Patents by Inventor Mary Bjorklund

Mary Bjorklund 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).

  • INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR GENERATING ACID ANHYDRIDES
    Publication number: 20220371983
    Abstract: Provided is a first process of producing an anhydride of an organic mono-acid comprising performing a transanhydridization reaction of an organic mono-acid and a thermally regenerable anhydride to produce the anhydride of the organic mono-acid and an acid of the thermally regenerable anhydride, wherein at least one of the organic mono-acid and thermally regenerable anhydride is provided by a preprocess that is integrated with the first process. An anhydride production system that is integrated with at least one preprocess, a wood acetylation process coupled to an acetic anhydride production process, a process of supplying an acetic acid reactant feed to a transanhydridization reaction unit, and an integrated wood acetylation and anhydride production system also are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Hyconix, Inc.
    Inventors: Johnathan Gorke, Brian Hashiguchi, Michael Konnick, Jay Kouba, Erik Scher, Jeremy Patt, Mary Bjorklund
  • Systems and methods of refining natural oil feedstocks and derivatives thereof
    Patent number: 9328055
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for refining natural oil feedstocks. In some embodiments, the methods comprise transesterifying glycerides in a natural oil feedstock to provide a transesterified product comprising monounsaturated fatty acid esters and polyunsaturated fatty acid esters. In some embodiments, the methods comprise separating the polyunsaturated fatty acid esters from the monounsaturated fatty acid esters (or vice versa), to provide a separated monounsaturated fatty acid ester composition having a ratio of at least 10 parts by weight of monounsaturated fatty acid esters for every 1 part by weight of polyunsaturated fatty acid esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Chander Balakrishnan, Yenamandra Viswanath, Efimia Metsi-Guckel, Mary Bjorklund, Yongyou Hu, Jason Bronkema
  • Systems and Methods of Refining Natural Oil Feedstocks and Derivatives Thereof
    Publication number: 20150266802
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for refining natural oil feedstocks. In some embodiments, the methods comprise transesterifying glycerides in a natural oil feedstock to provide a transesterified product comprising monounsaturated fatty acid esters and polyunsaturated fatty acid esters. In some embodiments, the methods comprise separating the polyunsaturated fatty acid esters from the monounsaturated fatty acid esters (or vice versa), to provide a separated monounsaturated fatty acid ester composition having a ratio of at least 10 parts by weight of monounsaturated fatty acid esters for every 1 part by weight of polyunsaturated fatty acid esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: ELEVANCE RENEWABLE SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Chander Balakrishnan, Yenamandra Viswanath, Efima Metsi-Guckel, Mary Bjorklund, Yongyou Hu, Jason Bronkema