Patents by Inventor James A. Heinen

James A. Heinen 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 producing C4 oxygentates by fermentation using high oxidation state sulfur
    Patent number: 9758800
    Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in the production of butanol and butyrate by microbial fermentation, particularly to production of alcohols by microbial fermentation of a substrate comprising CO and the addition of an inorganic sulfur additive. It more particularly relates to the provision of an inorganic organic sulfur source to a fermentation system such that one or more micro-organisms convert a substrate comprising CO to butanol. In one aspect the invention uses a sulfur additive comprising inorganic sulfur compounds having a +2 to a +4 sulfur oxidation state that produces sulfur oxoanions and hydrosulfur oxoanions in an aqueous fermentation medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Synata Bio, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E Tobey, Toby D Allen, Peter Martin Lokken, Andrew James Heinen, Gengsheng Chen
  • Method for producing C2 oxygenates by fermentation using high oxidation state sulfur
    Patent number: 9212375
    Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in the production of ethanol and acetate by microbial fermentation, particularly to production of alcohols by microbial fermentation of a substrate comprising CO and the addition of an inorganic sulfur additive. It more particularly relates to the provision of an inorganic organic sulfur source to a fermentation system such that one or more microorganisms convert a substrate comprising CO to ethanol. In one aspect the invention uses a sulfur additive comprising inorganic sulfur compounds having a +2 to a +4 sulfur oxidation state that produces sulfur oxoanions and hydrosulfur oxoanions in an aqueous fermentation medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: COSKATA, LLC
    Inventors: Richard E. Tobey, Toby D. Allen, Peter Martin Lokken, Andrew James Heinen, Gengsheng Chen
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING C4 OXYGENTATES BY FERMENTATION USING HIGH OXIDATION STATE SULFUR
    Publication number: 20140220649
    Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in the production of butanol and butyrate by microbial fermentation, particularly to production of alcohols by microbial fermentation of a substrate comprising CO and the addition of an inorganic sulfur additive. It more particularly relates to the provision of an inorganic organic sulfur source to a fermentation system such that one or more micro-organisms convert a substrate comprising CO to butanol. In one aspect the invention uses a sulfur additive comprising inorganic sulfur compounds having a +2 to a +4 sulfur oxidation state that produces sulfur oxoanions and hydrosulfur oxoanions in an aqueous fermentation medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: COSKATA, INC.
    Inventors: Richard E. Tobey, Toby D. Allen, Peter Martin Lokken, Andrew James Heinen, Gengsheng Chen
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING C2 OXYGENATES BY FERMENTATION USING HIGH OXIDATION STATE SULFUR
    Publication number: 20140017747
    Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in the production of ethanol and acetate by microbial fermentation, particularly to production of alcohols by microbial fermentation of a substrate comprising CO and the addition of an inorganic sulfur additive. It more particularly relates to the provision of an inorganic organic sulfur source to a fermentation system such that one or more microorganisms convert a substrate comprising CO to ethanol. In one aspect the invention uses a sulfur additive comprising inorganic sulfur compounds having a +2 to a +4 sulfur oxidation state that produces sulfur oxoanions and hydrosulfur oxoanions in an aqueous fermentation medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: COSKATA, INC.
    Inventors: Richard E. Tobey, Toby D. Allen, Peter Martin Lokken, Andrew James Heinen, Gengsheng Chen
  • Method and system of generating an MRS spectrum from multiple receiver data
    Patent number: 6891371
    Abstract: A system and method for multi-channel MR spectroscopy (MRS) includes simultaneously acquiring MR signals from multiple coils and processing the MR signals individually to generate multiple sets of MRS results. The multiple sets of MRS results are combined to form a single superset of MRS results that is displayed as a simple proton MRS absorption spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Co. LLC
    Inventors: Frederick J. Frigo, James A. Heinen, Thomas E. Raidy, Jeffery A. Hopkins