Patents by Inventor Paul Burgener

Paul Burgener 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).

  • Apparatus and method for dehydration using microwave radiation
    Patent number: 9585419
    Abstract: An apparatus for extracting a vaporizable substance, from a material containing such substance, comprises an irradiation chamber for irradiating the material with electromagnetic radiation to vaporize the substance. The substance may comprise water and the material is dehydrated. The electromagnetic radiation comprises microwaves. The irradiation is conducted in the near-field range of the electromagnetic radiation. In one aspect, the electromagnetic radiation within the waveguide evanescently couples with the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: NUWAVE RESEARCH INC.
    Inventors: Greg Stromotich, Terumi Stromotich, Paul Burgener
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEHYDRATION USING MICROWAVE RADIATION
    Publication number: 20150313273
    Abstract: An apparatus for extracting a vaporizable substance, from a material containing such substance, comprises an irradiation chamber for irradiating the material with electromagnetic radiation to vaporize the substance. The substance may comprise water and the material is dehydrated. The electromagnetic radiation comprises microwaves. The irradiation is conducted in the near-field range of the electromagnetic radiation. In one aspect, the electromagnetic radiation within the waveguide evanescently couples with the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Greg Stromotich, Terumi Stromotich, Paul Burgener
  • Method and apparatus for microwave enhanced pasteurization and enzyme inactivation of continuously flowing product
    Patent number: 5697291
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for pasteurizing and inactivating a continuously flowing product without scorching the product. Microwave heating is used to gradually raise the temperature of the fluid up to the pasteurization or inactivation temperature. Preferably, the fluid is preheated to a temperature within a few degrees of the pasteurization or inactivation temperature. Surface conductive heating and heat regeneration can be used for economically preheating the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignees: Questron Inc., Florida Department of Citrus
    Inventors: Paul Burgener, Angelo Grillo, Lorne Roberts