Patents Examined by Joseph W. Drodge
  • Device for solid phase extraction and method for use thereof
    Patent number: 11161057
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for a solid phase extraction comprising two or more of the sorbents to remove phospholipids and salts from a sample, to thereby eliminate matrix effects during mass spectrometry analysis. In particular, the sorbents includes at least one sorbent which is water-wettable and contains at least one hydrophobic component and at least one hydrophilic component and at least one of sorbent having a specific affinity for a matrix interference like phospholipids. Further disclosed is a method using the device of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Pamela C. Iraneta, Xin Zhang, Frank John Marszalkowski, Jr.
  • Refiner for lactose and high lactose products
    Patent number: 11162149
    Abstract: An example method for refining lactose may include washing lactose crystals in a lactose stream in an upstream wash stream including an upstream recirculating wash medium. Washed lactose crystals may be sieved from the upstream recirculating wash medium. The upstream recirculating wash medium may be recirculated back to the upstream wash stream. The washed lactose crystals may be discharged to a downstream wash stream comprising a downstream recirculating wash medium. An example system may include a plurality of refining stages. At least one refining stage may include a washing tank including a lactose crystal inlet and a crystal slurry outlet. The refining stage may include a pump to recirculate a wash stream from the crystal slurry outlet back to the washing tank at a predetermined flow rate. The refining stage includes a screen to separate washed lactose crystals from the wash stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Keller Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: A. Kent Keller
  • Method of controlling salinity of an injection water during commissioning of an injection well
    Patent number: 11162311
    Abstract: An integrated system includes a desalination plant including a reverse osmosis (RO) array to produce an RO permeate blending stream and a nanofiltration (NF) array to produce an NF permeate blending stream. The integrated system also includes a blending system. a control unit, and an injection system for an injection well that penetrates an oil-bearing layer of a reservoir. The blending system is to blend the RO permeate blending stream and the NF permeate blending stream to produce a blended injection water stream. The control unit is to dynamically alter operation of the blending system to adjust amounts of at least one of the RO permeate blending stream and the NF permeate blending stream to alter the composition of the blended injection water stream from an initial composition to a target composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Ralph Collins, John William Couves, John Henry Crouch, John Dale Williams
  • Particle settling devices
    Patent number: 11148076
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to settling devices for separating particles from a bulk fluid with applications in numerous fields. The particle settling devices of the present disclosure may include a stack of truncoconical cones that may be arranged in opposite orientation, apex to base. Other embodiments include several concentric vertical tubes attached to conical surfaces at the bottom, with inclined settling strips attached to the vertical tubes in annular regions between the tubes. These devices are useful for separating small (millimeter or micron sized) particles from a bulk fluid with applications in numerous fields, such as biological (microbial, mammalian, plant, insect or algal) cell cultures, solid catalyst particle separation from a liquid or gas and waste water treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SUDHIN BIOPHARMA
    Inventor: Dhinakar S. Kompala
  • Porous support, method for manufacturing porous support, separation membrane structure, and method for manufacturing separation membrane structure
    Patent number: 11135553
    Abstract: A porous support includes a base body, a supporting layer, and a topmost layer. The supporting layer is disposed between the base body and the topmost layer, and makes contact with the topmost layer. A ratio of a porosity of the topmost layer to a porosity of the supporting layer is greater than or equal to 1.08. A ratio of a thickness of the topmost layer to a thickness of the supporting layer is less than or equal to 0.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Miyahara, Kenji Yajima
  • Method and system for purification of slop oil and industrial emulsions comprising two processes run in parallel
    Patent number: 11130075
    Abstract: A purification system and a method for purification of slop oil and industrial emulsions, wherein the purification system can handle two processes in parallel, a slop oil purification process and an industrial emulsion purification process, said system comprising: —at least one slop oil centrifugal separator (5) into which slop oil is provided for separation of water and oil; —at least one emulsion centrifugal separator (25) into which an industrial emulsion is provided for separation of oil and water; —a first redirecting fluid connection (37, 37?) arranged for transferring oil separated from the industrial emulsion in the emulsion centrifugal separator (25) to the slop oil centrifugal separator (5) possibly via a slop oil tank (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: ROCCO Slop AB
    Inventors: Fred Sundström, Thomas Persson, Fredrik Ajnefors
  • Compound solution and method for livestock
    Patent number: 11130690
