Patents by Inventor Barry N. Herbert

Barry N. Herbert 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).

  • Mixed methane-utilizing cultures for production of micro-organisms
    Patent number: 3996105
    Abstract: A process for the production of micro-organisms in which a methane-utilising micro-organism is grown under aerobic conditions in the presence of (a) one or more methanol-utilising micro-organisms which is/are capable of metabolising methanol produced by the growing methane-utilising micro-organisms, and (b) one or more non-methylotropic micro-organisms which is/are capable of metabolising organic substances produced by the methane and/or methanol-utilising micro-organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1976
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: David E. F. Harrison, John H. Harwood, Barry N. Herbert