Patents by Inventor Allan Gao

Allan Gao 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).

  • Advanced Methods for Sugar Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass and Fermenting Sugars to Microbial Lipids
    Publication number: 20150184212
    Abstract: Methods for facilitating sugar release from lignocellulosic biomass and for utilizing the sugars for microbial lipid (e.g. biofuel) production are provided. The methods involve pretreating lignocellulosic biomass using various oxidizing agents (ozone, peroxone, etc.) at a temperature not higher than 50° C. and pressure no higher than 1.5 atm to render the biomass more accessible to enzymatic hydrolytic degradation into sugars and utilizing soluble sugars for fermenting oleaginous microorganism to produce microbial lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Mahesh Bule, Allan Gao, Shulin Chen