Patents by Inventor Robert Bair
Robert Bair 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).
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Patent number: 11891321Abstract: A modular system for waste treatment, water recycling, and resource recovery includes a buffer tank to receive and pre-treat raw organic waste, at least one reactor tank configured as an anaerobic bioreactor that receives and digests pre-treated waste from the buffer tank, a membrane module having a membrane configured to filter waste from the digested waste from the at least one reactor tank to produce a permeate, a permeate collection tank configured to collect and store the permeate generated by the membrane module, a pump system having a plurality of pumps, and a control system configured to monitor the flow of waste and to control the pump system to control the flow of waste between the buffer tank, the at least one reactor tank, the membrane module, and the permeate collection tank.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIOR OF NASAInventors: Daniel H. Yeh, Luke Roberson, Talon Bullard, Melanie Pickett, Robert Bair, Ahmet Erkan Uman
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Publication number: 20210395125Abstract: A modular system for waste treatment, water recycling, and resource recovery includes a buffer tank to receive and pre-treat raw organic waste, at least one reactor tank configured as an anaerobic bioreactor that receives and digests pre-treated waste from the buffer tank, a membrane module having a membrane configured to filter waste from the digested waste from the at least one reactor tank to produce a permeate, a permeate collection tank configured to collect and store the permeate generated by the membrane module, a pump system having a plurality of pumps, and a control system configured to monitor the flow of waste and to control the pump system to control the flow of waste between the buffer tank, the at least one reactor tank, the membrane module, and the permeate collection tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Daniel H. Yeh, Luke Roberson, Talon Bullard, Melanie Pickett, Robert Bair, Ahmet Erkan Uman
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Patent number: 11162061Abstract: In one embodiment, a concentrically baffled reactor includes an outer housing that defines an interior space, an inlet through which material can be delivered into the interior space, an outlet through which material can be removed from the interior space, and multiple concentric baffles within the interior space that define multiple concentric reactor zones through which the material can sequentially flow to the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDAInventors: Daniel H. Yeh, Onur Y. Ozcan, Robert A. Bair
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Patent number: 10961130Abstract: A system includes at least one reusable nutrient cartridge including an outer housing having an inlet and an outlet, and nutrient-adsorbing material contained within the housing, the material being configured to adsorb nutrients, wherein the cartridge is configured to be charged with nutrients by flowing a nutrient stream through the inlet, through the nutrient-adsorbing material, and through the outlet to enable the nutrient-adsorbing material to adsorb the nutrients, wherein the cartridge is also configured to be later discharged of the nutrients by flowing water through the inlet, through the nutrient-adsorbing material, and through the outlet so as to transfer the nutrients to the water to generate a dilute nutrient solution suitable for use as a fertilizer.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDAInventors: Daniel H. Yeh, Jorge Luis Calabria, Onur Y. Ozcan, Robert A. Bair
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Patent number: 10875802Abstract: In one embodiment, a portable wastewater treatment system includes an anaerobic reactor in which organic material within the wastewater can be broken down, a membrane filter that receives wastewater from the anaerobic reactor and filters the water to produce permeate, and a small shipping container in which the reactor and the membrane filter are contained.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDAInventors: Daniel H. Yeh, Robert A. Bair, Onur Y. Ozcan, George H. Dick, Jorge Luis Calabria, Matthew Jeffrey Woodham
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Patent number: 10464833Abstract: In one embodiment, a dilute wastewater treatment system includes a separation subsystem configured to receive dilute wastewater and separate it into a product stream containing a low concentration of organic material and a reject stream containing a high concentration of organic material, and a conversion subsystem configured to receive the reject stream from the separation subsystem and anaerobically treat the reject stream to break down the organic material and separate it from water within the reject stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: University of South FloridaInventors: Daniel H. Yeh, George H. Dick, Robert A. Bair, Onur Y. Ozcan, Jorge Luis Calabria
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Publication number: 20190276334Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes at least one reusable nutrient cartridge including an outer housing having an inlet and an outlet, and nutrient-adsorbing material contained within the housing, the material being configured to adsorb nutrients, wherein the cartridge is configured to be charged with nutrients by flowing a nutrient stream through the inlet, through the nutrient-adsorbing material, and through the outlet to enable the nutrient-adsorbing material to adsorb the nutrients, wherein the cartridge is also configured to be later discharged of the nutrients by flowing water through the inlet, through the nutrient-adsorbing material, and through the outlet so as to transfer the nutrients to the water to generate a dilute nutrient solution suitable for use as a fertilizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: University of South FloridaInventors: Daniel H. Yeh, Jorge Luis Calabria, Onur Y. Ozcan, Robert A. Bair
