Patents by Inventor Paul VAN ECK

Paul VAN ECK 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).

  • Patent number: 11939611
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes biocatalytic processes for producing a product, comprising providing an aqueous stream (AS) comprising at least one fermentable substrate and a gaseous stream (GS) comprising at least one of CO2/H2, H2, methane, and/or CO to a fermentation zone, wherein the GS and AS stream are optionally contacted and/or mixed; the fermentation zone comprising at least one organism capable of metabolizing an AS substrate and a GS substrate, wherein the fermentation operates at conditions to mixotrophically metabolize at least one gaseous substrate in the GS and at least one substrate in the AS, producing the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: INV NYLON CHEMICALS AMERICAS, LLC
    Inventors: Gary Smith, Alex Van Eck Conradie, Gregory S. Kirby, Paul S. Pearlman
  • Patent number: 11783243
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: establishing a relationship graph for a certain user, the relationship graph having a primary node that specifies the certain user and a plurality of lower order nodes, wherein the primary node and at least one lower order node of the plurality of lower order nodes is connected to at least one other node by an edge so that there are defined a plurality of edges; generating a prioritized list of individuals to provide assistance to the certain user in respect to the certain task based on populated edge weight scores for edges of the relationship graph; and providing one or more output based on the prioritized list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cindy Han Lu, Ishita Mandhan, Thai Quoc Tran, Paul Van Eck
  • Publication number: 20190087767
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: establishing a relationship graph for a certain user, the relationship graph having a primary node that specifies the certain user and a plurality of lower order nodes, wherein the primary node and at least one lower order node of the plurality of lower order nodes is connected to at least one other node by an edge so that there are defined a plurality of edges; generating a prioritized list of individuals to provide assistance to the certain user in respect to the certain task based on populated edge weight scores for edges of the relationship graph; and providing one or more output based on the prioritized list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Cindy Han LU, Ishita MANDHAN, Thai Quoc TRAN, Paul VAN ECK