Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Wayne Brown

Jeffrey Wayne Brown 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).

  • Method for producing levulinic acid from lignocellulosic biomass
    Patent number: 10118883
    Abstract: A method for producing levulinic acid from lignocellulosic biomass comprising hemicellulose including one or more six carbon chain compound precursors comprises the steps of hydrolyzing the lignocellulosic biomass to form a first phase comprising partially hydrolyzed lignocellulosic biomass including cellulose and lignin and a second phase comprising one or more five carbon chain sugars and one or more six carbon chain sugars from degradation of the hemicellulose, separating the first phase from the second phase, and converting at least a portion of the one or more six carbon chain sugars to levulinic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific LLC
    Inventors: William A. Frey, Jeffrey Wayne Brown, John Patrick Kelly, Michael Eugene Carroll, Peter Chester Guion
  • Method for Producing Levulinic Acid from Lignocellulosic Biomass
    Publication number: 20150052806
    Abstract: A method for producing levulinic acid from lignocellulosic biomass comprising hemicellulose including one or more six carbon chain compound precursors comprises the steps of hydrolyzing the lignocellulosic biomass to form a first phase comprising partially hydrolyzed lignocellulosic biomass including cellulose and lignin and a second phase comprising one or more five carbon chain sugars and one or more six carbon chain sugars from degradation of the hemicellulose, separating the first phase from the second phase, and converting at least a portion of the one or more six carbon chain sugars to levulinic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: William A. Frey, Jeffrey Wayne Brown, John Patrick Kelly, Michael Eugene Carroll, Peter Chester Guion
  • Shape memory alloy actuated device
    Patent number: 8341958
    Abstract: A shape memory alloy (SMA) actuated device capable of stress inducing the SMA to its martensite state to reset the device. The device having at least one SMA wire utilized to move a movable member from a first position to a second position. The device further configured to utilize force from a first source to reset the device when the SMA is at or below the first temperature, and utilize force from at least a second source to reset the device when the SMA is above the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventors: James Holbrook Brown, Jeffrey Wayne Brown
  • SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATED DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080022674
    Abstract: A shape memory alloy (SMA) actuated device capable of stress inducing the SMA to its martensite state to reset the device. The device having at least one SMA wire utilized to move a movable member from a first position to a second position. The device further configured to utilize force from a first source to reset the device when the SMA is at or below the first temperature, and utilize force from at least a second source to reset the device when the SMA is above the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: James Holbrook BROWN, Jeffrey Wayne BROWN