Patents by Inventor Michael Eugene Allen

Michael Eugene Allen 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).

  • Method of sanitizing a surface
    Patent number: 10400198
    Abstract: A method of sanitizing a surface is described that includes: (a) providing a pH control composition that includes at least one pH control agent (such as sodium bisulfate); (b) contacting a first feed aqueous stream with the pH control composition, thereby forming a first treated aqueous stream; (c) combining at least a portion of the first treated aqueous stream with a feed sanitizing aqueous stream that includes free available halogen, thereby forming a treated sanitizing aqueous stream that includes free available halogen (such as free available chlorine). The surface sanitizing method further includes, (d) elevating the temperature of the treated sanitizing aqueous stream, thereby forming a heated treated sanitizing aqueous stream having an elevated temperature that includes free available halogen. The heated treated sanitizing aqueous stream is applied to a surface to be sanitized (such as a poultry carcass surface).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: EAGLE US 2 LLC, SOUTHEASTERN SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard H. Ferguson, Christopher M. Kareis, Walter Neal Stanford, Michael Eugene Allen
  • Method Of Sanitizing A Surface
    Publication number: 20180057774
    Abstract: A method of sanitizing a surface is described that includes: (a) providing a pH control composition that includes at least one pH control agent (such as sodium bisulfate); (b) contacting a first feed aqueous stream with the pH control composition, thereby forming a first treated aqueous stream; (c) combining at least a portion of the first treated aqueous stream with a feed sanitizing aqueous stream that includes free available halogen, thereby forming a treated sanitizing aqueous stream that includes free available halogen (such as free available chlorine). The surface sanitizing method further includes, (d) elevating the temperature of the treated sanitizing aqueous stream, thereby forming a heated treated sanitizing aqueous stream having an elevated temperature that includes free available halogen. The heated treated sanitizing aqueous stream is applied to a surface to be sanitized (such as a poultry carcass surface).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Richard H. Ferguson, Christopher M. Kareis, Walter Neal Stanford, Michael Eugene Allen