Patents Examined by Deborah D. Carr
  • Patent number: 11952324
    Abstract: Methods may include quantifying the concentration of residual free amine and/or free carboxylic acid in a product mixture prepared from a reaction of a multireactive species and a fatty reagent; verifying that the concentration for the free amine and/or free acid in the product mixture is within an acceptable threshold for a given application; and combining the product mixture with one or more wellbore fluid components to generate the wellbore fluid. In another aspect, methods may include including reacting the multireactive species and a fatty reactant to generate a product mixture; quantifying the concentration of residual free amine and/or free carboxylic acid in the product mixture; verifying that the concentration for the free amine and/or free acid in the product mixture is within an acceptable threshold for a given application; and collecting the product mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dimitri M. Khramov, Yiyan Chen, Albert Okhrimenko
  • Patent number: 11952553
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates methods and systems for refining grain oil compositions using water, and related compositions produced therefrom. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using said compositions. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using grain oil derived from a fermentation product in an anti-foam composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: POET RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Shannon S. Urban, Cory J. Sarks, Brett A. Flittie, Jacob A. Milbrandt, Steven T. Bly, Alex T. McCurdy
  • Patent number: 11952337
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions, and methods related to bioenergetic metabolism are provided. The compounds and compositions are suited to promote bioenergetic processes including cellular respiration and glycolytic flux and may be used to treat mitochondrial disorders, neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease, and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), multiple sclerosis, and/or epilepsy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: University of Kansas
    Inventors: Russell Swerdlow, Laird Forrest, Jordan Hunt, Heather Wilkins, Eli Michaelis
  • Patent number: 11952336
    Abstract: A process can be used for producing a distillate product with a methanol concentration greater than the concentration of methanol in the minimum boiling azeotrope of methanol and methyl (meth)acrylate, from a mixture with a methanol concentration less than the concentration of methanol in the minimum boiling azeotrope of methanol and methyl (meth)acrylate, in a distillation column. A transesterification process for preparing C6- to C22-alkyl, aryl or alkenyl (meth)acrylates from methyl (meth)acrylate is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Marcel Treskow, Jerald Andrew Jones, Marc Becker, Zoe Zegers, Kevin Lackey, Ghanem Sabeeh, Alexander May
  • Patent number: 11945831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of novel adducts of general formula (I) TPPxTPOP(1-x), wherein TPP is triphenylphosphine, TPOP is triphenylphosphite and x is a real number between 0.05 and 0.9. These novel adducts are useful for the bromination of primary alcohols, in particular for the bromination of primary alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MELCHIOR MATERIAL AND LIFE SCIENCE FRANCE
    Inventor: Olivier Guerret
  • Patent number: 11939284
    Abstract: Systems and methods for acetic acid production include synthesizing acetic acid from carbon monoxide produced by a carbon dioxide electrolyzer and hydrogen produced by a water electrolyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Twelve Benefit Corporation
    Inventor: Luka Stevic
  • Patent number: 11912957
    Abstract: A process for making olive oil having a high polyphenol content and, in particular a high hydroxytyrosol content, comprises the conventional steps of transforming (II) olives (1) into an oily must (5); of resolving (V) the later into an oily juice (7), from which a base olive oil (8) is obtained, and into an aqueous juice (6) containing most of the polyphenols; and of separating (VII) the vegetation water (9) from the aqueous juice (6). Moreover, according to the invention, steps are provided of removing water (XV) from the vegetation water (9), preferably by evaporation, so as to obtain a polyphenol-enriched concentrate (11); and of mixing (XIX) the concentrate (11) with the base olive oil (8), so as to transfer said polyphenols from the former to the latter and to obtain a final polyphenol-enriched oil (12), along with an exhausted concentrate (11?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LEVIUS VITA FOODS S.R.L.
