Patents by Inventor Sebastian Taco

Sebastian Taco 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).

  • Alternative paths to alcohols and hydrocarbons from biomass
    Patent number: 8519206
    Abstract: A method of producing hydrocarbons from biomass that includes converting at least a portion of the biomass into a first product having at least one of a carboxylic acid, a ketone, an ammonium carboxylate salt, and combinations thereof; converting at least a portion of the first product into an alcohol; reacting at least some of the alcohol in an oligomerization reactor as part of a process that produces an oligomerization product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignees: The Texas A&M University Systems, EE-Terrabon Biofuels LLC
    Inventors: Mark T. Holtzapple, Cesar B. Granda, Sebastian Taco, Michael Kyle Ross, Gary Luce, John A. Spencer, Rae L. Spencer
  • Alternative paths to alcohols and hydrocarbons from biomass
    Patent number: 8410321
    Abstract: A method of producing alcohols, hydrocarbons, or both from biomass, the method including converting biomass into a carboxylic acid; reacting the carboxylic acid with an olefin to produce an ester; and hydrogenolyzing the ester to produce alcohol. The steps of reacting the carboxylic acid with an olefin to produce an ester, and hydrogenolyzing the ester to produce an alcohol, may both be carried out in the same reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: EE-Terrabon Biofuels LLC
    Inventors: Mark T. Holtzapple, Cesar B. Granda, Sebastian Taco, Michael Kyle Ross, Gary Luce, John A. Spencer, Rae L. Spencer
  • ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO ALCOHOLS AND HYDROCARBONS FROM BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20120264184
    Abstract: A method of producing alcohols, hydrocarbons, or both from biomass, the method including converting biomass into a carboxylic acid; reacting the carboxylic acid with an olefin to produce an ester; and hydrogenolyzing the ester to produce alcohol. The steps of reacting the carboxylic acid with an olefin to produce an ester, and hydrogenolyzing the ester to produce an alcohol, may both be carried out in the same reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicants: Terrabon, Inc., The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Michael Kyle Ross, Gary Luce, John Spencer, Rae Spencer, Mark T. Holtzapple, Cesar B. Granda, Sebastian Taco Vasquez
  • ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO ALCOHOLS AND HYDROCARBONS FROM BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20120258508
    Abstract: A method of producing hydrocarbons from biomass that includes converting at least a portion of the biomass into a first product having at least one of a carboxylic acid, a ketone, an ammonium carboxylate salt, and combinations thereof; converting at least a portion of the first product into an alcohol; reacting at least some of the alcohol in an oligomerization reactor as part of a process that produces an oligomerization product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicants: Terrabon, Inc., THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Michael Kyle Ross, Gary Luce, John Spencer, Rae Spencer, Mark T. Holtzapple, Cesar B. Granda, Sebastian Taco-Vasquez
  • Alternative paths to alcohols and hydrocarbons from biomass
    Patent number: 8232440
    Abstract: A method of producing alcohols, hydrocarbons, or both from biomass by converting biomass into a carboxylic acid, reacting the carboxylic acid with an olefin to produce an ester and hydrogenolyzing the ester to produce alcohol. A method of producing hydrocarbons from biomass by converting at least a portion of the biomass into a carboxylic acid, a ketone, or an ammonium carboxylate salt, reacting at least one of a portion of the carboxylic acid, a portion of the ketone, or a portion of the ammonium carboxylate salt in an oligomerization reactor as at least part of a process that produces an oligomerization product and separating hydrocarbons from the oligomerization product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignees: The Texas A&M University System, Terrabon Mix-Alco, LLC
    Inventors: Mark T. Holtzapple, Cesar B. Granda, Sebastian Taco-Vasquez, Michael Kyle Ross, Gary Luce, John A. Spencer, Rae L. Spencer
  • ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO ALCOHOLS AND HYDROCARBONS FROM BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20100185021
    Abstract: A method of producing alcohols, hydrocarbons, or both from biomass by converting biomass into a carboxylic acid, reacting the carboxylic acid with an olefin to produce an ester and hydrogenolyzing the ester to produce alcohol. A method of producing hydrocarbons from biomass by converting at least a portion of the biomass into a carboxylic acid, a ketone, or an ammonium carboxylate salt, reacting at least one of a portion of the carboxylic acid, a portion of the ketone, or a portion of the ammonium carboxylate salt in an oligomerization reactor as at least part of a process that produces an oligomerization product and separating hydrocarbons from the oligomerization product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Michael Kyle Ross, Gary Luce, John Spencer, Rae Spencer, Mark T. Holtzapple, Cesar B. Granda, Sebastian Taco Vasquez