Patents by Inventor David J. Galgoczy

David J. Galgoczy 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).

  • Alkaline microbial enhanced oil recovery
    Patent number: 10428302
    Abstract: A method of enhanced oil recovery that includes water-flooding an oil reservoir with an alkaline fluid or a fluid containing a compound toxic to indigenous microbes and inoculating the oil reservoir with a consortium comprising microbes that naturally are, or are engineered to be, obligatory alkaphilic, halo-alkaphilic or alkaline tolerant, and naturally are, or are engineered to be, deficient in their ability to utilize short chain hydrocarbons of 12 carbons or less but have the ability to convert hydrocarbons into fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: GEO FOSSIL FUELS, LLC
    Inventors: William J. Kohr, Zhaoduo Zhang, David J. Galgoczy
  • Microbial enhanced oil recovery method
    Patent number: 10227853
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for increasing the viscosity of the drive fluid for displacing oil from a subterranean formation by the use of microorganisms selected or modified for the ability to produce cell free polymers without the formation of any significant bioplugging biofilm or capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Geo Fossil Fuels, LLC
    Inventors: William J. Kohr, David J. Galgoczy, Zhaoduo Zhang
  • MICROBIAL ENHNACED OIL RECOVERY
    Publication number: 20180112504
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for increasing the viscosity of the drive fluid for displacing oil from a subterranean formation by the use of microorganisms selected or modified for the ability to produce cell free polymers without the formation of any significant bioplugging biofilm or capsule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: William J. Kohr, David J. Galgoczy, Zhaoduo Zhang
  • Microbial enhanced oil recovery method
    Patent number: 9869166
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for increasing the viscosity of the drive fluid for displacing oil from a subterranean formation by the use of microorganisms selected or modified for the ability to produce cell free polymers without the formation of any significant bioplugging biofilm or capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Geo Fossil Fuels, LLC
    Inventors: William J. Kohr, David J. Galgoczy, Zhaoduo Zhang
  • MICROBIAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY METHOD
    Publication number: 20160222280
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for increasing the viscosity of the drive fluid for displacing oil from a subterranean formation by the use of microorganisms selected or modified for the ability to produce cell free polymers without the formation of any significant bioplugging biofilm or capsule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: GEO FOSSIL FUELS, LLC
    Inventors: William J. Kohr, David J. Galgoczy, Zhaoduo Zhang
  • Alkaline microbial enhanced oil recovery
    Patent number: 9290688
    Abstract: A method of enhanced oil recovery that includes water-flooding an oil reservoir with an alkaline fluid or a fluid containing a compound toxic to indigenous microbes and inoculating the oil reservoir with a consortium comprising microbes that naturally are, or are engineered to be, obligatory alkaliphilic, halo-alkaliphilic or alkaline tolerant, and naturally are, or are engineered to be, deficient in their ability to utilize short chain hydrocarbons of 12 carbons or less but have the ability to convert hydrocarbons into fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: GEO FOSSIL FUELS, LLC
    Inventors: William J. Kohr, Zhaoduo Zhang, David J. Galgoczy
  • Alkaline microbial enhanced oil recovery
    Publication number: 20130062053
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the field of microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR). In particular, the invention concerns new, efficient, economical and environmentally safe microbial methods to enhance oil recovery, as well as microorganisms useful in such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: William J. Kohr, Zhaoduo Zhang, David J. Galgoczy
  • INHA PROMOTERS
    Publication number: 20100267088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated DNA sequence having promoter activity and to vectors comprising the DNA sequence. The promoters of the invention are referred to inhA promoters. The invention also relates to a method of producing a protein in a recombinant host cell wherein the host cell comprises a vector comprising an inhA promoter and a coding sequence encoding a protein of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Pollack, Oscar Alvizo, David J. Galgoczy, Dayal Saran