Patents by Inventor John Randolph Ayers

John Randolph Ayers 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).

  • Apparatus for in-situ microbial seeding
    Patent number: 7132050
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for the continuous microbial remediation of organic wastes in sewers and other waste-laden environments utilizing in-situ microbial seeding. A bio-reactor containing inoculated carrier media is suspended within a sewer wet-well or other similar environment, and is at least partially immersed in the waste-laden fluid to be treated. Air and nutrients are continuously supplied to the bio-reactor via conduit from a remote, easily accessible location. Beneficial microbial populations are permitted to thrive and spread throughout the waste-laden environment, mineralizing organic wastes and eventually becoming dominant within the subject environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: TMD, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Tommy Mack Davis, Cecil Allen McEntire, John Randolph Ayers, Caroline Ann Metosh-Dickey
  • Method for in-situ microbial seeding
    Patent number: 6878279
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for the continuous microbial remediation of organic wastes in sewers and other waste-laden environments utilizing in-situ microbial seeding. A bio-reactor containing inoculated carrier media is suspended within a sewer wet-well or other similar environment, and is at least partially immersed in the waste-laden fluid to be treated. Air and nutrients are continuously supplied to the bio-reactor via conduit from a remote, easily accessible location. Beneficial microbial populations are permitted to thrive and spread throughout the waste-laden environment, mineralizing organic wastes and eventually becoming dominant within the subject environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: TMD, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Tommy Mack Davis, Cecil Allen McEntire, John Randolph Ayers, Caroline Ann Metosh-Dickey
  • Method and apparatus for in-situ microbial seeding
    Publication number: 20030159989
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for the continuous microbial remediation of organic wastes in sewers and other waste-laden environments utilizing in-situ microbial seeding. A bio-reactor containing inoculated carrier media is suspended within a sewer wet-well or other similar environment, and is at least partially immersed in the waste-laden fluid to be treated. Air and nutrients are continuously supplied to the bio-reactor via conduit from a remote, easily accessible location. Beneficial microbial populations are permitted to thrive and spread throughout the waste-laden environment, mineralizing organic wastes and eventually becoming dominant within the subject environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Tommy Mack Davis, Cecil Allen McEntire, John Randolph Ayers, Caroline Ann Metosh-Dickey