Patents by Inventor Gunter O. Schenck

Gunter O. Schenck 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 of storing solar energy
    Patent number: 7458999
    Abstract: An amount of photosynthetic biomass such as wood is converted into coal such as charcoal and a substantial amount thereof is permanently stored until the atmospheric CO2 level is reduced to an extent which is unable to cause a greenhouse effect. While a main portion of the charcoal remains in permanent storage, a fraction thereof may be retained prior to or retrieved during or after achievement of the reduction in the atmospheric CO2 level. Such fraction is converted into energy or an energy source, for example hydrogen, in a manner such that thereby the atmospheric CO2 is maintained at a level which does not cause an undesired greenhouse effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Inventors: Gunter Edwin Schenck, legal representative, Gunter O. Schenck
  • Method of storing solar energy
    Publication number: 20040182689
    Abstract: An amount of photosynthetic biomass such as wood is converted into coal such as charcoal and a substantial amount thereof is permanently stored until the atmospheric CO2 level is reduced to an extent which is unable to cause a greenhouse effect. While a main portion of the charcoal remains in permanent storage, a fraction thereof may be retained prior to or retrieved during or after achievement of the reduction in the atmospheric CO2 level. Such fraction is converted into energy or an energy source, for example hydrogen, in a manner such that thereby the atmospheric CO2 is maintained at a level which does not cause an undesired greenhouse effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Gunter O. Schenck, Gunter Edwin Schenck