Patents by Inventor R. Greg Thorn

R. Greg Thorn 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: 6953685
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel white rot lignin-modifying fungus Flavodon flavus deposited at National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, at accession No. 312 which is being deposited in ATCC with accession No. ______, and a process for removal of dyes in dye-containing waste-waters and soil, said process comprising the steps of growing the white rot fungus Flavodon flavus in a nutrient medium containing assimilable carbon and nitrogen source, having optimal salinity up to 15 parts per thousand for a period of about 4-10 days, contacting biomass with effluents containing dyes for a period of at least 5 days followed by separation of the fungal biomass from the effluents by conventional methods to render the effluents substantially free of dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Chandralata Raghukumar, Trevor M. D'Souza, R. Greg Thorn, C. A. Reddy
  • Publication number: 20020151038
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel white rot lignin-modifying fungus Flavodon flavus deposited at National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, at accession No. 312 which is being deposited in ATCC with accession No. ___, and a process for removal of dyes in dye-containing waste-waters and soil, said process comprising the steps of growing the white rot fungus Flavodon flavus in a nutrient medium containing assimilable carbon and nitrogen source, having optimal salinity up to 15 parts per thousand for a period of about 4-10 days, contacting biomass with effluents containing dyes for a period of at least 5 days followed by separation of the fungal biomass from the effluents by conventional methods to render the effluents substantially free of dyes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Chandralata Raghukumar, Trevor M. D'Souza, R. Greg Thorn, C. A. Reddy
  • Patent number: 6395534
    Abstract: The invention relates to a biologically pure culture of white rot lignin-modifying fungus Flavodon flavus for simultaneous decolorization and detoxification of molasses spent wash or water/soil contaminated with molasses spent wash. The Flavodon flavus has been deposited at the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, bearing Accession No. NIOCC #312 and has also been deposited at Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL), 1815 North University Street, Peoria, Ill. 61604, U.S.A., bearing Accession No. NRRL 30302 on Mar. 10, 2000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Chandralata Raghukumar, Trevor M. D'Souza, R. Greg Thorn, C. A. Reddy