Patents by Inventor Ralph B. Fogg

Ralph B. Fogg 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).

  • Methods for removing vicinal diols from lactic acid fermentation broth
    Patent number: 8293939
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method for removing vicinal diols from a lactic acid fermentation broth comprise the steps of contacting the lactic acid fermentation broth with functionalized silica comprising at least one hydrophobic ligand to facilitate binding of the vicinal diols to the hydrophobic ligand, and separating the contacted lactic acid fermentation broth from the functionalized silica to remove the vicinal diols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Chana W. Evans, Ralph B. Fogg, James H. Hand, Anthony Revis
  • METHODS FOR REMOVING VICINAL DIOLS FROM LACTIC ACID FERMENTATION BROTH
    Publication number: 20120029231
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method for removing vicinal diols from a lactic acid fermentation broth comprise the steps of contacting the lactic acid fermentation broth with functionalized silica comprising at least one hydrophobic ligand to facilitate binding of the vicinal diols to the hydrophobic ligand, and separating the contacted lactic acid fermentation broth from the functionalized silica to remove the vicinal diols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Chana W. Evans, Ralph B. Fogg, James H. Hand, Anthony Revis