Patents by Inventor James A. Burns, JR.

James A. Burns, JR. 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).

  • SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND, METHODS FOR RELEASING BIOMASS CELL COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20100035321
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for releasing one or more cell components from a photosynthetic organism. A bioreactor system is operable for growing photosynthetic organisms. Some of the methods include contacting the photosynthetic organism with an energy-activatable sensitizer, and activating the energy-activatable sensitizer, thereby releasing a cellular component from at least one of, for example, a membrane structure, tubule, vesicle, cisterna, organelle, cell compartment, plastid, or mitochondrion, associated with the photosynthetic organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Bionavitas, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Wilkerson, James A. Burns, JR., James C. Chen