Patents by Inventor Michael L. Corcoran

Michael L. Corcoran 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).

  • Processes Using Antibiotic Alternatives In Bioethanol Production
    Publication number: 20150118726
    Abstract: Methods for controlling the growth of bacteria in ethanol fermentation systems with antibiotic alternatives, which can be nonoxidizing biocides, stabilized oxidizers, or any combinations thereof, are described. As an option, a process or composition of the present invention can include one or more polycyclic antibacterial peptides. The methods can provide improvements, such as increased ethanol yields with minimal carryover of biocide into co-products of the processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: BUCKMAN LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Wiatr, Michael L. Corcoran, Thomas E. McNeel, Richard A. Clark, Rita de Cassia Bortoto Porto, David Oppong, Philip Hoekstra
  • Synergistic combination of DBNPA and polycyclic antibacterial peptide as biocide in bioethanol production
    Patent number: 8951960
    Abstract: Methods for controlling the growth of bacteria in ethanol fermentation systems with antibiotic alternatives, which can be nonoxidizing biocides, stabilized oxidizers, or any combinations thereof, are described. As an option, a process or composition of the present invention can include one or more polycyclic antibacterial peptides. The methods can provide improvements, such as increased ethanol yields with minimal carryover of biocide into co-products of the processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Buckman Laboratories International, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Wiatr, Michael L. Corcoran, Thomas E. McNeel, Richard A. Clark, Rita de Cassia Bortoto Porto, David Oppong
  • Processes Using Antibiotic Alternatives In Bioethanol Production
    Publication number: 20110230394
    Abstract: Methods for controlling the growth of bacteria in ethanol fermentation systems with antibiotic alternatives, which can be nonoxidizing biocides, stabilized oxidizers, or any combinations thereof, are described. As an option, a process or composition of the present invention can include one or more polycyclic antibacterial peptides. The methods can provide improvements, such as increased ethanol yields with minimal carryover of biocide into co-products of the processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: BUCKMAN LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Wiatr, Michael L. Corcoran, Thomas E. McNeel, Richard A. Clark, Rita de Cassia Bortoto Porto, David Oppong