Green, Nikos Basil Reppas, Dan Eric Robertson
  • Publication number: 20160040191
    Abstract: The present disclosure identifies pathways and mechanisms to confer production of carbon-based products of interest such as ethanol, ethylene, chemicals, polymers, n-alkanes, isoprenoids, pharmaceutical products or intermediates thereof in photoautotrophic organisms such that these organisms efficiently convert carbon dioxide and light into carbon-based products of interest, and in particular the use of such organisms for the commercial production of ethanol, ethylene, chemicals, polymers, n-alkanes, isoprenoids, pharmaceutical products or intermediates thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: David Arthur Berry, Dan Eric Robertson, Frank Anthony Skraly, Brian D. Green, Christian Perry Ridley, Sriram Kosuri, Nikos Basil Reppas, Martha Sholl, Noubar Boghos Afeyan
  • Publication number: 20150368675
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for engineering photoautotrophic organisms to convert carbon dioxide and light into fatty acid esters and other molecules, including biofuels. The molecules are then secreted by the organism into a growth medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Brian D. Green, Nikos Basil Reppas, Dan Eric Robertson
  • Publication number: 20150337320
    Abstract: The present disclosure identifies pathways and mechanisms to confer photoautotrophic properties to a heterotrophic organism. The resultant engineered cell or organism will uniquely enable efficient conversion of carbon dioxide and light into biomass and carbon-based products of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Eric James Devroe, David Arthur Berry, Noubar Boghos Afeyan, Dan Eric Robertson, Frank Anthony Skraly, Christian Perry Ridley
  • Patent number: 9163264
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for engineering photoautotrophic organisms to convert carbon dioxide and light into fatty acid esters and other molecules, including biofuels. The molecules are then secreted by the organism into a growth medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Green, Nikos Basil Reppas, Dan Eric Robertson
  • Patent number: 9150888
    Abstract: The present disclosure identifies pathways and mechanisms to confer production of carbon-based products of interest such as ethanol, ethylene, chemicals, polymers, n-alkanes, isoprenoids, pharmaceutical products or intermediates thereof in photoautotrophic organisms such that these organisms efficiently convert carbon dioxide and light into carbon-based products of interest, and in particular the use of such organisms for the commercial production of ethanol, ethylene, chemicals, polymers, n-alkanes, isoprenoids, pharmaceutical products or intermediates thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Arthur Berry, Dan Eric Robertson, Frank Anthony Skraly, Brian D. Green, Christian Perry Ridley, Sriram Kosuri, Nikos Basil Reppas, Martha Sholl, Noubar Boghos Afeyan
  • Publication number: 20150159178
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for engineering photoautotrophic organisms to convert carbon dioxide and light into fatty acid esters and other molecules, including biofuels. The molecules are then secreted by the organism into a growth medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Brian D. Green, Nikos Basil Reppas, Dan Eric Robertson
  • Patent number: 9029124
    Abstract: The present disclosure identifies methods and compositions for modifying photoautotrophic organisms as hosts, such that the organisms efficiently convert inorganic carbon and light into n-alkanes, and in particular the use of such organisms for the commercial production of n-alkanes and related molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Eric Robertson, Christian Perry Ridley, Nikos Basil Reppas, Jacob Carter Harrison, Michael Connor, Frank Anthony Skraly
  • Publication number: 20150082691
    Abstract: The present disclosure identifies methods and compositions for modifying photoautotrophic organisms, such that the organisms efficiently convert carbon dioxide and light into compounds such as esters and fatty acids. In certain embodiments, the compounds produced are secreted into the medium used to culture the organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: David Arthur Berry, Noubar Boghos Afeyan, Frank Anthony Skraly, Christian Perry Ridley, Dan Eric Robertson, Regina Wilpiszeski, Martha Sholl
  • Patent number: 8986964
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for engineering photoautotrophic organisms to convert carbon dioxide and light into fatty acid esters and other molecules, including biofuels. The molecules are then secreted by the organism into a growth medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Green, Nikos Basil Reppas, Dan Eric Robertson
  • Patent number: 8906665
    Abstract: The present disclosure identifies methods and compositions for modifying photoautotrophic organisms, such that the organisms efficiently convert carbon dioxide and light into compounds such as esters and fatty acids. In certain embodiments, the compounds produced are secreted into the medium used to culture the organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Arthur Berry, Noubar Boghos Afeyan, Frank Anthony Skraly, Christian Perry Ridley, Dan Eric Robertson, Regina Wilpiszeski, Martha Sholl
  • Patent number: 8634089
    Abstract: Methods for creating a customized document using a downloadable product design tolls executing in the user's browser. A template for a partially completed product design is selected by the user and downloaded to the user's computer for editing by the user at the user's computer using the downloadable design tools. While viewing the product design template, the user can enter text or other content into the template elements. The completed product design can be uploaded to the server for production of the corresponding printed product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: VistaPrint USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Keane, Eric Robertson, Sebastian Coursol
  • Publication number: 20130273613
    Abstract: The present disclosure identifies pathways and mechanisms to confer improved industrial fitness on engineered organisms. It also discloses engineered organisms having improved industrial fitness. Synthetic biologic engineering modules are disclosed that provide for light capture, carbon dioxide fixation, NADH production, NADPH production, thermotolerance, pH tolerance, flue gas tolerance, salt tolerance, nutrient independence and near infrared absorbance. The disclosed engineered organisms can include one or more of these modules. Also provided are methods of using the engineered organism to produce carbon-based products of interest, biomass or pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Eric James Devroe, Sriram Kosuri, David Arthur Berry, Noubar Boghos Afeyan, Frank Anthony Skraly, Dan Eric Robertson, Brian Green, Christian Perry Ridley
  • Publication number: 20130252300
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for engineering photoautotrophic organisms to convert carbon dioxide and light into fatty acid esters and other molecules, including biofuels. The molecules are then secreted by the organism into a growth medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Green, Nikos Basil Reppas, Dan Eric Robertson
  • Patent number: 8465954
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for engineering photoautotrophic organisms to convert carbon dioxide and light into fatty acid esters and other molecules, including biofuels. The molecules are then secreted by the organism into a growth medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Green, Nikos Basil Reppas, Dan Eric Robertson
  • Publication number: 20130143306
    Abstract: The present disclosure identifies methods and compositions for modifying photoautotrophic organisms, such that the organisms efficiently convert carbon dioxide and light into compounds such as esters and fatty acids. In certain embodiments, the compounds produced are secreted into the medium used to culture the organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Arthur Berry, Noubar Boghos Afeyan, Frank Anthony Skraly, Christian Perry Ridley, Dan Eric Robertson, Regina Wilpiszeski, Martha Sholl
  • Patent number: 8399227
    Abstract: The present disclosure identifies methods and compositions for modifying photoautotrophic organisms, such that the organisms efficiently convert carbon dioxide and light into compounds such as esters and fatty acids. In certain embodiments, the compounds produced are secreted into the medium used to culture the organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Arthur Berry, Noubar Boghos Afeyan, Frank Anthony Skraly, Christian Perry Ridley, Dan Eric Robertson, Regina Wilpiszeski, Martha Sholl