Patents by Inventor Joseph Bartholomew Binder

Joseph Bartholomew Binder 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).

  • Chemical Transformation of Lignocellulosic Biomass into Fuels and Chemicals
    Publication number: 20140235851
    Abstract: A method for converting a carbohydrate to a furan in a polar aprotic solvent in the presence of a chloride, bromide, or iodide salt or a mixture thereof and optionally in the presence of an acid catalyst, a metal halide catalyst and/or an ionic liquid (up to 40 wt %). The method can be employed in particular to produce furfural or 5-hydroxymethylfurfural.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Joseph Bartholomew BINDER, Ronald Thaddeus RAINES
  • Chemical transformation of lignocellulosic biomass into fuels and chemicals
    Patent number: 8680264
    Abstract: A method for converting a carbohydrate to a furan in a polar aprotic solvent in the presence of a chloride, bromide, or iodide salt or a mixture thereof and optionally in the presence of an acid catalyst, a metal halide catalyst and/or an ionic liquid (up to 40 wt %). The method can be employed in particular to produce furfural or 5-hydroxymethylfurfural.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Joseph Bartholomew Binder, Ronald Thaddeus Raines
  • CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS INTO FUELS AND CHEMICALS
    Publication number: 20130158254
    Abstract: A method for converting a carbohydrate to a furan in a polar aprotic solvent in the presence of a chloride, bromide, or iodide salt or a mixture thereof and optionally in the presence of an acid catalyst, a metal halide catalyst and/or an ionic liquid (up to 40 wt %). The method can be employed in particular to produce furfural or 5-hydroxymethylfurfural.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Joseph Bartholomew BINDER, Ronald Thaddeus Raines
  • Chemical transformation of lignocellulosic biomass into fuels and chemicals
    Patent number: 8324376
    Abstract: A method for converting a carbohydrate to a furan in a polar aprotic solvent in the presence of a chloride, bromide, or iodide salt or a mixture thereof and optionally in the presence of an acid catalyst, a metal halide catalyst and/or an ionic liquid (up to 40 wt %). The method can be employed in particular to produce furfural or 5-hydroxymethylfurfural.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Joseph Bartholomew Binder, Ronald Thaddeus Raines
  • Chemical Transformation of Lignocellulosic Biomass into Fuels and Chemicals
    Publication number: 20100004437
    Abstract: A method for converting a carbohydrate to a furan in a polar aprotic solvent in the presence of a chloride, bromide, or iodide salt or a mixture thereof and optionally in the presence of an acid catalyst, a metal halide catalyst and/or an ionic liquid (up to 40 wt %). The method can be employed in particular to produce furfural or 5-hydroxymethylfurfural.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph Bartholomew BINDER, Ronald Thaddeus Raines