Patents by Inventor Niels Bech
Niels Bech 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).
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Patent number: 10195576Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor for a pyrolysis centrifuge reactor, said rotor comprising a rotor body having a longitudinal center axis, and at least one pivotally mounted blade being adapted to pivot around a pivot axis under rotation of the rotor body around the longitudinal center axis. Moreover, the present invention relates to a pyrolysis centrifuge reactor applying such a rotor.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Danmarks Tekniske UniversitetInventors: Peter Arendt Jensen, Trung Ngoc Trinh, Rasmus Lundgaard Christensen, Kim Dam-Johansen, Niels Bech
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Patent number: 9751918Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of transgenic plants for the expression of vitamin B12 (cobalamin) binding proteins. Plant cells are transformed with nucleotide sequences adapted for expression and secretion of vitamin B12 binding proteins. The present invention also relates to the use of recombinant vitamin B12 binding proteins from plants in analytical tests and treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency. Also disclosed is a method for purification of recombinant vitamin B12 binding proteins.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2009Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: XERAGENX LLCInventors: Lars Erik Berglund, Torben Ellebaek Petersen, Sergey Nikolaevich Fedosov, Ebba Nexo, Niels Bech Laursen, Erik Ostergaard Jensen
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Publication number: 20170136431Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor for a pyrolysis centrifuge reactor, said rotor comprising a rotor body having a longitudinal centre axis, and at least one pivotally mounted blade being adapted to pivot around a pivot axis under rotation of the rotor body around the longitudinal centre axis. Moreover, the present invention relates to a pyrolysis centrifuge reactor applying such a rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITETInventors: Peter Arendt JENSEN, Trung Ngoc TRINH, Rasmus Lundgaard CHRISTENSEN, Kim DAM-JOHANSEN, Niels BECH
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Publication number: 20150157731Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of transgenic plants for the expression of vitamin B12 (cobalamin) binding proteins. Plant cells are transformed with nucleotide sequences adapted for expression and secretion of vitamin B12 binding proteins. The present invention also relates to the use of recombinant vitamin B12 binding proteins from plants in analytical tests and treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency. Also disclosed is a method for purification of recombinant vitamin B12 binding proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Lars Erik Berglund, Torben Eilebaek Petersen, Sergey Nikolaevich Fedosov, Ebba Nexo, Niels Bech Laursen, Erik Ostergaard Jensen
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Publication number: 20150158922Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of transgenic plants for the expression of vitamin B12 (cobalamin) binding proteins. Plant cells are transformed with nucleotide sequences adapted for expression and secretion of vitamin B12 binding proteins. The present invention also relates to the use of recombinant vitamin B12 binding proteins from plants in analytical tests and treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency. Also disclosed is a method for purification of recombinant vitamin B12 binding proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Lars Erik Berglund, Torben Eilebaek Petersen, Sergey Nikolaevich Fedosov, Ebba Nexo, Niels Bech Laursen, Erik Ostergaard Jensen
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Publication number: 20150158920Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of transgenic plants for the expression of vitamin B12 (cobalamin) binding proteins. Plant cells are transformed with nucleotide sequences adapted for expression and secretion of vitamin B12 binding proteins. The present invention also relates to the use of recombinant vitamin B12 binding proteins from plants in analytical tests and treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency. Also disclosed is a method for purification of recombinant vitamin B12 binding proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Lars Erik Berglund, Torben Eilebaek Petersen, Sergey Nikolaevich Fedosov, Ebba Nexo, Niels Bech Laursen, Erik Ostergaard Jensen
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Patent number: 7935227Abstract: A method for collecting biomass, such as straw, and for producing a pyrolysis liquid, such as oil or tar, from the biomass, includes the step of collecting the biomass from a growth site, e.g. a field, by means of a mobile unit. The biomass is continuously fed into a pyrolysis apparatus accommodated by the mobile unit, as the mobile unit is moved across the growth site. While the biomass is processed in the pyrolysis apparatus, further biomass is simultaneously being collected. The pyrolysis apparatus may be a flash pyrolysis or fast pyrolysis apparatus relying on centrifugal forces for forcing biomass towards a reactive surface in a pyrolysis reactor. The mobile unit may be self-propelled.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2006Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Danmarks Tekniske UniversitetInventors: Kim Dam-Johansen, Niels Bech
