Patents by Inventor Jared Downey

Jared Downey 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for producing biodiesel and products obtained therefrom
    Patent number: 12590267
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for economically producing a biodiesel product from feedstocks. Some embodiments comprise using at least one of a crude feedstock pretreatment process and a free fatty acid refining process prior to transesterification and the formation of crude biodiesel and glycerin. The free fatty acid refining process may include introducing the feedstock to glycerolysis to obtain a glycerolysis product then stripping the glycerolysis product to produce a fatty acid distillate and a stripped feedstock. The fatty acid distillate is recycled to the glycerolysis process to create more higher-molecular weight glycerides and the stripped feedstock (mostly di- and tri-glycerides) proceeds to transesterification to make biodiesel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Renewable Energy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Haverly, David A. Slade, Jared Downey
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING BIODIESEL AND PRODUCTS OBTAINED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20240076575
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for economically producing a biodiesel product from feedstocks. Some embodiments comprise using at least one of a crude feedstock pretreatment process and a free fatty acid refining process prior to transesterification and the formation of crude biodiesel and glycerin. The free fatty acid refining process may include introducing the feedstock to glycerolysis to obtain a glycerolysis product then stripping the glycerolysis product to produce a fatty acid distillate and a stripped feedstock. The fatty acid distillate is recycled to the glycerolysis process to create more higher-molecular weight glycerides and the stripped feedstock (mostly di- and tri-glycerides) proceeds to transesterification to make biodiesel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Renewable Energy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Haverly, David A. Slade, Jared Downey