Patents by Inventor Bridget Ann Skill

Bridget Ann Skill 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).

  • Biotransformation of fatty substrates
    Patent number: 6218158
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for enzymic oxidation of a fatty acid to produce an oxidation product in the presence of water and oxygen wherein the fatty acid, water and enzyme for the oxidation are substantially uniformly distributed throughout a porous bed of solid support material in the substantial absence of a continuous liquid phase, oxygen is passed through the porous bed and the oxidation product is recovered from the porous bed. The invention is of particular value for production of methyl ketones from saturated fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Bush Boake Allen Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Martin Humphrey, Bridget Ann Skill, Judith L. Kinderlerer
  • Biotransformation of fatty substrates
    Patent number: 5674745
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for enzymic oxidation of a fatty acid to produce an oxidation product in the presence of water and oxygen wherein the fatty acid, water and enzyme for the oxidation are substantially uniformly distributed throughout a porous bed of solid support material in the substantial absence of a continuous liquid phase, oxygen is passed through the porous bed and the oxidation product is recovered from the porous bed. The invention is of particular value for production of methyl ketones from saturated fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Bush Boake Allen Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Martin Humphrey, Bridget Ann Skill, Judith L. Kinderlerer