Patents by Inventor Bandaru Ramarao

Bandaru Ramarao 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).

  • Product and processes from an integrated forest biorefinery
    Publication number: 20070079944
    Abstract: An omnibus process of pulping and bleaching lignocellulosic materials in which a charge of a lignocellulosic material is biopulped and/or water extracted prior to pulping and bleaching. The lignocellulosic material may be mechanically pulped and bleached in the presence of an enzyme that breaks lignin-carbohydrate complexes. The aqueous extract in embodiments including a water extract step is separated into acetic acid and hemicellulose sugar aqueous solutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: The Research Foundation of the State University of New York
    Inventors: Thomas Amidon, Raymond Francis, Gary Scott, Jeremy Bartholomew, Bandaru Ramarao, Christopher Wood