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Publication number: 20190249129Abstract: In one embodiment, a concentrically baffled reactor includes an outer housing that defines an interior space, an inlet through which material can be delivered into the interior space, an outlet through which material can be removed from the interior space, and multiple concentric baffles within the interior space that define multiple concentric reactor zones through which the material can sequentially flow to the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: University of South FloridaInventors: Daniel H. Yeh, Onur Y. Ozcan, Robert A. Bair
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Patent number: 10316283Abstract: In one embodiment, a concentrically baffled reactor includes an outer housing that defines an interior space, an inlet through which material can be delivered into the interior space, an outlet through which material can be removed from the interior space, and multiple concentric baffles within the interior space that define multiple concentric reactor zones through which the material can sequentially flow to the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: University of South FloridaInventors: Daniel H. Yeh, Onur Y. Ozcan, Robert A. Bair
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Publication number: 20180016171Abstract: In one embodiment, a dilute wastewater treatment system includes a separation subsystem configured to receive dilute wastewater and separate it into a product stream containing a low concentration of organic material and a reject stream containing a high concentration of organic material, and a conversion subsystem configured to receive the reject stream from the separation subsystem and anaerobically treat the reject stream to break down the organic material and separate it from water within the reject stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2016Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: University of South FloridaInventors: DANIEL H. YEH, GEORGE H. DICK, ROBERT A. BAIR, ONUR Y. OZCAN, JORGE LUIS CALABRIA
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Publication number: 20170081225Abstract: In one embodiment, a portable wastewater treatment system includes an anaerobic reactor in which organic material within the wastewater can be broken down, a membrane filter that receives wastewater from the anaerobic reactor and filters the water to produce permeate, and a small shipping container in which the reactor and the membrane filter are contained.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: University of South FloridaInventors: Daniel H. Yeh, Robert A. Bair, Onur Y. Ozcan, George H. Dick, Jorge Luis Calabria, Matthew Jeffrey Woodham
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Publication number: 20170067005Abstract: In one embodiment, a concentrically baffled reactor includes an outer housing that defines an interior space, an inlet through which material can be delivered into the interior space, an outlet through which material can be removed from the interior space, and multiple concentric baffles within the interior space that define multiple concentric reactor zones through which the material can sequentially flow to the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDAInventors: Daniel H. YEH, Onur Y. OZCAN, Robert A. BAIR
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Patent number: 8997635Abstract: A vertical grill (11) for cooking food items is disclosed wherein the vertical grill is comprised of a body (12) containing at least one vertical grilling area disposed between at least two sources of radiant heat energy (24), and wherein the body (12) is adapted to direct fats and breakaway solids generated during the cooking of the food into an external receptacle (32) via the external opening (22). It achieves this by including (Evacuation Slides) guides (28) and (30) which are contained within the body (12) of the grill (11) and arranged in various shaped assemblies such that food and fats falling on (Evacuation Slide) guide 28 travels down until it is collected by (Evacuation Slide) guide (30) which delivers the food and fats to the external receptacle (32) where they are not in any danger of catching fire.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Inventors: Bonnie Lee Buzick, Robert Bair
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Publication number: 20070043216Abstract: Reagents, methods and kits for the purification of RNA from biological materials are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2006Publication date: February 22, 2007Applicant: Gentra Systems, Inc.Inventors: Robert Bair, Ellen Heath, Heather Meehan, Kim Paulsen, John Wages
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Publication number: 20060105372Abstract: The invention features reagents, methods and kits for the purification of RNA, or DNA, or both, from a sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2005Publication date: May 18, 2006Inventors: Robert Bair, Kim Paulsen
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Publication number: 20050032105Abstract: Reagents, methods and kits for the purification of DNA from biological materials are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Inventors: Robert Bair, Kristen Benedict, Wendy Kivens, Robert Kwiatkowski, Kim Paulsen, Daniel Strom, John Wages