Patents by Inventor Paul Loucks

Paul Loucks 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).

  • Levulinic acid from fungal biomass
    Patent number: 8962883
    Abstract: Systems and methods for producing levulinic acid from fungal biomass are disclosed. In one implementation, a method for distilling levulinic acid from a glucosamine-containing feedstock is disclosed that yields a relatively pure (e.g., 90% or greater) levulinic acid product from an otherwise problematic waste stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Larry Todd Banner, John Andrew Bohlmann, Brian J. Brazeau, Tzyy-Jan Han, Paul Loucks, Shannon Nicole Shriver, Shuang Zhou
  • LEVULINIC ACID FROM FUNGAL BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20120178967
    Abstract: Systems and methods for producing levulinic acid from fungal biomass are disclosed. In one implementation, a method for distilling levulinic acid from a glucosamine-containing feedstock is disclosed that yields a relatively pure (e.g., 90% or greater) levulinic acid product from an otherwise problematic waste stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Todd Banner, John Bohlmann, Brian Brazeau, Tzyy-Jan Han, Paul Loucks, Shannon Shriver, Shuang Zhou