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Patent number: 7931783Abstract: A fast pyrolysis apparatus (200) for producing pyrolysis liquid, such as oil or tar, char and pyrolysis gas from biomass, such as straw, comprises a centrifuge chamber (204) and a rotor (210) arranged to impart rotation on the biomass in the centrifuge chamber to force the biomass outwardly under the action of centrifugal forces. A furnace (206) arranged coaxially around the centrifuge chamber (204) maintains the temperature at an outer reactive wall of the centrifuge chamber at an elevated temperature to effect the pyrolysis process at or near the reactive wall. The apparatus comprises a condenser (218) arranged coaxially with and surrounded by the centrifuge chamber (204). The apparatus may be accommodated by a mobile unit for simultaneously collecting biomass from a field and processing the biomass in the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2006Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Danmarks Tekniske UniversitetInventors: Kim Dam-Johansen, Niels Bech, Peter A. Jensen
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Publication number: 20100184642Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of transgenic plants for the expression of vitamin B12 (cobalamin) binding proteins. Plant cells are transformed with nucleotide sequences adapted for expression and secretion of vitamin B12 binding proteins. The present invention also relates to the use of recombinant vitamin B12 binding proteins from plants in analytical tests and treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency. Also disclosed is a method for purification of recombinant vitamin B12 binding proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: DrugTech CorporationInventors: Lars Erik Berglund, Torben Ellebaek Petersen, Sergey Nikolaevich Fedosov, Ebba Nexo, Niels Bech Laursen, Erik Ostergaard Jensen
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Publication number: 20090090058Abstract: A method for collecting biomass, such as straw, and for producing a pyrolysis liquid, such as oil or tar, from the biomass, comprises the step of collecting the biomass from a growth site, e.g. a field, by means of a mobile unit. The biomass is continuously fed into a pyrolysis apparatus (200) accommodated by the mobile unit, as the mobile unit is moved across the growth site. While the biomass is processed in the pyrolysis apparatus, further biomass is simultaneously being collected. The pyrolysis apparatus may be a flash pyrolysis or fast pyrolysis apparatus relying on centrifugal forces for forcing biomass towards a reactive surface in a pyrolysis reactor. The mobile unit may be self-propelled.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2006Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventors: Kim Dam-Johansen, Niels Bech
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Publication number: 20080264771Abstract: A fast pyrolysis apparatus (200) for producing pyrolysis liquid, such as oil or tar, char and pyrolysis gas from biomass, such as straw, comprises a centrifuge chamber (204) and a rotor (210) arranged to impart rotation on the biomass in the centrifuge chamber to force the biomass outwardly under the action of centrifugal forces. A furnace (206) arranged coaxially around the centrifuge chamber (204) maintains the temperature at an outer reactive wall of the centrifuge chamber at an elevated temperature to effect the pyrolysis process at or near the reactive wall. The apparatus comprises a condenser (218) arranged coaxially with and surrounded by the centrifuge chamber (204). The apparatus may be accommodated by a mobile unit for simultaneously collecting biomass from a field and processing the biomass in the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2006Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Kim Dam-Johansen, Niels Bech, Peter. A. Jensen
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Publication number: 20040268440Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of transgenic plants for the expression of vitamin B12 (cobalamin) binding proteins. Plant cells are transformed with nucleotide sequences adapted for expression and secretion of vitamin B12 binding proteins. The present invention also relates to the use of recombinant vitamin B12 binding proteins from plants in analytical tests and treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency. Also disclosed is a method for purification of recombinant vitamin B12 binding proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventors: Lars Erik Berglund, Torben Ellebaek Petersen, Sergey Nikolaevich Fedosov, Ebba Nexo, Niels Bech Laursen, Erik Ostergaard Jensen