Patents by Inventor Elmar Rother

Elmar Rother 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: 20230214944
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of systematically controlling and managing a production cycle of a livestock farm housing a population of animals, the method comprising (a) obtaining real-time data by a plurality of, sensors and/or manual or machine-based measurement and evaluation devices, including a set of farm condition parameters, (b) establishing statistical correlations of animal status parameters and process parameters with the animal performance parameters; (c) calculating and automatically adjusting, depending on the farm condition parameters obtained in (a) and on the statistical correlations identified in (b), a set of data set points for farm operating parameters such that at least one of a selected one of the animal performance parameters is optimized; and (d) repeatedly conducting (a) to (c) until finishing the production cycle. A system for systematically controlling and managing a production cycle of a livestock farm housing a population of animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Kshitij GUPTA, Elmar ROTHER
  • Patent number: 8318465
    Abstract: A process for integrated utilization of the energy and material contents of hydrolysates and solids obtained in the enzymatic hydrolysis of renewable raw materials, in which the resulting hydrolysis solution is used as a carbon source in fermentations and the unhydrolysed solids are sent to biogas production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Murillo Villela Filho, Isabelle Schaarschmidt, Bernd Wahl, Elmar Rother, Hartmut Zimmermann, Andreas Karau
  • Publication number: 20090098598
    Abstract: A process for integrated utilization of the energy and material contents of hydrolysates and solids obtained in the enzymatic hydrolysis of renewable raw materials, in which the resulting hydrolysis solution is used as a carbon source in fermentations and the unhydrolysed solids are sent to biogas production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: MURILLO VILLELA FILHO, Isabelle Schaarschmidt, Bernd Wahl, Elmar Rother, Hartmut Zimmermann, Andreas Karau