Patents by Inventor Lewis Spencer

Lewis Spencer 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 AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DIGESTION OF ORGANIC WASTE
    Publication number: 20150321968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process wherein organic material derived from plant and animal material is processed to recover nutritional elements. In particular, there is provided a process for releasing nutritional elements from plant and animal material comprising the steps of treating the material with one or more enzymes to digest said material under appropriate conditions and separating the resulting liquid hydrolysate from the undigested material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Young, Lewis A. Spencer
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE-DRIVEN PLUG TRANSPORT AND REACTION
    Publication number: 20150099264
    Abstract: The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Rustem F. Ismagilov, Joshua David Tice, Helen Song, Lewis Spencer Roach
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DIGESTION OF ORGANIC WASTE
    Publication number: 20140366596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process wherein organic material derived from plant and animal material is processed to recover nutritional elements. In particular, there is provided a process for releasing nutritional elements from plant and animal material comprising the steps of treating the material with one or more enzymes to digest said material under appropriate conditions and separating the resulting liquid hydrolysate from the undigested material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Young, Lewis A. Spencer
  • Device and method for pressure-driven plug transport and reaction
    Patent number: 8889083
    Abstract: The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Chicago
    Inventors: Rustem F. Ismagilov, Joshua David Tice, Helen Song, Lewis Spencer Roach, Jr.
  • Methods and Compositions for Digestion of Organic Waste
    Publication number: 20090162923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process wherein organic material derived from plant and animal material is processed to recover nutritional elements. In particular, there is provided a process for releasing nutritional elements from plant and animal material comprising the steps of treating the material with one or more enzymes to digest said material under appropriate conditions and separating the resulting liquid hydrolysate from the undigested material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Young, Lewis A. Spencer