Patents Examined by Jennifer M Tichy
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Patent number: 8753854Abstract: According to the present invention, organic material is converted to biogas through anaerobic digestion and the biogas is purified to yield a combustible fluid feedstock comprising methane. A fuel production facility utilizes or arranges to utilize combustible fluid feedstock to generate renewable hydrogen that is used to hydrogenate crude oil derived hydrocarbons in a process to make transportation or heating fuel. The renewable hydrogen is combined with crude oil derived hydrocarbons that have been desulfurized under conditions to hydrogenate the liquid hydrocarbon with the renewable hydrogen or alternatively, the renewable hydrogen can be added to a reactor operated so as to simultaneously desulfurize and hydrogenate the hydrocarbons. The present invention enables a party to receive a renewable fuel credit for the transportation or heating fuel.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Iogen CorporationInventor: Brian Foody
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Patent number: 8715650Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for bath additives characterized in that the composition is obtained by a process comprising: subjecting herbal materials to liquid phase fermentation with Bacillus subtilis to obtain a culture, the herbal materials comprising 10% to 25% by weight of Zizania latifolia, 10% to 20% by weight of Artemisia capillaries, 5% to 15% by weight of Houttuynia cordata, 1% to 20% by weight of Saururus chinensis, 1% to 15% by weight of Leonurus sibiricus, 1% to 15% by weight of Angelica gigas, 1% to 15% by weight of Coix lachryma-jobi, 1% to 10% by weight of Plantago asiatica and 1% to 10% by weight of Rhododendron brachycarpum, based on a total dry weight of the herb materials; separating sludge from the resulting culture; and drying, sterilizing and pulverizing the sludge.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Inventor: Dong-Joo Lee
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Patent number: 8709749Abstract: The invention relates to a method for execution upon processing of at least one histological sample that is arranged, in particular after an infiltration process, in a closed cassette (2). The method is characterized in that prior to opening of the cassette (2), the sample is detached from the cover of the cassette (2) and/or isolated.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbHInventors: Arne Burisch, Christian Löchte, Annika Raatz, Hermann Ulbrich, Karl-Heinrich Westerhoff
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Patent number: 8691551Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing phosphate from an organic material, the method including the steps of (a) fermenting an organic material in a medium in the presence of at least one microorganism, wherein the fermenting is under conditions, and for a sufficient period of time, to produce a fermentation product; (b) treating the solids of the fermentation product with acid, in a medium, e.g., aqueous medium, to solubilize phosphates from the fermentation product; wherein the organic material, and thus the solids of the fermentation product, includes bone suitable for extraction of phosphates.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Ductor OyInventors: Minna Lahtinen, Elisa Lensu, Laura Tolvanen, Ilona Oksanen, Juha Karjalainen
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Patent number: 8685697Abstract: The present invention is directed to isolated bacteriophages having specificity and lytic activity against strains of Listeria species, methods of using the bacteriophages, progeny and derivatives derived therefrom, to control the growth of Listeria species in various settings (e.g., food safety, sanitation, probiotics).Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Intralytix, Inc.Inventors: Gary Pasternack, Alexander Sulakelidze
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Patent number: 8685696Abstract: The present invention is directed to isolated bacteriophages having specificity and lytic activity against strains of Salmonella species, methods of using the bacteriophages, progeny and derivatives derived therefrom, to control the growth of Salmonella species in various settings (e.g., food safety, sanitation, probiotics).Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Intralytix, Inc.Inventors: Gary Pasternack, Alexander Sulakvelidze
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Patent number: 8679777Abstract: The present invention relates to novel yeast strains intended for alcohol production. The present invention also relates to yeasts obtained by cultures of said yeast strains and use thereof for producing alcohol, in particular in a toxic fermentation medium. Another object of the invention relates to a method of selecting yeast strains that are resistant to a toxic fermentation medium.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Lesaffre et CompagnieInventors: Jean-Michel Bavouzet, Jean-Marc Ladriere, Annie Tbaikhi, William Wyme
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Patent number: 8673620Abstract: The invention relates to novel algae of the Coccomyxa genus, in particular the algae of a novel species called Coccomyxa actinabiotis, and to the use thereof for metal uptake from aqueous media, and in particular from radioactive media.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut Max Vcon Laue-Paul Langevin, Centre Natioanl de al Recherche Scientifique, Museum National d'Historie NaturelleInventors: Corinne Rivasseau, Emmanuel Farhi, Alain Coute, Ariane Atteia
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Patent number: 8597905Abstract: The invention relates to a method of detecting dividing cells, or cells having the potential of dividing, in a cytological specimen stained using a Papanicolaou staining process, by the detection of a fluorescence signal coming from the membranes of these cells.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignees: Assistance Pulique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Sud 11Inventors: Monique Fabre, Sophie Ferlicot, Marie-Pierre Fontaine Aupart, Karine Steenkeste, Pascal Eschwege
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Patent number: 8592138Abstract: Methods for improving the functionality and/or fertility of sperm, for example, by enhancing motility and extending the lifespan of sperm in the female reproductive tract, by adding PEG to the surface of the sperm are provided. Such methods may be used in artificial insemination to reduce the number of sperm needed for insemination and to improve conception rates.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Androgenix Ltd.Inventors: Keith Hudson, Bridget Lee Dicker, Jiwon Hong, Shakeela Nathalia Jayasinghe
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Patent number: 8563265Abstract: An instrument and method for ascertaining a viable aerobic microbe count at to employing a two-point calibration curve of tthreshold to TVC for each type of sample. One point on the calibration curve is the x-intercept value (i.e., an estimated or experimental value for the logarithm of the minimum viable aerobic microbe count at commencement of testing (to) in a sample effective for causing the sample to reach tThreshold substantially instantaneously upon commencement of incubation). The other point is ascertained experimentally from a sample having a smaller known viable aerobic microbe count at to.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2012Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Mocon, Inc.Inventors: Daniel W. Mayer, Robert Lee Demorest
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Patent number: 8496922Abstract: An industrial strain of a unicellular green algae Parachlorella nurekis 1904 KIEG deposited in the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP), Scottish Marine Institute, Dunbeg, OBAN, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland, UK, CCAP No. 259/1. A method for eradication of at least one of cyanobacteria, bacteria and fungi comprises treating the at least one of cyanobacteria, bacteria and fungi with an industrial strain of the unicellular green algae Parachlorella nurekis 1904 KIEG deposited in the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP), Scottish Marine Institute, Dunbeg, OBAN, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland, UK, CCAP No. 259/1.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Key Group Holding, S.R.O.Inventor: Nikolay Bogdanov