Patents by Inventor Jackie Aislabie

Jackie Aislabie 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).

  • Process for biotechnological upgrading of shale oil
    Patent number: 5143827
    Abstract: A process for biotechnological upgrading of shale oil in selectively removing damaging nitrogen-containing compounds comprising treating the raw shale oil with special microbial cultures having specific ability to degrade the harmful nitrogen-containing compounds, such as the amines, nitriles and heterocyclics as the quinolines and pyridines, and converting them into non-damaging components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: Southern Pacific Petroleum
    Inventors: Ronald M. Atlas, Jackie Aislabie
  • Process for biotechnological upgrading of shale oil
    Patent number: 5049499
    Abstract: A process for biotechnological upgrading of shale oil in selectively removing damaging nitrogen-containing compounds comprising treating the raw shale oil with special microbial cultures having specific ability to degrade the harmful nitrogen-containing compounds, such as the amines, nitriles and heterocyclics as the quinolines and pyridines, and converting them into non-damaging components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Inventors: Ronald M. Atlas, Jackie Aislabie