Patents by Inventor Archibald C. Buchanan, III

Archibald C. Buchanan, III 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).

  • Biochar production method and composition therefrom
    Patent number: 8709122
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for producing an oxygenated biochar material possessing a cation-exchanging property, wherein a biochar source is reacted with one or more oxygenating compounds in such a manner that the biochar source homogeneously acquires oxygen-containing cation-exchanging groups in an incomplete combustion process. The invention is also directed to oxygenated biochar compositions and soil formulations containing the oxygenated biochar material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: James W. Lee, Archibald C. Buchanan, III, Barbara R. Evans, Michelle K. Kidder
  • BIOCHAR PRODUCTION METHOD AND COMPOSITION THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20130233038
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for producing an oxygenated biochar material possessing a cation-exchanging property, wherein a biochar source is reacted with one or more oxygenating compounds in such a manner that the biochar source homogeneously acquires oxygen-containing cation-exchanging groups in an incomplete combustion process. The invention is also directed to oxygenated biochar compositions and soil formulations containing the oxygenated biochar material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: James W. Lee, Archibald C. Buchanan, III, Barbara R. Evans, Michelle K. Kidder
  • Biochar production method and composition therefrom
    Patent number: 8398738
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for producing an oxygenated biochar material possessing a cation-exchanging property, wherein a biochar source is reacted with one or more oxygenating compounds in such a manner that the biochar source homogeneously acquires oxygen-containing cation-exchanging groups in an incomplete combustion process. The invention is also directed to oxygenated biochar compositions and soil formulations containing the oxygenated biochar material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: James W. Lee, Archibald C. Buchanan, III, Barbara R. Evans, Michelle K. Kidder
  • Biochar Production Method and Composition Therefrom
    Publication number: 20110172092
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for producing an oxygenated biochar material possessing a cation-exchanging property, wherein a biochar source is reacted with one or more oxygenating compounds in such a manner that the biochar source homogeneously acquires oxygen-containing cation-exchanging groups in an incomplete combustion process. The invention is also directed to oxygenated biochar compositions and soil formulations containing the oxygenated biochar material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: James W. Lee, Archibald C. Buchanan, III, Barbara R. Evans, Michelle K. Kidder