Patents by Inventor Ken Swartz

Ken Swartz 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).

  • Flow tube reactor
    Patent number: 8765452
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for increasing fermentation rates of microbes via biostimulation are provided. Electrodes are preferably positioned along an interior or exterior of a tube-shaped component to administer electromagnetic/electric pulses to a solution comprising a microbe. Systems can advantageously be used in new biofuels production plants, or in existing biofuels production plants without the need for significant retrofits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Colorado Energy Research Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Wayne J. Powell, Robert D. Boehmer, Lee L. Johnson, Ken Swartz, Donald E. Lenci
  • Flow Tube Reactor
    Publication number: 20140178959
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for increasing fermentation rates of microbes via biostimulation are provided. Electrodes are preferably positioned along an interior or exterior of a tube-shaped component to administer electromagnetic/electric pulses to a solution comprising a microbe. Systems can advantageously be used in new biofuels production plants, or in existing biofuels production plants without the need for significant retrofits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: COLORADO ENERGY RESEARCH TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Wayne J. Powell, Robert D. Boehmer, Lee L. Johnson, Ken Swartz, Donald E. Lenci
  • Method and apparatus for improved temperature control in microfluidic devices
    Patent number: 7440684
    Abstract: A microfluidic system and method for employing it to control fluid temperatures of fluids residing within microchannels of a microfluidic device. The microfluidic device is provided with a top layer and a bottom layer and microchannels configured therebetween. Temperature of the fluid within the microchannels is controlled in various ways including the use of electrical resistive heating elements and by providing zones located in contact with the top and bottom layers of the microfluidic device for circulating heat transfer of fluid therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Inventors: Michael A. Spaid, Andrea W. Chow, Yevgeny Yurkovetsky, Seth R. Stern, Allen R. Boronkay, Morten Juel Jensen, Carlton F. Brooks, Ken Swartz
  • Method and apparatus for improved temperature control in microfluidic devices
    Publication number: 20060188979
    Abstract: A microfluidic system and method for employing it to control fluid temperatures of fluids residing within microchannels of a microfluidic device. The microfluidic device is provided with a top layer and a bottom layer and microchannels configured therebetween. Temperature of the fluid within the microchannels is controlled in various ways including the use of electrical resistive heating elements and by providing zones located in contact with the top and bottom layers of the microfluidic device for circulating heat transfer of fluid therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Spaid, Andrea Chow, Yevgeny Yurkovetsky, Seth Stern, Allen Boronkay, Morten Jensen, Carlton Brooks, Ken Swartz