Patents by Inventor Michael Anthony Schultz

Michael Anthony Schultz 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 Systems for the Production of Hydrocarbon Products
    Publication number: 20130210096
    Abstract: Methods and systems for the production of hydrocarbon products, including providing a substrate comprising CO to a bioreactor containing a culture of one or more micro-organisms; and fermenting the culture in the bioreactor to produce one or more hydrocarbon products. The substrate comprising CO is derived from an industrial process selected from the group comprising steam reforming processes, refinery processes, steam cracking processes, and reverse water gas shift processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: LANZATECH NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Schultz, James Obern, Sean Dennis Simpson
  • Methods and Systems for the Production of Hydrocarbon Products
    Publication number: 20130203143
    Abstract: Methods and systems for the production of hydrocarbon products, including providing a substrate comprising CO to a bioreactor containing a culture of one or more micro-organisms; and fermenting the culture in the bioreactor to produce one or more hydrocarbon products. The substrate comprising CO is derived from a CO2 reforming process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Lanza Tech New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Schultz, James Obern
  • FERMENTATION OF WASTE GASES
    Publication number: 20130045517
    Abstract: The invention relates to the microbial fermentation of gaseous substrates to produce one or more products. The invention relates to the microbial fermentation of a gaseous substrate derived from the conversion of a biogas stream. The invention relates to the conversion of a biogas stream comprising methane to a gaseous substrate comprising CO and/or H2, and the production of one or more products from the microbial fermentation of said gaseous substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: LANZATECH NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Simon David Oakley, Joss Anton Coombes, Sean Dennis Simpson, Bjorn Daniel Heijstra, Michael Anthony Schultz, Sean Molloy
  • Process for the Production of Esters
    Publication number: 20120301934
    Abstract: Methods for producing an ester from a gas comprising carbon monoxide. More specifically the invention provides for methods for producing one or more products by the anaerobic fermentation of a gaseous substrate comprising CO and the subsequent conversion of the one or more products to an ester in a down-stream reaction. The invention further provides methods for improving the efficiency of the production of esters from gaseous substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: LANZATECH NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Schultz, Derek Wayne Griffin