    Abstract: The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a composition solution for livestock water and feed which eliminates harmful bacteria and encourages consumption. In certain embodiments, this composition solution may also remove bacteria from produce, treat water flows, process oilfield wastewater, destroy taste and odor contaminants in potable and drinking water, remove destructive contaminants from a wide range of industries, and eliminate hazardous pollutants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Biocide Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Joe Nichols Skelley
  • Apparatus and method for controlling the taste of coffee, and a coffee maker comprising the apparatus
    Patent number: 11129489
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the taste of coffee, a method of controlling the taste of coffee and a coffee maker including the apparatus. The apparatus includes a control unit, configured to determine a target pH value of water corresponding to a desired coffee taste, and a corresponding adjustment control signal; and a pH adjustment unit, configured to adjust, in response to the adjustment control signal applied to the pH adjustment unit, the pH value of water to be fed into a brewing unit of a coffee maker to the target pH value. In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, the pH value of water to be fed to a brewing unit of a coffee maker may be adjusted for a desired coffee taste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Qiao Hua, Declan Patrick Kelly, Guangwei Wang, Jingwei Tan
  • System and method for obtaining a cellular sample enriched with defined cells such as platelet rich plasma (PRP)
    Patent number: 11129930
    Abstract: A system for obtaining plasma enriched in platelets is disclosed which is closed to the atmosphere. The system includes: a collection tube containing an anticoagulant portion and a separation gel; a first collection syringe adapted to collect a portion of fluid relatively depleted in platelets from said collection tube after centrifugation; and a second collection syringe adapted to collect plasma enriched in platelets from said collection tube after centrifugation, said second collection syringe further comprising a filter unit adapted to filter cells included in said plasma enriched in platelets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: ESTAR TECHNOLOGIES LTD
    Inventor: Aaron Esteron
  • Vicine and covicine removal from a feed stock
    Patent number: 11122818
    Abstract: A system and method for vicine/covicine removal includes generating a feed stock from a plant-based protein source, the plant-based protein source having anti-nutritionals disposed therein, including vicine and covicine. The system and method includes generating an ethanol slurry by combining the feed stock with an ethanol wash containing a first volume of ethanol and processing the ethanol slurry through an extractor to generate an ethanol matrix and a feed stock mass. The method and system further includes providing the feed stock mass to a desolventizer and generating a desolventized feed stock mass therefrom. Therein, the method and system includes drying the desolventized feed stock mass to generate a clean feed stock with at least a portion of the vicine/covicine removed therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Nutriati, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A Spinelli, Krisan Singh, Reinhold Brand
  • Method for liquid purification by hydrodynamic cavitation and device for carrying out said method
    Patent number: 11124440
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for liquid media purification, such as potable water, where biological and chemical composition of fluid to be purified is enhanced. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out said method. According to the invention, the liquid is purified by removing coarse particles from said liquid on first filtering means (2), dispersing the liquid with at least one nozzle (3) into a working chamber (4), where it is exposed to a working pressure and gas or gas mixture is introduced in the chamber from at least one inlet aperture (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventors: Milan Jeremić, Dragan Jeremić, Sre{hacek over (c)}ko {hacek over (C)}adoni{hacek over (c)}, Miro Medve{hacek over (s)}ek
  • Control device of liquid dispenser, liquid dispenser, and control system of liquid dispenser
    Patent number: 11111158
    Abstract: Provided are a control device of a water purifier, a water purifier, and a control system of a water purifier. The control device of a water purifier includes a communication module transmitting operation information regarding an operation of the water purifier to a central server and receiving control information regarding control of the water purifier from the central server, and a control module generating the operation information and transmitting the generated operation information to the central server through the communication module and controlling an operation of the water purifier on the basis of the control information received from the central server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jongho Park, Kiwon Yu
  • Blood processing apparatus and method for detoxifying bacterial lipopolysaccharide
    Patent number: 11103628
    Abstract: A detoxification method includes the steps of inducing flow of patient blood through an extracorporeal device inlet and outlet in fluid connection to the circulatory system of a patient. Biological agents including lipopolysaccharide (LPS) contained within patient blood can be detoxified by passing patient blood over a biochemical reactor surface having attached or immobilized Saccharomyces boulardii alkaline phosphatase enzyme, with the biochemical reactor being contained within the extracorporeal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ORTH CONSULTING, LLC
