Patents by Inventor Melanie A. Eichmann

Melanie A. Eichmann 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 of making antimicrobial compositions and/or virucidal disinfectant compositions from vegetable oil, and related antimicrobial compositions and/or virucidal disinfectant compositions and uses
    Patent number: 12312557
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for making one or more antimicrobial compositions and/or one or more virucidal disinfectant compositions. Said methods and systems include exposing a vegetable oil composition to ozone gas to cause ozonolysis of on one or more unsaturated fatty acids present in the vegetable oil composition, thereby forming an ozonated vegetable oil composition and exposing the ozonated vegetable oil composition to a temperature greater than 60° C. while in contact with water to decompose one or more ozonide compounds and form a heat-treated, ozonated vegetable oil composition. The present disclosure also relates to one or more uses of said one or more antimicrobial compositions and/or one or more virucidal disinfectant compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: POET Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler L. Jordison, Melanie A. Eichmann, Steven T. Bly, Benjamin P. Gacke, Andrew J. Manning
  • METHODS OF MAKING ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND/OR VIRUCIDAL DISINFECTANT COMPOSITIONS FROM VEGETABLE OIL, AND RELATED ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND/OR VIRUCIDAL DISINFECTANT COMPOSITIONS AND USES
    Publication number: 20220049181
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for making one or more antimicrobial compositions and/or one or more virucidal disinfectant compositions. Said methods and systems include exposing a vegetable oil composition to ozone gas to cause ozonolysis of on one or more unsaturated fatty acids present in the vegetable oil composition, thereby forming an ozonated vegetable oil composition and exposing the ozonated vegetable oil composition to a temperature greater than 60° C. while in contact with water to decompose one or more ozonide compounds and form a heat-treated, ozonated vegetable oil composition. The present disclosure also relates to one or more uses of said one or more antimicrobial compositions and/or one or more virucidal disinfectant compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Tyler L. Jordison, Melanie A. Eichmann, Steven T. Bly, Benjamin P. Gacke, Andrew J. Manning
  • Methods and systems for propagation of a microorganism using a pulp mill and/or a paper mill waste by-product, and related methods and systems
    Patent number: 10920247
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to using a source of one or more monosaccharides derived from a pulp or paper mill waste by-product for propagating microorganisms (e.g., yeast or bacteria). If desired, after propagation, the microorganisms can then be used to ferment one or more monosaccharides derived from a pulp or paper mill waste by-product into one or more biochemicals. Optionally, a stillage composition can be included in propagation medium to facilitate propagation and/or a stillage composition can be used to facilitate enzymatic hydrolysis of oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides in a pulp or paper mill waste by-product to form monosaccharides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: POET Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Cory J. Sarks, Alex C. Johnson, Malgorzata M. Slupska, Zachary J. Karl, Melanie A. Eichmann
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROPAGATION OF A MICROORGANISM USING A PULP MILL AND/OR A PAPER MILL WASTE BY-PRODUCT, AND RELATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20190071696
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to using a source of one or more monosaccharides derived from a pulp or paper mill waste by-product for propagating microorganisms (e.g., yeast or bacteria). If desired, after propagation, the microorganisms can then be used to ferment one or more monosaccharides derived from a pulp or paper mill waste by-product into one or more biochemicals. Optionally, a stillage composition can be included in propagation medium to facilitate propagation and/or a stillage composition can be used to facilitate enzymatic hydrolysis of oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides in a pulp or paper mill waste by-product to form monosaccharides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Cory J. Sarks, Alex C. Johnson, Malgorzata M. Slupska, Zachary J. Karl, Melanie A. Eichmann