Patents by Inventor Leen Bastiaens

Leen Bastiaens 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: 11213709
    Abstract: The present invention provides tools and methods for degrading MTBE, TBA and/or HCHO using abacierial consortium comprising one or more strains selected from Methylibium LD3, Hydrogenophaga LD1 and/or Mycobacterium LD6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: VITO NV
    Inventors: Leen Bastiaens, Queenie Simons, Linde Debor, David Moreels
  • Publication number: 20200253238
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for simultaneously recovering in aqueous medium, from a lipid and protein containing biomass, of a lipid fraction and a protein fraction, wherein the method comprises an extraction step to extract the lipid and protein fraction from the biomass, characterised in that the refining step consists of contacting the biomass with a solution of at least one organic acid in water having a pH of between 1 and 6, wherein the concentration of the organic acid is at least 0.1 M, and in that the method further comprises subjecting the thus treated biomass to a phase separation and recovering a first lipid phase containing at least 65% with respect to the total weight of the lipids contained in the biomass and a second phase containing one or more precipitated proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Els D'Hondt, Maarten Uyttebroek, Lise Soetemans, Leen Bastiaens
  • Patent number: 10525514
    Abstract: Soil treatment device for treating a contaminated soil and/or groundwater contained therein, comprising measuring means for measuring contamination of the soil, injecting means for injecting soil decontamination agents in the soil and a longitudinal soil penetration rod provided with a rod tip at an end of the soil penetration rod for moving the soil penetration rod into the soil, the outer surface of the soil penetration rod comprising a measuring section comprising at least one sensor of the measuring means for measuring contamination of the soil adjacent to the measuring section when moved into the soil and an injection section comprising at least one injection nozzle of the injecting means for injecting decontamination agent in the soil adjacent to the injection section, wherein the measuring section and the injection section are provided at longitudinally distinct locations of the soil penetration rod and in that the measuring section is closer to the rod tip than the injection section, characterized in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK (VITO), EJLSKOV A/S
    Inventors: Leen Bastiaens, Ole Pilgaard Stubdrup
  • Publication number: 20190314662
    Abstract: The present invention provides tools and methods for degrading MTBE, TBA and/or HCHO using abacterial consortium comprising one or more strains selected from Methylibium LD3, Hydrogenophaga LD1 and/or Mycobacterium LD6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Leen Bastiaens, Queenie Simons, Linde Debor, David Moreels
  • Patent number: 9816164
    Abstract: An iron-boron alloy powder or an iron-boron alloy powder composition suitable for remediation of halogenated hydrocarbon polluted soil, water or groundwater as well as the use of the powder or powder composition. The boron-iron alloy powder suitable for remediation of polluted soil or waters may have 0.1-40% by weight of boron and inevitable impurities up to a content of 10% by weight. Further, a method for remediation of halogenated hydrocarbon polluted soil, water or groundwater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: HÖGANÄS AB (PUBL)
    Inventors: Per-Olof Larsson, Sigurd Berg, Hilmar Vidarsson, Leen Bastiaens, Milica Limirovic
  • Publication number: 20150232967
    Abstract: An iron-boron alloy powder or an iron-boron alloy powder composition suitable for remediation of halogenated hydrocarbon polluted soil, water or groundwater as well as the use of the powder or powder composition. The boron-iron alloy powder suitable for remediation of polluted soil or waters may have 0.1-40% by weight of boron and inevitable impurities up to a content of 10% by weight. Further, a method for remediation of halogenated hydrocarbon polluted soil, water or groundwater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: HOGANAS AB (PUBL)
    Inventors: Per-Olof Larsson, Sigurd Berg, Hilmar Vidarsson, Leen Bastiaens, Milica Velimirovic
  • Publication number: 20140231322
    Abstract: Soil treatment device for treating a contaminated soil and/or groundwater contained therein, comprising measuring means for measuring contamination of the soil, injecting means for injecting soil decontamination agents in the soil and a longitudinal soil penetration rod provided with a rod tip at an end of the soil penetration rod for moving the soil penetration rod into the soil, the outer surface of the soil penetration rod comprising a measuring section comprising at least one sensor of the measuring means for measuring contamination of the soil adjacent to the measuring section when moved into the soil and an injection section comprising at least one injection nozzle of the injecting means for injecting decontamination agent in the soil adjacent to the injection section, wherein the measuring section and the injection section are provided at longitudinally distinct locations of the soil penetration rod and in that the measuring section is closer to the rod tip than the injection section, characterized in
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: EJLSKOV A/S, VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK
    Inventors: Leen Bastiaens, Ole Pilgaard Stubdrup