Patents by Inventor Larry L. Lehr

Larry L. Lehr 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).

  • Method and apparatus for transforming waste into fuel ethanol
    Patent number: 9062333
    Abstract: The present invention describes substrates (feedstocks) used in the production of fuel ethanol and describes the process by which the alcohol is produced. The inventors process animal, vegetable, industrial food waste or a mixture of wastes in a process involving saccharification and fermentation reactions to produce a mixture of fuel ethanol water and carbon-dioxide, which is subsequently separated to recover 95 vol. % ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES
    Inventor: Larry L. Lehr
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFORMING WASTE INTO FUEL ETHANOL
    Publication number: 20110039318
    Abstract: The present invention describes substrates (feedstocks) used in the production of fuel ethanol and describes the process by which the alcohol is produced. The inventors process animal, vegetable, industrial food waste or a mixture of wastes in a process involving saccharification and fermentation reactions to produce a mixture of fuel ethanol water and carbon-dioxide, which is subsequently separated to recover 95 vol. % ethanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES
    Inventor: Larry L. Lehr