Patents by Inventor James A. Herrin

James A. Herrin 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).

  • Patent number: 8252561
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for novel strategies to harvest algal lipids using mollusks which after feeding algae from the growth medium can convert algal lipids into their biomass or excrete lipids in their pseudofeces which makes algae harvesting energy efficient and cost effective. The bioconverter, filter-feeding mollusks and their pseudofeces can be harvested and converted to biocrude using an advanced thermochemical liquefaction technology. Methods, systems, and materials are disclosed for the harvest and isolation of algal lipids from the mollusks, molluscan feces and molluscan pseudofeces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Keshav C. Das, Senthil Chinnasamy, James Shelton, Susan B. Wilde, Rebecca S. Haynie, James A. Herrin
  • Publication number: 20110045556
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for novel strategies to harvest algal lipids using mollusks which after feeding algae from the growth medium can convert algal lipids into their biomass or excrete lipids in their pseudofeces which makes algae harvesting energy efficient and cost effective. The bioconverter, filter-feeding mollusks and their pseudofeces can be harvested and converted to biocrude using an advanced thermochemical liquefaction technology. Methods, systems, and materials are disclosed for the harvest and isolation of algal lipids from the mollusks, molluscan feces and molluscan pseudofeces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Keshav C. Das, Senthil Chinnasamy, James Shelton, Susan B. Wilde, Rebecca S. Haynie, James A. Herrin
  • Publication number: 20070051463
    Abstract: Stretchable material with recovery properties that are waterproof and conformable in two or three dimensions particularly adapted for flashing in structures, especially at the bottom and lower corners of openings where water is likely to collect. A method of installing flashing materials in openings in structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: James Waggoner, Mieczyslaw Stachnik, Theresa Weston, James Herrin