Patents by Inventor Jon M. Hansen

Jon M. Hansen 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, Biological Oils, Biofuels, Units, and Organisms Related to Use in Compression Engines
    Publication number: 20120323029
    Abstract: Methods, biological oils, biofuels, units, and/or organisms directed to use in compression engines. A method of producing biological oils includes producing an organism and having the organism consume a feedstock. The organism includes a lipid containing fatty acids. The organism meets or exceeds at least two metrics. The metrics include: A) a cell density of at least about 115 grams per liter; B) a fatty acid content of at least about 49 percent on a dry mass basis; C) a fatty acid productivity of at least about 15 grams per liter per day; D) a fatty acid yield of at least about 0.175 grams of fatty acids produced per grams of the feedstock consumed; E) a 24 hour peak fatty acid productivity of at least about 30 grams per liter per day; F) an extraction efficiency on a percent of total fatty acid content basis of at least about 50 percent; and/or G) yield of fatty acids on oxygen of more than about 0.4 as grams of fatty acids produced per gram of oxygen consumed basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: BP Biofuels IK Limited
    Inventors: Joseph W. Pfeifer, III, Paul W. Behrens, Michael A. Johnson, Jon M. Hansen, Kirk E. Apt, William R. Barclay, David Christian Martin, Jacob Borden
  • ENHANCED PRODUCTION OF LIPIDS CONTAINING POLYENOIC FATTY ACIDS BY VERY HIGH DENSITY CULTURES OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBES IN FERMENTORS
    Publication number: 20120178135
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for growing eukaryotic microorganisms which are capable of producing lipids, in particular lipids containing polyenoic fatty acids. The present invention also provides a process for producing eukaryotic microbial lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Martek Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Richard B. Bailey, Don DiMasi, Jon M. Hansen, Peter J. Mirrasoul, Craig M. Ruecker, George T. Veeder, III, Tatsuo Kaneko, William R. Barclay
  • Enhanced production of lipids containing polyenoic fatty acid by very hugh density cultures of eukaryotic microbes in fermentors
    Patent number: 7732170
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for growing eukaryotic microorganisms which are capable of producing lipids, in particular lipids containing polyenoic fatty acids. The present invention also provides a process for producing eukaryotic microbial lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Martek Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Richard B. Bailey, Don DiMasi, Jon M. Hansen, Peter J. Mirrasoul, Craig M. Ruecker, George T. Veeder, III, Tatsuo Kaneko, William R. Barclay
  • Enhanced production of lipids containing polyenoic fatty acid by very high density cultures of eukaryotic microbes in fermentors
    Patent number: 7579174
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for growing eukaryotic microorganisms which are capable of producing lipids, in particular lipids containing polyenoic fatty acids. The present invention also provides a process for producing eukaryotic microbial lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Martek Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Richard B. Bailey, Don DiMasi, Jon M. Hansen, Peter J. Mirrasoul, Craig M. Ruecker, George T. Veeder, III, Tatsuo Kaneko, William R. Barclay
  • Enhanced production of lipids containing polyenoic fatty acid by very high density cultures of eukaryotic microbes in fermentors
    Publication number: 20030180898
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for growing eukaryotic microorganisms which are capable of producing lipids, in particular lipids containing polyenoic fatty acids. The present invention also provides a process for producing eukaryotic microbial lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: Martek Biosciences Boulder Corporation
    Inventors: Richard B. Bailey, Don DiMasi, Jon M. Hansen, Peter J. Mirrasoul, Craig M. Ruecker, George T. Veeder, Tatsuo Kaneko, William R. Barclay
  • Enhanced production of lipids containing polyenoic fatty acid by very high density cultures of eukaryotic microbes in fermentors
    Patent number: 6607900
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for growing eukaryotic microorganisms which are capable of producing lipids, in particular lipids containing polyenoic fatty acids. The present invention also provides a process for producing eukaryotic microbial lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Martek Biosciences Boulder Corporation
    Inventors: Richard B. Bailey, Don DiMasi, Jon M. Hansen, Peter J. Mirrasoul, Craig M. Ruecker, George T. Veeder, III, Tatsuo Kaneko, William R. Barclay
  • Enhanced production of lipids containing polyenoic fatty acid by very high density cultures of eukaryotic microbes in fermentors
    Publication number: 20010046691
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for growing eukaryotic microorganisms which are capable of producing lipids, in particular lipids containing polyenoic fatty acids. The present invention also provides a process for producing eukaryotic microbial lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: Richard B. Bailey, Don DiMasi, Jon M. Hansen, Peter J. Mirrasoul, Craig M. Ruecker, George T. Veeder, Tatsuo Kaneko, William R. Barclay