Patents by Inventor James T. Michaels

James T. Michaels 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).

  • Portable biofilter and degasser
    Patent number: 9193615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a floating media moving bed portable biofilter and degasser and methods of using same useful for the biological treatment of aqueous nitrogenous waste. Provided herein are enhanced biofilter systems and methods for removing nitrogenous wastes from bodies of water. The portable biofilters described herein remedy the deficiencies of existing biofilters described above due to their enhanced nitrogen removing efficiency coupled with their simple and robust design, relative inexpensiveness, portability, ease of cleaning and maintenance, minimized trapping of aqueous solids, minimization of off-flavors in aquacultured fish, and immediate functionality when transferred to different sources of water. These advantages render the portable biofilters of the present invention suitable for commercial applications for aqueous nitrogenous waste removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mote Marine Laboratory
    Inventors: James T. Michaels, Peter Steinbach
  • Portable Biofilter and Degasser
    Publication number: 20130134091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable biofilter and degasser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: James T. Michaels, Peter Steinbach
  • Arrangement of denitrification reactors in a recirculating aquaculture system
    Patent number: 7910001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel arrangement of denitrification reactors for removal of nitrate compounds in a recirculating aquaculture system. The novel arrangement of an aquaculture system of the present invention includes positioning one or more anaerobic denitrification reactors upstream of aerobic nitrification and degassing processes. One aspect of the present invention includes a flow of aqueous medium from aquatic species rearing tanks towards one or more denitrification reactors. Another aspect of the present invention includes flow of aqueous medium from aquatic species rearing tanks to a solids removing filter or mechanical filtration means for removal of solid waste matter or biomass prior to flow of aqueous medium towards one or more denitrification reactors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Mote Marine Laboratory
    Inventors: James T. Michaels, II, Heather J. Hamlin, William H. Dutt, William Graham, Peter Steinbach, Brian Babbitt, Brian A. Richards, II
  • Novel Arrangement of Denitrification Reactors in a Recirculating Aquaculture System
    Publication number: 20090152192
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel arrangement of denitrification reactors for removal of nitrate compounds in a recirculating aquaculture system. The novel arrangement of an aquaculture system of the present invention includes positioning one or more anaerobic denitrification reactors upstream of aerobic nitrification and degassing processes. One aspect of the present invention includes a flow of aqueous medium from aquatic species rearing tanks towards one or more denitrification reactors. Another aspect of the present invention includes flow of aqueous medium from aquatic species rearing tanks to a solids removing filter or mechanical filtration means for removal of solid waste matter or biomass prior to flow of aqueous medium towards one or more denitrification reactors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Mote Marine Laboratory
    Inventors: James T. Michaels, II, Heather J. Hamlin, William Dutt, William Graham, Peter Steinbach, Brain Babbitt, Brian A. Richard, II