Patents by Inventor Robert G. Luo

Robert G. Luo 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: 6986847
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for recovering bioproducts from a feed solution. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a module housing, a membrane means disposed in the housing for filtering the bioproducts from the feed solution wherein a portion of the membrane means is coated with a polymeric coating, and an adsorbent bed disposed in the housing for retaining the bioproducts which permeate through the membrane, wherein the apparatus is adapted to allow fractionation and purification of the retained bioproducts from the bed by elution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kamalesh K. Sirkar, Robert G. Luo, Yanke Xu, Xiao-Ping Dai
  • Publication number: 20040069710
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for recovering bioproducts from a feed solution. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a module housing, a membrane means disposed in the housing for filtering the bioproducts from the feed solution wherein a portion of the membrane means is coated with a polymeric coating, and an adsorbent bed disposed in the housing for retaining the bioproducts which permeate through the membrane, wherein the apparatus is adapted to allow fractionation and purification of the retained bioproducts from the bed by elution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Kamalesh K. Sirkar, Robert G. Luo, Yanke Xu, Xiao-Ping Dai
  • Patent number: 6022477
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for recovering bioproducts from a feed solution. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a module housing, a membrane disposed in the housing for filtering the bioproducts from the feed solution, and an adsorbent bed disposed in the housing for retaining the bioproducts which permeate through the membrane, wherein the apparatus is adapted to allow fractionation and purification of the retained bioproducts from the bed by elution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Robert G. Luo, Kamalesh K. Sirkar