Patents by Inventor Juan Miguel Garro

Juan Miguel Garro 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).

  • Conjugated linolenic acids and methods of preparation and purification and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7417159
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new conjugated linoleic acids, a process for preparation thereof and method of use. Thus this invention is concerned with the preparation and purification of conjugated linoleic acids from materials rich in alpha or gamma linoleic acids. The reaction produces a mixture containing a 1:1 ratio of 9Z, 11E, 15Z-octadecatrienoic acid and 9Z, 13E, 15Z-octadecatrieonic acid. The mixture can be purified up to 90% by liquid chromatography, crystallization or urea crystallization. The mixture of 1:1 9Z, 11E, 15Z-octadecatrienoic acid and 9Z, 13E, 15E, 15Z-octadecatrienoic acid have anticancerous activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Universite Laval
    Inventors: Juan-Miguel Garro Galvez, Paul Angers, Sandie Briand
  • Method for fractionating grease trap waste and uses of fractions therefrom
    Patent number: 7161017
    Abstract: A process for producing unsaturated and saturated free fatty acid from trap oils, trap greases, brown greases and grease trap waste as starting material. The process consist in subjecting the starting material to a pretreatment, a first purification step, a fractional step, a second purification step and eventually a hydrogenation step. Methyl esters of unsaturated and saturated free fatty acids, oleic acid and stearin is obtained from this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Prolab Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Miguel Garro, Alain Lemieux, Paul Jollez, Nicole Cadoret