Patents by Inventor Robert South

Robert South 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: 9840621
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, at least in part, to compositions comprising lignocellulosic biomass and an organic solvent wherein the lignocellulosic biomass comprises 35% or greater of lignin material. The present disclosure relates, at least in part, to compositions comprising lignocellulosic biomass and an organic solvent wherein the lignocellulosic biomass comprises 50% or less of carbohydrate. In certain embodiments the present compositions may have a viscosity of 5000 cps or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Fibria Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Robert South, Mikhail Yurevich Balakshin, Ewellyn Capanema
  • Patent number: 8839778
    Abstract: A concrete saw is disclosed having a rigid metal frame, a hydraulic drive system, a water-cooled hub, and an axially rotatable trigger assembly comprising a 12 volt switch. The saw may include a hydraulic pump operable to supply pressurized hydraulic fluid to the drive system. In some embodiments, the saw may includes a flow sharing valve fluidly coupled to the hydraulic drive system to distribute the pressurized hydraulic fluid from the a hydraulic pump in a portable power pack. A method of removing trip hazards with the saw is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Inventor: Jeffery Robert South
  • Publication number: 20140046041
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, at least in part, to compositions comprising lignocellulosic biomass and an organic solvent wherein the lignocellulosic biomass comprises 35% or greater of lignin material. The present disclosure relates, at least in part, to compositions comprising lignocellulosic biomass and an organic solvent wherein the lignocellulosic biomass comprises 50% or less of carbohydrate. In certain embodiments the present compositions may have a viscosity of 5000 cps or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Lignol Innovations Ltd.
    Inventors: Colin Robert SOUTH, Mikhail Yurevich BALAKSHIN, Ewellyn CAPANEMA
  • Publication number: 20130098346
    Abstract: A concrete saw is disclosed having a rigid metal frame, a hydraulic drive system, a water-cooled hub, and an axially rotatable trigger assembly comprising a 12 volt switch. The saw may include a hydraulic pump operable to supply pressurized hydraulic fluid to the drive system. In some embodiments, the saw may includes a flow sharing valve fluidly coupled to the hydraulic drive system to distribute the pressurized hydraulic fluid from the a hydraulic pump in a portable power pack. A method of removing trip hazards with the saw is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventor: Jeffery Robert South
  • Patent number: 7847154
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods useful for producing plant cells or plants with altered tolerance to at least one environmental stress selected from drought, cold, freezing, heat and salinity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Inventors: Sathish Puthigae, Jonathan Robert Phillips, Claudia Jeannette Smith-Espinoza, Catherine Jane Bryant, Kieran Michael Elborough, Colin Robert South, Fredy Altpeter
  • Publication number: 20100251427
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods useful for producing plant cells or plants with altered tolerance to at least one environmental stress selected from drought, cold, freezing, heat and salinity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Sathish Puthigae, Jonathan Robert Phillips, Claudia Jeannette Smith-Espinoza, Catherine Jane Bryant, Kieran Michael Elborough, Colin Robert South
  • Patent number: 7763775
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods useful for producing a plant cell or plant with altered tolerance to drought by transformation of the plant cell or plant with a genetic construct encoding a polypeptide with at least 90% identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Vialactia Biosciences (NZ) Limited
    Inventors: Sathish Puthigae, Jonathan Robert Phillips, Claudia Jeannette Smith-Espinoza, Catherine Jane Bryant, Kieran Michael Elborough, Colin Robert South
  • Patent number: 7659449
    Abstract: Isolated stress-responsiveness promoters suitable for directing gene expression in plant cells or plants are provided, along with constructs, vectors, host cells, plant cells and plant comprising the promoters. Methods for producing plant cells or plants with modified phenotype via transformation of the plant cells or plants with the promoters are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Fonterra Co-Operative Group Limited
    Inventors: Claudia Jeanette Smith-Espinoza, Sathish Puthigae, Jonathan Robert Phillips, Catherine Jane Bryant, Kieran Michael Elborough, Colin Robert South
  • Publication number: 20100005546
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods useful for producing plant cells or plants with altered tolerance to at least one environmental stress selected from drought, cold, freezing, heat and salinity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Sathish Puthigae, Jonathan Robert Philips, Claudia Jeannette Smith-Espinoza, Catherine Jane Bryant, Kleran Michael Elborough, Colin Robert South, Fredy Altpeter
  • Publication number: 20080282430
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods useful for producing plant cells or plants with altered tolerance to at least one environmental stress selected from drought, cold, freezing, heat and salinity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Sathish Puthigae, Jonathan Robert Phillips, Claudia Jeannette Smith-Espinoza, Catherine Jane Bryant, Kieran Michael Elborough, Colin Robert South, Fredy Altpeter
  • Publication number: 20070054041
    Abstract: A fusible quilt batt. The fusible batt includes a non-woven fibrous web and a heat sealable and releasable adhesive. The adhesive is coated on the outer surface of the web and insinuates between the fibers of the web internally. The adhesive thus binds the fibers of the web and provides a tackiness sufficient to allow the web to be applied to a backing material at an elevated temperature and removed from the backing at room temperature or an elevated temperature. After removal of the web from the backing material it may be reapplied to a backing material at an elevated temperature. The attachment, removal and reattachment process is repeatable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventor: Robert South