Patents by Inventor Brian Flowers

Brian Flowers 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: 11845038
    Abstract: Methods of reducing acid gas from a stream, comprising contacting the stream with a solvent system comprising a glycerol derivative are described herein. Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a glycerol derivative and an acid gas. A method for sweetening a natural gas stream comprising contacting a solvent system comprising a glycerol derivative with a natural gas stream is described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
    Inventors: Jason E. Bara, Brian Flowers, Max Mittenthal
  • Publication number: 20220401877
    Abstract: Methods of reducing acid gas from a stream, comprising contacting the stream with a solvent system comprising a glycerol derivative are described herein. Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a glycerol derivative and an acid gas. A method for sweetening a natural gas stream comprising contacting a solvent system comprising a glycerol derivative with a natural gas stream is described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jason E. Bara, Brian Flowers, Max Mittenthal
  • Patent number: 11452969
    Abstract: Methods of reducing acid gas from a stream, comprising contacting the stream with a solvent system comprising a glycerol derivative are described herein. Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a glycerol derivative and an acid gas. A method for sweetening a natural gas stream comprising contacting a solvent system comprising a glycerol derivative with a natural gas stream is described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
    Inventors: Jason E. Bara, Brian Flowers, Max Mittenthal
  • Publication number: 20190193020
    Abstract: Methods of reducing acid gas from a stream, comprising contacting the stream with a solvent system comprising a glycerol derivative are described herein. Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a glycerol derivative and an acid gas. A method for sweetening a natural gas stream comprising contacting a solvent system comprising a glycerol derivative with a natural gas stream is described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Jason E. Bara, Brian Flowers, Max Mittenthal
  • Publication number: 20120239418
    Abstract: A method for providing home-based post-operative care of a patient. The method including receiving patient information indicative of results of a pre-operative evaluation of whether a patient is qualified for home-based post-operative care, determining that the patient is qualified for home-based post-operative care based at least in part on the patient information received, identifying one or more post-operative requirements, generating a home-based post-operative care plan based at least in part on the one or more post-operative requirements, receiving updated patient information indicative of results of a post-operative evaluation of whether the patient remains qualified for home-based post-operative care, the updated patient information indicative of a result of the surgical procedure, determining that the patient remains qualified for home-based post-operative care based at least in part on the updated patient information received, and implementing the home-based post-operative care plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventor: Neville Brian Flowers