Patents by Inventor Francis A. Racine

Francis A. Racine 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).

  • Fermentative production of mannitol
    Publication number: 20060134765
    Abstract: The invention provides processes for continuous fed-batch fermentative production and continuous recycle fermentative production of mannitol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Badal Saha, Francis Racine, Elena Terentieva
  • Methods for production of xylitol in microorganisms
    Publication number: 20060110809
    Abstract: The invention provides biosynthetic routes to xylitol production that do not require pure D-xylose for synthesis and that can utilize inexpensive substrates such as hemicellulose hydrolysates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Paul Taylor, Ian Fotheringham, Nathan Wymer, Badal Saha, David Demirjian, Yoshikiyo Sakaibara, Francis Racine
  • Apparatus for the printing of ceramic green sheets
    Patent number: 4068994
    Abstract: An apparatus for printing a paste pattern on a ceramic green sheet having a loading station, a printing station, a stencil mask at the printing station, a carrier for supporting a green sheet, a means to align a green sheet in a given reference position on the carrier, a means to move the carrier horizontally from the loading station to a position beneath the printing station and vertically to a position to be printed beneath the stencil mask, and back to the loading station in the reverse movement order, extruding means at the printing station to print a pattern of paste material through the stencil mask on the surface of a green sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1978
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert H. Cadwallader, Yves Darves-Bornoz, Angelo S. Gasparri, Francis A. Racine