Patents by Inventor Bruce J. Rudin

Bruce J. Rudin 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).

  • Continuous system and process for treating a low-water biomass stream with liquefied-gas solvent to separate and recover organic products
    Patent number: 9920091
    Abstract: A method and system for the treatment of a biomass stream to separate organic extracts/biomolecules (such as proteins, lipids and/or carotenoids) from the biomass stream, wherein the water content of the biomass stream is decreased by bringing the biomass stream into contact with a compressed liquefied gas solvent, to create a low-water content biomass stream and introducing the low-water content biomass stream to an extraction apparatus that recovers one or more organic products with little or no measurable solvent residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Green Recovery Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph N. Caulfield, Kenneth L. Laubsch, Bruce J. Rudin
  • Continuous System and Process for Treating a Low-Water Biomass Stream with Liquefied-Gas Solvent to Separate and Recover Organic Products
    Publication number: 20170183377
    Abstract: A method and system for the treatment of a biomass stream to separate organic extracts/biomolecules (such as proteins, lipids and/or carotenoids) from the biomass stream, wherein the water content of the biomass stream is decreased by bringing the biomass stream into contact with a compressed liquefied gas solvent, to create a low-water content biomass stream and introducing the low-water content biomass stream to an extraction apparatus that recovers one or more organic products with little or no measurable solvent residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph N. Caulfield, Kenneth L. Laubsch, Bruce J. Rudin
  • Pretreatment of biomass prior to separation of saturated biomass
    Patent number: 9651304
    Abstract: A pretreatment for use with systems and methods for extracting and separating a bio-molecule, such as a lipid and/or a protein, from a biomass includes the step of contacting the biomass with a drying gas to substantially dewater the biomass to 20% water content by mass or less. Such pretreated biomass, mixed with one or more compressed liquefied gas solvents, may then be introduced into individual filter cells in a rotary pressure filter to separate lipids from proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Green Recovery Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph N. Caulfield, Kenneth L. Laubsch, Bruce J. Rudin