Patents by Inventor Joseph DeSisto

Joseph DeSisto 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).

  • Formate-assisted pyrolysis
    Patent number: 8981168
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other thing, methods for creating significantly deoxygenated bio-oils form biomass including the steps of providing a feedstock, associating the feedstock with an alkali formate to form a treated feedstock, dewatering the treated feedstock, heating the dewatered treated feedstock to form a vapor product, and condensing the vapor product to form a pyrolysis oil, wherein the pyrolysis oil contains less than 30% oxygen by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: William Joseph DeSisto, Marshall Clayton Wheeler, Adriaan R. P. van Heiningen
  • FORMATE-ASSISTED PYROLYSIS
    Publication number: 20140100396
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other thing, methods for creating significantly deoxygenated bio-oils form biomass including the steps of providing a feedstock, associating the feedstock with an alkali formate to form a treated feedstock, dewatering the treated feedstock, heating the dewatered treated feedstock to form a vapor product, and condensing the vapor product to form a pyrolysis oil, wherein the pyrolysis oil contains less than 30% oxygen by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: William Joseph DeSisto, Marshall Clayton Wheeler, Adriaan R.P. van Heiningen
  • Automatic door opening and closing system and method of control thereof
    Publication number: 20070008124
    Abstract: A swinging automatic door control system includes an activation sensor for acquiring images of a first area where the door swings when opening or closing, a presence sensor for detecting motion in a second area that fronts a non-swinging side of the door when said door is closed, and a controller for controlling the opening and closing of the door as a function of the acquired images of a first area and the detection of motion in the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: BEA, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stadler, Thomas Schluep, Joseph DeSisto