Patents by Inventor Richard Allen Kohn

Richard Allen Kohn 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).

  • Process for producing lower alkyl alcohols from cellulosic biomass using microorganisms
    Patent number: 10760102
    Abstract: At least one isolated microorganism, which converts at least 10% by weight, and preferably 50% by weight, of cellulosic biomass to a lower alkyl alcohol by direct digestion, and which produces at least 4% by volume of the lower alkyl alcohol in an aqueous-based digestion medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventors: Richard Allen Kohn, Seon-Woo Kim
  • Process and composition for production of organic products
    Patent number: 9752166
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a process to produce organic products from a single-carbon substrate; microbial compositions used in the process; and a process to isolate microorganisms for the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Inventor: Richard Allen Kohn
  • Process to produce organic compounds from synthesis gases
    Patent number: 9738910
    Abstract: At least one isolated microorganism and a fermentation method to convert hydrogen gas, carbon dioxide gas, and/or carbon monoxide gas to a lower alkyl alcohol and/or carboxylic acid and to produce at least 2% by volume of the lower alkyl alcohol or carboxylic acid in an aqueous-based medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Allen Kohn, Seon-Woo Kim
  • PROCESS TO PRODUCE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM SYNTHESIS GASES
    Publication number: 20170233770
    Abstract: At least one isolated microorganism and a fermentation method to convert hydrogen gas, carbon dioxide gas, and/or carbon monoxide gas to a lower alkyl alcohol and/or carboxylic acid and to produce at least 2% by volume of the lower alkyl alcohol or carboxylic acid in an aqueous-based medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Allen Kohn, Seon-Woo Kim
  • Process for rapid anaerobic digestion of biomass using microbes and the production of biofuels therefrom
    Patent number: 9376692
    Abstract: A process for effecting anaerobic digestion of plant biomass, which entails the step of anaerobically digesting plant biomass with at least one species of rumen microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
    Inventor: Richard Allen Kohn
  • PROCESS AND COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20160145658
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a process to produce organic products from a single-carbon substrate; microbial compositions used in the process; and a process to isolate microorganisms for the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Allen Kohn
  • Process and composition for production of organic products
    Patent number: 9290734
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a process to produce organic products from a single-carbon substrate; microbial compositions used in the process; and a process to isolate microorganisms for the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Allen Kohn
  • Process for producing fermentation products and fermentation medium compositions therefor
    Publication number: 20160032324
    Abstract: Fermentation products (e.g., bio-products such as hydrocarbons and other organic compounds) are produced from biomass or gases through digestion and fermentation under conditions that thermodynamically favor production of the fermentation products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Allen Kohn
  • Process for producing lower alkyl alcohols from cellulosic biomass using microorganisms
    Publication number: 20160017378
    Abstract: At least one isolated microorganism, which converts at least 10% by weight, and preferably 50% by weight, of cellulosic biomass to a lower alkyl alcohol by direct digestion, and which produces at least 4% by volume of the lower alkyl alcohol in an aqueous-based digestion medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Allen Kohn, Seon-Woo Kim
  • Process for producing fermentation products and fermentation medium compositions therefor
    Patent number: 9217161
    Abstract: Fermentation products (e.g., bioproducts such as hydrocarbons and other organic compounds) are produced from biomass or gases through digestion and fermentation under conditions that thermodynamically favor production of the fermentation products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Inventor: Richard Allen Kohn
  • Process for producing lower alkyl alcohols from cellulosic biomass using microorganisms
    Patent number: 9193979
    Abstract: At least one isolated microorganizm, which converts at least 10% by weight, and preferably 50% by weight, of cellulosic biomass to a lower alkyl alcohol by direct digestion, and which produces at least 4% by volume of the lower alkyl alcohol in an aqueous-based digestion medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Allen Kohn, Seon Woo Kim
  • Process for rapid anaerobic digestion of biomass using microbes and the production of biofuels therefrom
    Patent number: 9121040
    Abstract: A process for effecting anaerobic digestion of plant biomass, which entails the step of anaerobically digesting plant biomass with at least one species of rumen microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: University of Maryland
    Inventor: Richard Allen Kohn
  • PROCESS AND COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20140273117
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a process to produce organic products from a single-carbon substrate; microbial compositions used in the process; and a process to isolate microorganisms for the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Richard Allen Kohn
  • Process to produce organic compounds from synthesis gases
    Patent number: 8535921
    Abstract: At least one isolated microorganism and a fermentation method to convert hydrogen gas, carbon dioxide gas, and/or carbon monoxide gas to a lower alkyl alcohol and/or carboxylic acid and to produce at least 2% by volume of the lower alkyl alcohol or carboxylic acid in an aqueous-based medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Inventors: Richard Allen Kohn, Seon-Woo Kim
  • PROCESS TO PRODUCE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM SYNTHESIS GASES
    Publication number: 20120270288
    Abstract: At least one isolated microorganism and a fermentation method to convert hydrogen gas, carbon dioxide gas, and/or carbon monoxide gas to a lower alkyl alcohol and/or carboxylic acid and to produce at least 2% by volume of the lower alkyl alcohol or carboxylic acid in an aqueous-based medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Richard Allen Kohn, Seon-Woo Kim
  • Process to produce organic compounds from synthesis gases
    Patent number: 8178329
    Abstract: At least one isolated microorganism and a fermentation method to convert hydrogen gas, carbon dioxide gas, and/or carbon monoxide gas to a lower alkyl alcohol and/or carboxylic acid and to produce at least 2% by volume of the lower alkyl alcohol or carboxylic acid in an aqueous-based medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Inventors: Richard Allen Kohn, Seon-Woo Kim
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FERMENTATION PRODUCTS AND FERMENTATION MEDIUM COMPOSITIONS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20120100591
    Abstract: Fermentation products (e.g., bioproducts such as hydrocarbons and other organic compounds) are produced from biomass or gases through digestion and fermentation under conditions that thermodynamically favor production of the fermentation products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventor: Richard Allen Kohn
  • PROCESS TO PRODUCE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM SYNTHESIS GASES
    Publication number: 20120034664
    Abstract: At least one isolated microorganism and a fermentation method to convert hydrogen gas, carbon dioxide gas, and/or carbon monoxide gas to a lower alkyl alcohol and/or carboxylic acid and to produce at least 2% by volume of the lower alkyl alcohol or carboxylic acid in an aqueous-based medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Richard Allen Kohn, Seon-Woo Kim
  • Process for producing lower alkyl alcohols from cellulosic biomass using microorganisms
    Publication number: 20100120106
    Abstract: At least one isolated microorganism, which converts at least 10% by weight, and preferably 50% by weight, of cellulosic biomass to a lower alkyl alcohol by direct digestion, and which produces at least 4% by volume of the lower alkyl alcohol in an aqueous-based digestion medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: University of Maryland
    Inventors: Richard Allen Kohn, Seon Woo Kim
  • Process for rapid anaerobic digestion of biomass using microbes and the production of biofuels therefrom
    Publication number: 20090137016
    Abstract: A process for effecting anaerobic digestion of plant biomass, which entails the step of anaerobically digesting plant biomass with at least one species of rumen microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventor: Richard Allen Kohn