Patents Assigned to Tyton Biosciences, LLC
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Patent number: 10603651Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates to an industrial system for processing various plant materials to produce marketable materials. Particularly, the system integrates subcritical water extraction technology and includes a pre-processing module and a two-stage extractor (processing module) with constant control of temperature, pressure, and/or residence time. In some embodiments, the final product of the disclosed system can include feedstock constituents for biofuel production (sugars and/or oil), biochar, raw materials for various industries (such as pulp for manufacturing paper or cellulose for use in various industries). The disclosed system can be modular or non-modular, stationary or mobile, and can include prefabricated elements with programmed automatic or manual operation so that it can be easily moved and/or assembled on site.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Tyton Biosciences, LLCInventors: Sandeep Kumar, Peter Majeranowski, Igor Kostenyuk, Iulian Bobe, Florin Barla
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Patent number: 10501599Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that involve a subcritical water reaction to recycle the cellulose and polyester components of waste cotton and cotton/polyester blend textiles that would otherwise be discarded or disposed of. Specifically, the disclosed methods provide for treatment of the waste textiles to produce advanced materials including cellulose and terephthalic acid (TPA) with a low environmental impact. The cellulose and TPA that are produced are of a high quality allowing for production of regenerated cellulose and regenerated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) suitable for fiber spinning and textile applications.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Tyton Biosciences, LLCInventors: Florin G. Barla, Todd Showalter, Hsun-Cheng Su, Jeremy Jones, Iulian Bobe
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Patent number: 10322395Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates to an industrial system for processing various plant materials to produce marketable materials. Particularly, the system integrates subcritical water extraction technology and includes a pre-processing module and a two-stage extractor (processing module) with constant control of temperature, pressure, and/or residence time. In some embodiments, the final product of the disclosed system can include feedstock constituents for biofuel production (sugars and/or oil), biochar, raw materials for various industries (such as pulp for manufacturing paper or cellulose for use in various industries). The disclosed system can be modular or non-modular, stationary or mobile, and can include prefabricated elements with programmed automatic or manual operation so that it can be easily moved and/or assembled on site.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Tyton Biosciences, LLCInventors: Sandeep Kumar, Peter Majeranowski, Igor Kostenyuk, Iulian Bobe, Florin Barla
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Patent number: 9914897Abstract: Provided herein are methods of optimizing energy recovery from oilseeds. The methods disclosed provide at least the ability to swell oilseeds and disrupt the cell walls (hulls) without changing the functionality and quality of oil; the process integration of removing the impurities from oilseeds, oil extraction, protein hydrolysis, and green coal production to maximize the energy recovery in the form of crude oil, polypeptides, oligopeptides, amino acids, and/or green coal from oilseeds; and heat integration during processing stages including subcritical water pretreatment, oil extraction, subcritical water post-treatment, and subcritical water carbonization to minimize the process heat requirement.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Tyton Biosciences, LLCInventors: Sandeep Kumar, Peter J. Majeranowski
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Patent number: 9765411Abstract: Processes for recovering sugars and nicotine from a tobacco biomass include feeding a biomass of tobacco plants and subcritical water to a reactor, hydrolyzing the biomass of tobacco plants with the subcritical water at a temperature between about 150° C. and 305° C. and recovering a liquid product and a solid product from the reactor, wherein the liquid product contains water-soluble sugars and nicotine.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Tyton Biosciences, LLCInventors: Sandeep Kumar, Jose Luis Garcia Moscoso, Iulian Bobe, Peter Majeranowski
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Patent number: 9745592Abstract: The disclosure encompassed herein relates, in part, to a method for increasing energy density of plant biomass that can be used for production of renewable fuel, such as biodiesel oil and/or ethanol. In an aspect, genetic engineering for enhanced sugar accumulation can be achieved by overexpressing a bacterial enzyme sucrose isomerase. Sugars or oils extracted from the plants of the disclosure encompassed herein may be used for industrial purposes such as heating, producing bio-fuels such as biodiesel fuel, or lubricating applications.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Tyton Biosciences, LLCInventors: Mykola Borysyuk, Natalia Pogrebnyak, Vyacheslav Andrianov, Igor Kostenyuk
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Patent number: 9670414Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a method of processing plant oil to produce high grade fuel such as biodiesel and jet fuel. Particularly, a method is provided that includes treating an oil under hydrothermal conditions in the presence of i) an acid that acts as an in situ source of hydrogen and ii) an activated carbon essentially free of a metal catalyst, wherein the treating results in production of liquid hydrocarbons for use as a fuel.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Tyton Biosciences, LLCInventors: Iulian Bobe, Sandeep Kumar, Florin Barla
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Patent number: 9518304Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for enhanced production of ethanol from fermentation of tobacco biomass. Nicotine resistant microorganisms are provided, as well as methods for making these nicotine resistant microorganisms. A biologically pure culture is provided of a nicotine resistant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain or a mutant thereof having all the identifying characteristics thereof. Methods are provided for producing ethanol from fermentation of tobacco biomass in which the nicotine resistant microorganisms are used in the fermentation of the tobacco biomass, wherein a higher amount of ethanol can be produced from the fermentation. The nicotine resistant yeast strains of the present disclosure can improve ethanol production in tobacco biomass extract fermentations and shorten the fermentation time.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Tyton Biosciences, LLCInventors: Hsi-Chuan Chen, Peter Majeranowski, Igor Kostenyuk, Iulian Bobe
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Patent number: 9328312Abstract: Provided herein are methods of optimizing energy recovery from oilseeds. The methods disclosed provide at least the ability to swell oilseeds and disrupt the cell walls (hulls) without changing the functionality and quality of oil; the process integration of oil extraction and green coal production to maximize the energy recovery in the form of crude oil and green coal from oilseeds; and heat integration during processing stages including subcritical water pretreatment, oil extraction, and subcritical water carbonization to minimize the process heat requirement.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Tyton Biosciences, LLCInventors: Sandeep Kumar, Sergiy Popov, Peter J. Majeranowski, Igor Kostenyuk