Patents by Inventor Cory M. Hargus

Cory M. Hargus 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).

  • Solar-enriched biofuels via looped oxide catalysis
    Patent number: 9834490
    Abstract: The invention is an integrated thermochemical process, also known as a looped-oxide catalysis, for providing an upgraded biofuel composition from a biomass-derived feedstock. First, the feedstock is deoxygenated through reaction with a low-valence metal oxide or zero-valent metal to yield a deoxygenated biofuel composition and a high-valence metal oxide. Second, the low-valence metal oxide is regenerated by reducing the high-valence metal oxide using solar thermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Brown University
    Inventors: Andrew A. Peterson, Cory M. Hargus, Ronald Michalsky