Patents by Inventor Jeff RATLIFF

Jeff RATLIFF 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 systems for sorting cottonseed
    Patent number: 11911802
    Abstract: Methods and devices for sorting cottonseeds. Methods include the use of an optical sorter to sort cottonseed by color. Additionally, methods include sorting cottonseed using a gravity table to collect high-density seed (“accepts”) and mid-density seed (“middlings”), followed by sorting the mid-density, and optionally, the high-density seed using an optical sorter to collect dark cottonseed, thereby providing high-quality cottonseed for packaging. Devices and systems comprising one or more gravity tables and one or more optical sorters are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BASF Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Ulrich Schmidt, Jeff Ratliff, Benno Franz Ulfik, Fatma Alexia Van Winssen, Tonya Crossland, Hartmut Huebner
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SORTING COTTONSEED
    Publication number: 20220193732
    Abstract: Methods and devices for sorting cottonseeds. Methods include the use of an optical sorter to sort cottonseed by color. Additionally, methods include sorting cottonseed using a gravity table to collect high-density seed (“accepts”) and mid-density seed (“middlings”), followed by sorting the mid-density, and optionally, the high-density seed using an optical sorter to collect dark cottonseed, thereby providing high-quality cottonseed for packaging. Devices and systems comprising one or more gravity tables and one or more optical sorters are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Sebastian Ulrich SCHMIDT, Jeff RATLIFF, Benno Franz ULFIK, Fatma Alexia VAN WINSSEN, Tonya CROSSLAND, Hartmut HUEBNER
  • Methods and systems for sorting cottonseed
    Patent number: 11298723
    Abstract: Methods and devices for sorting cottonseeds. Methods include the use of an optical sorter to sort cottonseed by color. Additionally, methods include sorting cottonseed using a gravity table to collect high-density seed (“accepts”) and mid-density seed (“middlings”), followed by sorting the mid-density, and optionally, the high-density seed using an optical sorter to collect dark cottonseed, thereby providing high-quality cottonseed for packaging. Devices and systems comprising one or more gravity tables and one or more optical sorters are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS SEED US LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Ulrich Schmidt, Jeff Ratliff, Benno Franz Ulfik, Fatma Alexia Van Winssen, Tonya Crossland, Hartmut Huebner
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SORTING COTTONSEED
    Publication number: 20200061674
    Abstract: Methods and devices for sorting cottonseeds. Methods include the use of an optical sorter to sort cottonseed by color. Additionally, methods include sorting cottonseed using a gravity table to collect high-density seed (“accepts”) and mid-density seed (“middlings”), followed by sorting the mid-density, and optionally, the high-density seed using an optical sorter to collect dark cottonseed, thereby providing high-quality cottonseed for packaging. Devices and systems comprising one or more gravity tables and one or more optical sorters are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Sebastian Ulrich SCHMIDT, Jeff RATLIFF, Benno Franz ULFIK, Fatma Alexia VAN WINSSEN, Tonya CROSSLAND, Hartmut HUEBNER