Patents by Inventor Bryan Rhea MCCARTY

Bryan Rhea MCCARTY 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING FLEXIBLE FLOATING PHOTOBIOREACTORS
    Publication number: 20150368598
    Abstract: A top reference photobioreactor system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a flexible floating photobioreactor having a buoyancy tube filled with a gas that is less dense, and a ballast tube filled with a substance, such as saltwater, that is more dense, than the liquid in which the photobioreactor floats. A top reference photobioreactor method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes controlling a depth of the top reference photobioreactor by controlling a volume and/or density of ballast in the ballast tube and/or by controlling a volume and/or density of gas in the buoyancy tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicants: Solix Algredients, Inc., Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Christopher Wayne Turner, Bryan Rhea McCarty, Peter Allen Letvin, Bryan Dennis Willson, Daniel Robert Herboldsheimer
  • Systems and methods for positioning flexible floating photobioreactors
    Patent number: 9145539
    Abstract: A top reference photobioreactor system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a flexible floating photobioreactor having a buoyancy tube filled with a gas that is less dense, and a ballast tube filled with a substance, such as saltwater, that is more dense, than the liquid in which the photobioreactor floats. A top reference photobioreactor method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes controlling a depth of the top reference photobioreactor by controlling a volume and/or density of ballast in the ballast tube and/or by controlling a volume and/or density of gas in the buoyancy tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignees: SOLIX ALGREDIENTS, INC., COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Christopher Wayne Turner, Bryan Rhea McCarty, Peter Allen Letvin, Bryan Dennis Willson, Daniel Robert Herboldsheimer
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING FLEXIBLE FLOATING PHOTOBIOREACTORS
    Publication number: 20110281340
    Abstract: A top reference photobioreactor system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a flexible floating photobioreactor having a buoyancy tube filled with a gas that is less dense, and a ballast tube filled with a substance, such as saltwater, that is more dense, than the liquid in which the photobioreactor floats. A top reference photobioreactor method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes controlling a depth of the top reference photobioreactor by controlling a volume and/or density of ballast in the ballast tube and/or by controlling a volume and/or density of gas in the buoyancy tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher Wayne TURNER, Bryan Rhea MCCARTY, Peter Allen LETVIN, Bryan Dennis WILLSON, Daniel Robert HERBOLDSHEIMER