Patents by Inventor Benjamin McCool

Benjamin McCool 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).

  • Patent number: 9327989
    Abstract: Silicalite particles, methods of making silicalite particles, systems comprising silicalite particles and methods for using silicalite particles to separate ethanol from water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Algenol Biotech LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Lively, Michelle Dose, Ronald Chance, Benjamin McCool
  • Publication number: 20150360962
    Abstract: Silicalite particles, methods of making silicalite particles, systems comprising silicalite particles and methods for using silicalite particles to separate ethanol from water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: ALGENOL BIOTECH LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Lively, Michelle Dose, Ronald Chance, Benjamin McCool
  • Patent number: 9138678
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for removing water from organic solvents, such as ethanol. The processes include distillation in two columns operated at sequentially higher pressure, followed by treatment of the overhead vapor by one or two membrane separation steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignees: Membrane Technology and Research, Inc., Algenol Biofuels, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Huang, Richard W. Baker, Benjamin McCool, Rong Dong
  • Patent number: 9132410
    Abstract: Silicalite particles, methods of making silicalite particles, systems comprising silicalite particles and methods for using silicalite particles to separate ethanol from water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Algenol Biotech LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Lively, Michelle Dose, Ronald Chance, Benjamin McCool
  • Patent number: 9101093
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for the delivery of carbon to photoautotrophs. The invention utilizes low energy regeneration of adsorbent for CO2 capture and provides for effective CO2 loading into liquids useful for photoautotroph growth and/or production of photosynthetic products, such as biofuels, via photoautotrophic culture media. The inventive system comprises a fluid/membrane/fluid contactor that provides selective transfer of molecular CO2 via a dense (non-porous) membrane from a carbonate-based CO2 snipping solution to a culture medium where the CO2 is consumed by a photoautotroph for the production of biofuels, biofuel precursors or other commercial products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignees: Algenol Biotech LLC, Georgia Tech Research Corp.
    Inventors: Ronald Chance, William J. Koros, Benjamin McCool, James Noel
  • Publication number: 20150182940
    Abstract: Silicalite particles, methods of making silicalite particles, systems comprising silicalite particles and methods for using silicalite particles to separate ethanol from water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: ALGENOL BIOFUELS INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Lively, Michelle Dose, Ronald Chance, Benjamin McCool
  • Patent number: 9060466
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for the delivery of carbon to photoautotrophs. The invention utilizes low energy regeneration of adsorbent for CO2 capture and provides for effective CO2 loading into liquids useful for photoautotroph growth and/or production of photosynthetic products, such as biofuels, via photoautotrophic culture media. The inventive system comprises a fluid/membrane/fluid contactor that provides selective transfer of molecular CO2 via a dense (non-porous) membrane from a carbonate-based CO2 snipping solution to a culture medium where the CO2 is consumed by a photoautotroph for the production of biofuels, biofuel precursors or other commercial products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignees: Algenol Biotech LLC, Georgia Tech Research Corp.
    Inventors: Ronald Chance, William J. Koros, Benjamin McCool, James Noel
  • Patent number: 8691538
    Abstract: Flat panel biofilm photobioreactor systems with a photosynthetic, autofermentative microorganism that forms a biofilm and methods for using the same to make metabolic intermediate compound(s) through photosynthesis and to convert metabolic intermediate compound(s) into chemical product(s) such as a biofuel or a feedstock through autofermentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Algenol Biofuels Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Moll, Benjamin McCool, William Drake, William Porubsky, Ryan Adams, Heike Enke, Juliane Metzner, Karola Knuth
  • Publication number: 20140093924
    Abstract: Flat panel biofilm photobioreactor systems with a photosynthetic, autofermentative microorganism that forms a biofilm and methods for using the same to make metabolic intermediate compound(s) through photosynthesis and to convert metabolic intermediate compound(s) into chemical product(s) such as a biofuel or a feedstock through autofermentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: ALGENOL BIOFUELS SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Benjamin Moll, Benjamin McCool, William Drake, William Porubsky, Ryan Adams
  • Publication number: 20120171752
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for the delivery of carbon to photoautotrophs. The invention utilizes low energy regeneration of adsorbent for CO2 capture and provides for effective CO2 loading into liquids useful for photoautotroph growth and/or production of photosynthetic products, such as biofuels, via photoautotrophic culture media. The inventive system comprises a fluid/membrane/fluid contactor that provides selective transfer of molecular CO2 via a dense (non-porous) membrane from a carbonate-based CO2 snipping solution to a culture medium where the CO2 is consumed by a photoautotroph for the production of biofuels, biofuel precursors or other commercial products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Algenol Biofuels Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald CHANCE, William J. KOROS, Benjamin MCCOOL, James NOEL
  • Publication number: 20120137727
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for removing water from organic solvents, such as ethanol. The processes include distillation in two columns operated at sequentially higher pressure, followed by treatment of the overhead vapor by one or two membrane separation steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicants: ALGENOL BIOFUELS, INC., MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Yu Huang, Richard W. Baker, Benjamin McCool, Rong Dong