Patents by Inventor Franciscus Hubertus Jacobus Maurer

Franciscus Hubertus Jacobus Maurer 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 for recovery of stabilized polyhydroxyalkanoates from biomass that has been used to treat organic waste
    Patent number: 9487624
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of increasing the chemical and/or thermal stability of PHA in biomass where the biomass is contained within mixed liquor, and wherein the mixed liquor is treated by a combination of removing water from the mixed liquor and pH adjustment of the mixed liquor or maintenance of the pH of the mixed liquor within a selected pH range, and wherein the method includes reducing the pH of the mixed liquor below 6, or maintaining the pH of the mixed liquor below 6 for a selected period of time, and wherein the pH adjustment of the mixed liquor to below 6 or the maintenance of the pH of the mixed liquor below 6 gives rise to an increase in chemical and/or thermal stability of the PHA in the biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support
    Inventors: Alan Gideon Werker, Patric Jannasch, Peter Stig Tomas Johansson, Per Olof Gosta Magnusson, Franciscus Hubertus Jacobus Maurer
  • Method for Recovery of Stabilized Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Biomass that has been used to Treat Organic Waste
    Publication number: 20130203954
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of increasing the chemical and/or thermal stability of PHA in biomass where the biomass is contained within mixed liquor, and wherein the mixed liquor is treated by a combination of removing water from the mixed liquor and pH adjustment of the mixed liquor or maintenance of the pH of the mixed liquor within a selected pH range, and wherein the method includes reducing the pH of the mixed liquor below 6, or maintaining the pH of the mixed liquor below 6 for a selected period of time, and wherein the pH adjustment of the mixed liquor to below 6 or the maintenance of the pH of the mixed liquor below 6 gives rise to an increase in chemical and/or thermal stability of the PHA in the biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: VEOLIA WATER SOLUTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORT
    Inventors: Alan Gideon Werker, Peter Stig Tomas Johansson, Per Olof Gosta Magnusson, Franciscus Hubertus Jacobus Maurer, Patric Jannasch