Patents by Inventor Matthew D. Merrill

Matthew D. Merrill 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 and/or methods for producing synthetic hydrocarbons from biomass
    Patent number: 11912637
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can include and/or relate to, converting biomass to synthetic hydrocarbons using a biomass thermal decomposer and/or a hydrocarbon synthesizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Matthew D. Merrill
  • Systems and/or methods for producing synthetic hydrocarbons from biomass
    Patent number: 11767274
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can include and/or relate to, converting biomass to synthetic hydrocarbons using a biomass thermal decomposer and/or a hydrocarbon synthesizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Matthew D. Merrill
  • COMPOSITES AND ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100021776
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composite including a substrate and a film deposited on a surface of the substrate, and processes for producing the composites. The deposited film includes at least one metal oxide having the formula: MxOy, wherein M is a first, second, or third row transition metal, x is a positive integer from 1 to 7. The film is ferromagnetic, ferrimagnetic, or both ferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic at temperatures greater than 0° C. and has a zero field magnetization of 0.001 emu/g or greater at a temperature of 26.85° C. (300 K). Composites of the present invention may be used, for example, as electrodes in electrochemical devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Ralph C. Dougherty, Matthew D. Merrill