    Inventor: Donald S. Orth
  • Removal of hydrophobic particles using carbon dioxide
    Patent number: 11097205
    Abstract: A plurality of collection surfaces for use in an aqueous slurry has a polymeric coating to provide a compliant and sticky surface. The polymer coating has a chemical to render the surface hydrophobic so as to attract hydrophobic or hydrophobized mineral particles in the slurry. The substrate can take the form of a conveyor belt, a bead, a mesh, an impeller, a filter or a flat surface. The substrate can also be an open-cell foam. The collection surfaces having the mineral particles attached thereon are caused to interact with liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide so that the mineral particles can be stripped from the collection surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: CIDRA CORPORATE SERVICES LLC
    Inventor: Michael Stephen Ryan
  • Tailing pond remediation
    Patent number: 11097212
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include a system for filtering of contaminated fluid. The system can include a fiber manufacturing plant. The system can include a filter system which utilizes a fiber filter produced in the fiber manufacturing plant to clean and recycle a contaminated fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Plasma Tech Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: James Charles Juranitch
  • Solvent separation method and solvent separation apparatus
    Patent number: 11083979
    Abstract: A separation method and a separation apparatus for a solvent extracted by supercritical extraction. The separation method increases a solvent recovery rate by minimizing the amount of a solvent to be evaporated and lost since the pressure of a solvent is reduced by arranging two or more separators in series. The method includes: introducing a fluid having passed through a supercritical extractor into a first flash vessel; introducing the fluid which has passed through the first flash vessel into a second flash vessel; and discharging and recovering the carbon dioxide and the solvent which have passed through the second flash vessel, respectively. The pressure of the first flash vessel is 40-100 bar, and the pressure of the second flash vessel is 1-30 bar. The fluid includes carbon dioxide and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Keun Jang, Dae Young Shin, Chang Hoe Heo, Seung Won Choi, Eun Jung Joo
  • Method for treating wastewater in the spherical nickel hydroxide production process
    Patent number: 11078100
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for treating wastewater generated in the spherical nickel hydroxide production process. The invention uses a combined membrane treatment process to systematically and specifically treat process wastewater produced at all stages of the spherical nickel hydroxide preparation process. The concentration of crude wastewater greatly reduces the treatment burden and energy consumption in the evaporation process with obvious environmental protection benefits. In addition, the membrane treatment system has the characteristics of easy control and simple operation. By virtue of the treatment method of the invention, the quality of some produced water can meet the standard of purified water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Sichuan SiDaNeng Envrionmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dingjiang Guo, Zhi He, Jinsong He, Chao Liu, Xiangting Cai
  • Process control systems and methods for use with filters and filtration processes
    Patent number: 11077404
    Abstract: Systems and methods used to control tangential flow filtration are provided, including control systems and methods for use with connected systems with upstream processing units, such as chromatography processing units, in fluid communication with a tangential flow filtration processing unit. Also included are control systems and methods for performing continuous concentration using single-pass tangential flow filtration with permeate flow control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Eva Gefroh, Randolph W. Schweickart, Krista Petty, Gregory Frank, Christine Salstrom Terpsma, Arthur C. Hewig, III, Joseph Edward Shultz
  • Pubescent plant shallow moving bed solvent extractor and method of use
    Patent number: 11078176
    Abstract: A shallow bed solvent extractor comprises at least one moving bed having upstream and downstream ends and a feed inlet positioned adjacent to the upstream end, wherein a first batch of wet cannabinoid and terpene containing material is introducible to the at least one moving bed through the feed inlet. An outlet is positioned adjacent to the downstream end, wherein the first batch of wet cannabinoid and terpene containing material is carried on the at least one moving bed and exits the extractor through the outlet. A drive system is operatively connected to the at least one moving bed. The shallow bed solvent extractor further comprises a plurality of sprayers disposed above the upstream and downstream ends of the at least one moving bed and a non-polar solvent. The plurality of sprayers spray the first batch of wet cannabinoid and terpene containing material with the non-polar solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SOCATI TECHNOLOGIES - OREGON, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Tegen, Oscar Navarro Fernandez, Joon Hyung Cho, William Rusty Sutterlin
  • Selective extraction film for mining application
    Patent number: 11077408
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a polymer membrane for the selective extraction of cobalt (II) ions as well as a method for extracting cobalt (II) ions using said polymer membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Yoke Lim Lim, Natalia Widjojo, Richard Grant Macoun, Natalia Emeliyanova, Ulf Baus