Patents by Inventor Chi Cheng Ma

Chi Cheng Ma 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).

  • Publication number: 20130130331
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing sugars using a combination of acids to hydrolyze hemicellulosic and cellulosic materials in biomass, said combination of acids namely comprising a first, weak organic acid (such as acetic acid or formic acid) for providing a pentose product or stream from hydrolyzing hemicellulosic materials in the biomass on a batchwise, semi-continuous or continuous basis, and a second, strong mineral acid (such as sulfuric acid) for providing a hexose product or stream from hydrolyzing cellulosic materials in the biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas P. Binder, Paul D. Bloom, Perry H. Doane, Chi-Cheng Ma
  • Publication number: 20130011885
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the efficient fractionation of lignocellulosic biomasses into cellulosic, hemicellulosic and lignin fractions, wherein concentrated organic acid vapors are applied to the biomass at elevated temperatures at the location(s) or near the location(s) where the biomass has been harvested and gathered, to at least partly depolymerize or substantially solubilize the hemicelluloses and lignins in the biomass. The organic acid-treated biomass is in either case then dried and pelletized for extended bulk storage and/or for shipment to a second facility some distance away. The organic acid-treated biomass may be processed into desired chemicals, fuels and/or fuel additives at the local processing site or at a second facility away from the local processing site, or the pelletized material may be used as a ruminant feed locally or at a feedlot some distance removed from the local processing site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas P. Binder, Paul D. Bloom, Perry H. Doane, Chi-Cheng Ma
  • Patent number: 8115029
    Abstract: Oxidations of hydrocarbons, cycloalkanes and alkenes, arylalkanes, and a variety of other organic substrates are accomplished by cobalt-N-hydroxysuccinimide co-catalyzed reactions with dioxygen under unusually mild, near ambient conditions of temperature and pressure. The improved safety of the oxidation method and the high yields of product obtained make use of a unique combination of cobalt (II) complexes with N-hydroxysuccinimide. These autoxidation reactions do not have prolonged initiation times. Many of these reactions can be safely performed under normal chemical laboratory conditions and do not require specialized equipment or reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: University of Kansas
    Inventors: Richard S. Givens, Chi Cheng Ma, Daryle H. Busch, Bala Subramaniam, Bhuma Rajagopalan
  • Publication number: 20080139841
    Abstract: Oxidations of hydrocarbons, cycloalkanes and alkenes, arylalkanes, and a variety of other organic substrates are accomplished by cobalt-N-hydroxysuccinimide co-catalyzed reactions with dioxygen under unusually mild, near ambient conditions of temperature and pressure. The improved safety of the oxidation method and the high yields of product obtained make use of a unique combination of cobalt (II) complexes with N-hydroxysuccinimide. These autoxidation reactions do not have prolonged initiation times. Many of these reactions can be safely performed under normal chemical laboratory conditions and do not require specialized equipment or reagents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: University of Kansas
    Inventors: Richard S. Givens, Chi Cheng Ma, Daryle H. Busch, Bala Subramaniam, Bhuma Rajagopalan