Patents by Inventor Pete Thompson

Pete Thompson 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).

  • Publication number: 20120270275
    Abstract: The present invention provides processes, inter alia, for the treatment of a starch-based feedstock. The processes include mixing together a starch-based feedstock and a working fluid to form a slurry, hydrating the starch-based feedstock with the working fluid, adding an enzyme to the slurry, pumping the slurry into a substantially constant diameter passage of a fluid mover, and injecting a high velocity transport fluid into the slurry through one or more nozzles communicating with the passage, thereby further hydrating and heating the starch-based feedstock and dispersing the starch content of the slurry. Apparatuses for carrying out such processes are also provided. Processes for converting starch in feedstocks into oligosaccharides and systems for producing sugars and ethanol using the processes and apparatuses of the invention are also provided. Processes for calculating ethanol yield using the apparatuses are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Marcus Brian Mayhall FENTON, Tsz Hang Emily HO, Robert SCOTT, Pete THOMPSON
  • Patent number: 7401704
    Abstract: A conveyor apparatus for conveying solid material in a process vessel includes, a first baffle set comprising a plurality of inclined baffles located above the eductors and arranged to restrict upward flow of solids in the direction of movement of the solids. A second baffle set may be used to prevent particles rebounding from an end wall and back into upper levels of the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Cyclotech Limited
    Inventors: David Hadfield, Michael Hess, Alastair Sinker, Ian Smyth, Pete Thompson
  • Publication number: 20060006126
    Abstract: A conveyor apparatus for conveying solid material in a process vessel includes, a first baffle set comprising a plurality of inclined baffles located above the eductors and arranged to restrict upward flow of solids in the direction of movement of the solids. A second baffle set may be used to prevent particles rebounding from the end wall and back into upper levels of the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: David Hadfield, Michael Hess, Alastair Sinker, Ian Smyth, Pete Thompson