Patents by Inventor Chris Lynde

Chris Lynde 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).

  • Selective liquefaction of lignin and biomass in a mixture of sub- and supercritical fluids in absence or presence of heterogeneous catalysts
    Patent number: 9809522
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for selective synthesis of specific phenolic products by means biomass or biomass products liquefaction, manipulation of the said selectivity in favor of one specific phenolic compound or a mixture of specific phenolic compounds, and the synthesis of the phenolic compounds from a liquid or biomass organic fraction produced in presence of a homogeneous catalyst in supercritical state or a mixture of said homogeneous and one or several heterogeneous catalysts mixed with water in sub-critical, near-critical, or supercritical condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF REGENTS
    Inventors: Alevtina Smirnova, Chris Lynde, Abu Md Numan-Al-Mobin, Rudresh Bommadihalli Rajappagowda
  • SELECTIVE LIQUEFACTION OF LIGNIN AND BIOMASS IN A MIXTURE OF SUB- AND SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS IN ABSENCE OR PRESENCE OF HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSTS
    Publication number: 20170073291
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for selective synthesis of specific phenolic products by means biomass or biomass products liquefaction, manipulation of the said selectivity in favor of one specific phenolic compound or a mixture of specific phenolic compounds, and the synthesis of the phenolic compounds from a liquid or biomass organic fraction produced in presence of a homogeneous catalyst in supercritical state or a mixture of said homogeneous and one or several heterogeneous catalysts mixed with water in sub-critical, near-critical, or supercritical condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: South Dakota Board of Regents
    Inventors: Alevtina Smirnova, Chris Lynde, Abu Md Numan-Al-Mobin, Rudresh Bommadihalli Rajappagowda