Patents by Inventor Marshall Medoff

Marshall Medoff 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).

  • Treating biomass
    Patent number: 9659748
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for processing cellulosic and lignocellulosic materials and useful intermediates and products, such as energy and fuels. For example, irradiating methods and systems are described to aid in the processing of the cellulosic and lignocellulosic materials. The electron beam accelerator has multiple windows foils and these foils are cooled with cooling gas. In one configuration a secondary foil is integral to the electron beam accelerator and in another configuration the secondary foil is part of the enclosure for the biomass conveying system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: XYLECO, INC.
    Inventors: Marshall Medoff, Anthony Peters, Thomas Craig Masterman, Robert Paradis, Kenny Kin-Chui Ip
  • EQUIPMENT PROTECTING ENCLOSURES
    Publication number: 20170140845
    Abstract: Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, systems and methods are described that can be used to treat feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, in a vault in which the equipment is protected from radiation and hazardous gases by equipment enclosures. The equipment enclosures may be purged with gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Marshall Medoff, Thomas Craig Masterman, Robert Paradis
  • AGLYCOSYLATED ENZYME AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170137797
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising an aglycosylated polypeptide having cellobiase activity, and methods for producing and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: XYLECO, INC.
    Inventors: Marshall Medoff, Natasha Kreder, James Lynch, Sean Landry, Aiichiro Yoshida, Desiree Pangilinan, Thomas Craig Masterman
  • PROCESSING BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20170130252
    Abstract: Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, microbial, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as food products and amino acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Marshall MEDOFF
  • Processing materials
    Patent number: 9644244
    Abstract: Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, systems and methods are described that can be used to treat feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, while cooling equipment and the biomass to prevent overheating and possible distortion and/or degradation. The biomass is conveyed by a conveyor, which conveys the biomass under an electron beam from an electron beam accelerator. The conveyor can be cooled with cooling fluid. The conveyor can also vibrate to facilitate exposure to the electron beam. The conveyor can be configured as a trough that can be optionally cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: XYLECO, INC.
    Inventors: Marshall Medoff, Thomas Craig Masterman, Robert Paradis
  • FIBROUS MATERIALS AND COMPOSITES
    Publication number: 20170120480
    Abstract: Fibrous materials, compositions that include fibrous materials, and uses of the fibrous materials and compositions are disclosed. For example, the fibrous materials can be operated on by a microorganism to produce ethanol or a by-product, such as a protein or lignin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Marshall Medoff
  • PROCESSING BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20170121737
    Abstract: Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as fuels. For example, systems can use feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, to proceed ethanol and/or butanol, e.g., by fermentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Marshall Medoff, Thomas Craig Masterman
  • Upgrading process streams
    Patent number: 9637802
    Abstract: Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. Systems, methods and equipment are described for upgrading process streams using electrodialysis or electrodialysis reversal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Xyleco, Inc.
    Inventors: Marshall Medoff, Thomas Craig Masterman, Maia Stapleton Mukherjee, Christopher Cooper
  • Processing materials
    Patent number: 9631208
    Abstract: Biomass feedstocks (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) are processed to produce useful products, such as fuels. For example, systems are described that can convert feedstock materials to a sugar solution, which can then be fermented to produce ethanol. Biomass feedstock is saccharified in a vessel by operation of a jet mixer, the vessel also containing a liquid medium and a saccharifying agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: XYLECO, INC.
    Inventors: Marshall Medoff, Thomas Craig Masterman
  • Processing materials
    Patent number: 9624443
    Abstract: Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as fuels. For example, systems are described that can use feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials and/or starchy materials, to produce ethanol and/or butanol, e.g., by fermentation. Hydrocarbon-containing materials are also used as feedstocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: XYLECO, INC.
    Inventor: Marshall Medoff
  • PROCESSING BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20170096718
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for processing cellulosic and lignocellulosic materials into useful intermediates and products, such as energy and fuels. For example, conveying systems and methods, such as highly efficient vibratory conveyors, are described for the processing of the cellulosic and lignocellulosic materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Marshall MEDOFF, Thomas Craig MASTERMAN, Robert PARADIS
  • CELLULOSIC AND LIGNOCELLULOSIC STRUCTURAL MATERIALS AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20170095942
    Abstract: Methods of treating wood and wood products include irradiating untreated wood having a first molecular weight with ionizing radiation to cause an increase in the molecular weight of a cellulosic component of the wood to a second, relatively higher molecular weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventor: Marshall Medoff
  • Controlling process gases
    Patent number: 9611516
    Abstract: Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, equipment, systems and methods are described that can be used to treat feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, in a vault in which hazardous gases are removed, destroyed and/or converted. The treatments are efficient and can reduce the recalcitrance of the lignocellulosic material so that it is easier to produce an intermediate or product, e.g., sugars, alcohols, sugar alcohols and energy, from the lignocellulosic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: XYLECO, INC.
    Inventors: Marshall Medoff, Thomas Craig Masterman, Robert Paradis
  • Processing biomass
    Patent number: 9605287
    Abstract: Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, microbial, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as food products and amino acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Xyleco, Inc.
    Inventor: Marshall Medoff
  • Processing biomass
    Patent number: 9605288
    Abstract: Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, microbial, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as food products and amino acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Xyleco, Inc.
    Inventor: Marshall Medoff
  • Processing hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 9593564
    Abstract: Systems and methods that include providing, e.g., obtaining or preparing, a material that includes a hydrocarbon carried by an inorganic substrate, and exposing the material to a plurality of energetic particles, such as accelerated charged particles, such as electrons or ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: XYLECO, INC.
    Inventor: Marshall Medoff
  • Conversion of Biomass
    Publication number: 20170066736
    Abstract: Biomass feedstocks (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) are processed to produce useful products, such as fuels. For example, systems are described that can convert feedstock materials to a sugar solution, especially, xylose, which can then be chemically converted to furfural and furfural-derived products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Marshall MEDOFF, Thomas Craig MASTERMAN, Christopher COOPER, Jihan KHAN
  • Textiles and methods and systems for producing textiles
    Patent number: 9587349
    Abstract: Textiles are provided that include fibrous cellulosic materials having an ?-cellulose content of less than about 93%, the fibrous materials being spun, woven, knitted, or entangled. The fibrous cellulosic materials can be irradiated with a dose of ionizing radiation that is sufficient to increase the molecular weight of the cellulosic materials without causing significant depolymerization of the cellulosic materials. Methods of treating textiles that include irradiating the textiles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: XYLECO, INC.
    Inventor: Marshall Medoff
  • Processing biomass
    Patent number: 9586341
    Abstract: Methods are provided for reducing one or more dimensions of individual pieces of biomass; treating biomass, such as size-reduced biomass; changing a molecular structure of a biomass material; and, optionally, subjecting the biomass to a primary process to form a product. The methods include processing biomass materials using a screw extrusion process, and treating the biomass material with a screw extrusion process in size-reduction and treating steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: XYLECO, INC.
    Inventor: Marshall Medoff
  • Processing biomass
    Patent number: 9587258
    Abstract: Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, microbial, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as food products and amino acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Xyleco, Inc.
    Inventor: Marshall Medoff