Patents by Inventor F. Gallagher

F. Gallagher 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).

  • Method to produce a carboxylic acid ester from a carboxylic acid ammonium salt by alcoholysis
    Publication number: 20060189821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining a carboxylic acid ester from an aqueous solution of the corresponding carboxylic acid ammonium salt using alcoholysis. The recovered carboxylic acid ester may be subsequently hydrolyzed to produce the corresponding carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: F. Gallagher, Robert Dicosimo
  • Purification of biochemically derived 1,3-propanediol
    Publication number: 20050277792
    Abstract: The invention discloses a hydrogenation process for removing impurities and controlling acid for use in downstream processing of biochemically-derived 1,3-propanediol. Preferably, the biochemically-derived 1,3-propanediol, before the contacting, has an initial color and, after the contracting, has a color that is lower than the initial color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Mayis Seapan, George Diffendall, Robert Trotter, Tyler Ames, F. Gallagher
  • Apparatus, system and method for making hydrogel particles
    Publication number: 20050238746
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus, system and method for producing uniform hydrogel particles. The system of the invention contains a feed station, a metering device, a novel hydrogel particle-forming apparatus and a quench station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Kevin Crather, Robert DiCosimo, F. Gallagher, Susan Hennessey
  • Purification of biologically-produced 1,3-propanediol
    Publication number: 20050069997
    Abstract: A process for purifying 1,3-propanediol from the fermentation broth of a cultured E. coli that has been bioengineered to synthesize 1,3-propanediol from sugar is provided. The basic process entails filtration, ion exchange and distillation of the fermentation broth product stream, preferably including chemical reduction of the product during the distillation procedure. Also provided are highly purified compositions of 1,3-propanediol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Dennis Adkesson, Albert Alsop, Tyler Ames, Luis Chu, James Disney, Bryan Dravis, Patrick Fitzgibbon, James Gaddy, F. Gallagher, William Lehnhardt, Jefferson Lievense, Michael Luyben, Mayis Seapan, Robert Trotter, Gregory Wenndt, Eugene Yu