Patents by Inventor Eric V. Alderson

Eric V. Alderson 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).

  • Methods of producing compounds from plant materials
    Patent number: 7652131
    Abstract: The invention includes methods of processing plant material by adding water to form a mixture, heating the mixture, and separating a liquid component from a solid-comprising component. At least one of the liquid component and the solid-comprising component undergoes additional processing. Processing of the solid-comprising component produces oils, and processing of the liquid component produces one or more of glycerol, ethylene glycol, lactic acid and propylene glycol. The invention includes a process of forming glycerol, ethylene glycol, lactic acid and propylene glycol from plant matter by adding water, heating and filtering the plant matter. The filtrate containing starch, starch fragments, hemicellulose and fragments of hemicellulose is treated to form linear poly-alcohols which are then cleaved to produce one or more of glycerol, ethylene glycol, lactic acid and propylene glycol. The invention also includes a method of producing free and/or complexed sterols and stanols from plant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Todd A. Werpy, Andrew J. Schmidt, John G. Frye, Jr., Alan H. Zacher, James A. Franz, Mikhail S. Alnajjar, Gary G. Neuenschwander, Eric V. Alderson, Rick J. Orth, Charles A. Abbas, Kyle E. Beery, Anne M. Rammelsberg, Catherine J. Kim
  • Methods of producing compounds from plant material
    Patent number: 6982328
    Abstract: The invention includes methods of processing plant material by adding water to form a mixture, heating the mixture, and separating a liquid component from a solid-comprising component. At least one of the liquid component and the solid-comprising component undergoes additional processing. Processing of the solid-comprising component produces oils, and processing of the liquid component produces one or more of glycerol, ethylene glycol, lactic acid and propylene glycol. The invention includes a process of forming glycerol, ethylene glycol, lactic acid and propylene glycol from plant matter by adding water, heating and filtering the plant matter. The filtrate containing starch, starch fragments, hemicellulose and fragments of hemicellulose is treated to form linear poly-alcohols which are then cleaved to produce one or more of glycerol, ethylene glycol, lactic acid and propylene glycol. The invention also includes a method of producing free and/or complexed sterols and stanols from plant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignees: Archer Daniels Midland Company, Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Todd A. Werpy, Andrew J. Schmidt, John G. Frye, Jr., Alan H. Zacher, James A. Franz, Mikhail S. Alnajjar, Gary G. Neuenschwander, Eric V. Alderson, Rick J. Orth, Charles A. Abbas, Kyle E. Beery, Anne M. Rammelsberg, Catherine J. Kim
  • Methods of producing compounds from plant material
    Publication number: 20040175806
    Abstract: The invention includes methods of processing plant material by adding water to form a mixture, heating the mixture, and separating a liquid component from a solid-comprising component. At least one of the liquid component and the solid-comprising component undergoes additional processing. Processing of the solid-comprising component produces oils, and processing of the liquid component produces one or more of glycerol, ethylene glycol, lactic acid and propylene glycol. The invention includes a process of forming glycerol, ethylene glycol, lactic acid and propylene glycol from plant matter by adding water, heating and filtering the plant matter. The filtrate containing starch, starch fragments, hemicellulose and fragments of hemicellulose is treated to form linear poly-alcohols which are then cleaved to produce one or more of glycerol, ethylene glycol, lactic acid and propylene glycol. The invention also includes a method of producing free and/or complexed sterols and stanols from plant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Todd A. Werpy, Andrew J. Schmidt, John G. Frye, Alan H. Zacher, James A. Franz, Mikhail S. Alnajjar, Gary G. Neuenschwander, Eric V. Alderson, Rick J. Orth, Charles A. Abbas, Kyle E. Beery, Catherine J. Kim