Patents by Inventor Ryan J. Gilliam

Ryan J. Gilliam 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: 12330332
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, methods, and systems related to 3D printing a reactive vaterite cement composition, comprising feeding a composition comprising reactive vaterite cement through a 3D printing machine; printing a 3D printed reactive vaterite cement product; and curing the 3D printed reactive vaterite cement product by transforming reactive vaterite cement in the 3D printed reactive vaterite cement product to aragonite and/or calcite during and/or after the curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Arelac, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan J Gilliam, Craig W Hargis, Kasra Farsad
  • Patent number: 12209319
    Abstract: Provided herein, are anode and/or cathode pan assemblies comprising unique ribs and welds configurations; electrochemical cell and/or electrolyzer containing the anode and/or the cathode pan assemblies; and methods to use and manufacture the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Verdagy, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. McWaid, Ryan J. Gilliam
  • Patent number: 12172904
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems to form calcium carbonate comprising vaterite, comprising dissolving lime in an aqueous base solution under one or more precipitation conditions to produce a precipitation material comprising calcium carbonate and a supernatant solution, wherein the calcium carbonate comprises vaterite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Arelac, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Weiss, Ryan J Gilliam
  • Patent number: 12173417
    Abstract: An electrolyzer system comprises one or more electrolyzer cells each comprising a first half cell with a first electrode and a second half cell with a second electrode and a controller to control a current applied through the one or more electrolyzer cells, wherein the controller is configured to dynamically set the current density within a current density range of from about 150 mA/cm2 to about 3000 mA/cm2, and wherein the controller is configured to set the current density to a first value when a first condition is met and to a second value when a second condition is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Verdagy, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan J. Gilliam, Brian J. Lam
  • Patent number: 12157947
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems that relate to electrochemically producing hydrogen gas by maintaining a steady-state pH differential of greater than 1 between an anode electrolyte and a cathode electrolyte in a hydrogen-gas generating electrochemical cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Verdagy, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Albrecht, Ryan J. Gilliam
  • Patent number: 12116680
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems that relate to electrochemically producing hydrogen gas by maintaining a steady-state pH differential of greater than 1 between an anode electrolyte and a cathode electrolyte in a hydrogen-gas generating electrochemical cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Verdagy, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Albrecht, Ryan J. Gilliam
  • Patent number: 12077447
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems to form calcium carbonate comprising vaterite, comprising dissolving lime in an aqueous base solution under one or more precipitation conditions to produce a precipitation material comprising calcium carbonate and a supernatant solution, wherein the calcium carbonate comprises vaterite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Arelac, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Weiss, Ryan J Gilliam
  • Patent number: 12037694
    Abstract: A method for carrying out electrolysis comprises dynamically changing a current density associated with an operation of an electrolyzer within a range of values of about 0.15 A/cm2 and 3.0 A/cm2, wherein the changing of the current density associated with the operation of the electrolyzer is in response to a change in demand for electricity within a region where the electrolyzer is located, and wherein the changing of the current density comprises lowering the current density within the range of values of about 0.15 A/cm2 and 3.0 A/cm2 when the demand for electricity increases within the region where the electrolyzer is located and raising the current density within the range of values of about 0.15 A/cm2 and 3.0 A/cm2 when the demand for electricity decreases within the region where the electrolyzer is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Verdagy, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan J. Gilliam, Brian J. Lam
  • Publication number: 20240159128
    Abstract: Provided herein are processes and systems related to a carbon dioxide sequestration process, comprising a) calcining limestone using a fossil fuel alternative input to form a mixture comprising lime and a gaseous stream comprising more than about 30 vol % carbon dioxide; and b) treating the mixture comprising lime with atmospheric air and allowing carbon dioxide from the atmospheric air to react with the mixture and form a composition comprising calcium carbonate, calcium bicarbonate, or combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventor: Ryan J. Gilliam
  • Patent number: 11945758
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, methods, and systems related to bimodal, trimodal, and/or multi-modal distribution of reactive vaterite cement particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Arelac, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig W Hargis, Ryan J Gilliam
  • Publication number: 20240055636
    Abstract: Provided herein are anode and/or cathode pan assemblies comprising unique manifold, outlet tube, and/or baffle plate configurations; electrochemical cell and/or electrolyzer containing the anode and/or the cathode pan assemblies; and methods to use and manufacture the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas H. McWaid, Ryan J. Gilliam
  • Publication number: 20230365425
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems to form calcium carbonate comprising vaterite, comprising dissolving limestone in an aqueous base solution under one or more precipitation conditions to produce a precipitation material comprising calcium carbonate and a supernatant solution, wherein the calcium carbonate comprises vaterite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Weiss, Ryan J. Gilliam
  • Publication number: 20230339809
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, methods, and systems related to bimodal, trimodal, and/or multi-modal distribution of reactive vaterite cement particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Craig W. Hargis, Ryan J. Gilliam
  • Patent number: 11799110
    Abstract: Provided herein are anode and/or cathode pan assemblies comprising unique manifold, outlet tube, and/or baffle plate configurations; electrochemical cell and/or electrolyzer containing the anode and/or the cathode pan assemblies; and methods to use and manufacture the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Verdagy, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. McWaid, Ryan J. Gilliam
  • Publication number: 20230295040
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems to utilize cement or cement clinker as feedstock to capture carbon dioxide emissions and form a composition comprising calcium carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Craig W. Hargis, Ryan J. Gilliam
  • Publication number: 20230286859
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, methods, and systems related to bimodal, trimodal, and/or multi-modal distribution of reactive vaterite cement particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Craig W. Hargis, Ryan J. Gilliam
  • Publication number: 20230220561
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems that relate to oxidizing a metal ion of a metal oxyanion or a non-metal ion of a non-metal oxyanion from a lower oxidation state to a higher oxidation state at an anode and generate hydrogen gas at the cathode. The metal oxyanion with the metal ion in the higher oxidation state or the non-metal oxyanion with the non-metal ion in the higher oxidation state may be then subjected to a thermal reaction or a second electrochemical reaction, to form oxygen gas as well as to regenerate the metal oxyanion with the metal ion in the lower oxidation state or the non-metal oxyanion with the non-metal ion in the lower oxidation state, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Albrecht, Kyle Self, Ryan J. Gilliam
  • Patent number: 11697598
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems to form calcium carbonate comprising vaterite, comprising dissolving limestone in an aqueous base solution under one or more precipitation conditions to produce a precipitation material comprising calcium carbonate and a supernatant solution, wherein the calcium carbonate comprises vaterite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Arelac, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Weiss, Ryan J Gilliam
  • Publication number: 20230212764
    Abstract: Provided herein, are anode and/or cathode pan assemblies comprising unique ribs and welds configurations; electrochemical cell and/or electrolyzer containing the anode and/or the cathode pan assemblies; and methods to use and manufacture the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas H. McWaid, Ryan J. Gilliam
  • Publication number: 20230192546
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, methods, and systems related to aggregates, such as e.g., lightweight aggregates, formed from the reactive vaterite cement compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Craig W. Hargis, Jorge Duque, Ryan J. Gilliam