    Inventor: Antonio Mele
  • Patent number: 11912958
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates methods and systems for refining grain oil compositions using water, and related compositions produced therefrom. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using said compositions. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using grain oil derived from a fermentation product in an anti-foam composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: POET RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Shannon S. Urban, Cory J. Sarks, Brett A. Flittie, Jacob A Milbrandt, Steven T. Bly, Alex T. Mccurdy
  • Patent number: 11897907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing glufosinate or analogues thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LIER CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Xu, Yongjiang Liu, Lei Zhou, Wei Zeng, Ke Cheng
  • Patent number: 11896695
    Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion having a viscosity of between 15,000 cP (15 Pa-s) and 45,000 cP (45 Pa-s) at 23° C., having a pH of between 2 and 6 and comprising: (i) at least 1.6 wt. % of at least one cross-linked anionic polyelectrolyte resulting from the polymerisation of partially or completely salified 2-methyl 2-[(1-oxo 2-propenyl)amino]1-propane sulfonic acid, with at least one neutral monomer chosen from the N,N-dialkyl acrylamides, wherein each of the alkyl groups comprises between one and four carbon atoms, and at least one monomer of formula (B): wherein R represents a linear or branched alkyl radical comprising eight to twenty carbon atoms and n represents a number greater than or equal to one and less than or equal to twenty, in the presence of at least one cross-linking agent; (ii) at least 4 wt. % of at least one polysorbate; (iii) at least 0.1 wt. % of at least one polysaccharide gum; and (iv) between 6 wt. % and 30 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOOTS COMPANY PLC
    Inventors: Jake Thomas Hicks, Marco Demurtas, Christopher John Elms, Paul James Tomlinson, Michael David Bell
  • Patent number: 11896564
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, for use in combination with a 5-ASA agent, in the treatment of a disease resulting from pathologic inflammation. The combination of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof and 5-ASA agent and use of such combination. A kit-of-parts and a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: PHARMACYL AB
    Inventors: Gunnar Hedlund, Anders Björk
  • Patent number: 11898120
    Abstract: PROBLEM To provide a composition comprising highly enriched PUFA or its alkyl esters while containing fatty acid esters of 3-MCPD at adequately low concentrations and to provide an efficient method for producing the composition. MEANS FOR SOLVING A composition that contains fatty acids or fatty acid alkyl esters as its major component, the composition containing highly unsaturated fatty acid or alkyl ester thereof, wherein the proportion of the highly unsaturated fatty acid in the constituent fatty acids of the composition is 50 area % or more and wherein the concentration of 3-MCPD as found upon analyzing the composition by American Oil Chemists' Society official method Cd 29b-13 assay A is less than 1.80 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Nissui Corporation
    Inventors: Nobushige Doisaki, Kiyomi Furihata, Hideaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11891409
    Abstract: Disclosed are a trifluoromethyl alkenylphosphonate derivative and preparation method therefor. The preparation method comprises the following steps: dissolving an acetylene derivative, an iodine compound, and a phosphorus reagent in a solvent for reaction at the temperature from the room temperature to 100° C. to obtain the trifluoromethyl alkenylphosphonate derivative. In the present invention, the acetylene derivative is used as a starting material, and the raw materials are easily available and diversified; products obtained by using the method of the present invention have various types and can be directly used and also used for other further reactions; moreover, the method disclosed in the present invention has the advantages of short steps, mild reaction conditions, simple reaction operation and post-treatment processes, and high yield, and is suitable for large-scale production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianping Zou, Chengkun Li, Dongliang Zhang, Zekun Tao, Jianan Li
  • Patent number: 11890531
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a maintenance method for restoring the flexibility of a surface layer of a bowling ball in which the flexibility of the surface layer is lost by volatilization or elution of a plasticizer. In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a maintenance method of bowling ball is provided, characterized in that a plasticizer is applied to a surface layer of the bowling ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventor: Yutaka Yamada
  • Patent number: 11856969
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, inter alia, a method for making a solid fermented product useful for animal feed comprising the steps of adding a source of calcium to a fermented liquid comprising ammonium lactate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: PACKERLAND WHEY PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Tony Arnold, Michael De Veth, Aaron Hanke, Gerald Poppy, Brant Windham
  • Patent number: 11858877
    Abstract: Provided herein are small molecules that specifically inhibit TNF-induced nuclear factor kB (NF-kB) inflammation pathway. Also provided are methods of screening compounds to identify molecules that specifically inhibit a TNF-induced NF-kB inflammation pathway, methods of inhibiting TNF-induced NF-kB inflammation pathway, and methods of preventing formation of mature TNFR1 complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Carlos Jaime Camacho, Robin E. C. Lee
  • Patent number: 11858888
    Abstract: This disclosure provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory diseases or degenerative diseases including neurodegenerative diseases. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide compounds related to very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, pharmaceutical compositions containing the provided compounds, and methods of treating a subject with a condition or disease using provided compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Nicolas G. Bazan, Nicos A. Petasis
  • Patent number: 11845908
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method for preparing functional grease through segmented solid-state fermentation of mixed fungi, and belongs to the field of edible oil processing. According to the disclosure, soybeans are used as a main fermentation substrate, for the requirements for different functional nutrition, the soybeans are matched with other oil seeds, fungus segmented solid-state fermentation is used and combined with a supercritical extraction fractionation technology, so that the purposes of improving the aftertaste of soybean oils and generating different flavors are achieved, and the nutritional value of the grease is improved. The fungus segmented solid-state fermentation of the disclosure can improve the oil yield, improve the fatty acid composition of the grease, and increase the content of main flavor substances such as pyrazines, alcohols and phenols, and the sensory functions such as flavor and color of the grease more meet the requirements of consumers for innovative products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yuanfa Liu, Jinwei Li, Yinghong Zhai
  • Patent number: 11833123
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for suppressing reduction in the quantity of lidocaines in external pharmaceutical compositions. In a pharmaceutical composition containing lidocaine and/or a salt thereof, the pharmaceutical composition being accommodated in a container of which the inner walls are configured from linear low-density polyethylene, and being such that the carbon number of the side chain of the linear low-density polyethylene is 4 or lower, a reduction in the quantity of lidocaine and/or salt thereof is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ayaka Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 11834621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to extracted plant lipid, comprising fatty acids in an esterified form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NUSEED GLOBAL INNOVATION LTD.
    Inventors: James Robertson Petrie, Surinder Pal Singh, Robert Charles de Feyter