Patents by Inventor Steven T. Bly

Steven T. Bly 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: 11952553
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates methods and systems for refining grain oil compositions using water, and related compositions produced therefrom. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using said compositions. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using grain oil derived from a fermentation product in an anti-foam composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: POET RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Shannon S. Urban, Cory J. Sarks, Brett A. Flittie, Jacob A. Milbrandt, Steven T. Bly, Alex T. McCurdy
  • Patent number: 11912958
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates methods and systems for refining grain oil compositions using water, and related compositions produced therefrom. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using said compositions. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using grain oil derived from a fermentation product in an anti-foam composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: POET RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Shannon S. Urban, Cory J. Sarks, Brett A. Flittie, Jacob A Milbrandt, Steven T. Bly, Alex T. Mccurdy
  • Patent number: 11781096
    Abstract: Methods, compositions, and systems for steeping, propagation and fermentation, particularly large-scale operations for production of starch and ethanol and fermentation product streams are provided. Addition of mycotoxin mitigating enzymes or microorganisms expressing mycotoxin mitigating enzymes to steeping, propagation, and/or fermentation tanks, and/or to post-fermentation product streams, mitigates mycotoxin levels in fermentation co-products obtained from mycotoxin contaminated feedstocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: POET Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Manning, Steven T. Bly
  • Publication number: 20230151296
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates methods and systems for refining grain oil compositions using water, and related compositions produced therefrom. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using said compositions. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using grain oil derived from a fermentation product in an anti-foam composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Shannon S. Urban, Cory J. Sarks, Brett A. Flittie, Jacob A. Milbrandt, Steven T. Bly, Alex T. Mccurdy
  • Publication number: 20230145410
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates methods and systems for refining grain oil compositions using water, and related compositions produced therefrom. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using said compositions. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using grain oil derived from a fermentation product in an anti-foam composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Shannon S. URBAN, Cory J. SARKS, Brett A. FLITTIE, Jacob A. MILBRANDT, Steven T. BLY, Alex T. MCCURDY
  • Publication number: 20230084238
    Abstract: Methods, compositions, and systems for steeping, propagation and fermentation, particularly large-scale operations for production of starch and ethanol and fermentation product streams are provided. Addition of mycotoxin mitigating enzymes or microorganisms expressing mycotoxin mitigating enzymes to steeping, propagation, and/or fermentation tanks, and/or to post-fermentation product streams, mitigates mycotoxin levels in fermentation co-products obtained from mycotoxin contaminated feedstocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew J. Manning, Steven T. Bly
  • Patent number: 11530369
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates methods and systems for refining grain oil compositions using water, and related compositions produced therefrom. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using said compositions. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using grain oil derived from a fermentation product in an anti-foam composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Poet Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Shannon S. Urban, Cory J. Sarks, Brett A. Flittie, Jacob A. Milbrandt, Steven T. Bly, Alex T. McCurdy
  • Publication number: 20220282180
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for recovering oil from processed plant materials and by-products formed during a milling process used for producing ethanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Blake A. Schnell, Kristin M. Calar, John C. Keeler, Matthew J. Rindsig, Benjamin G. Oster, Brett A. Flittie, Steven T. Bly
  • Patent number: 11390832
    Abstract: Methods, compositions, and systems for steeping, propagation and fermentation, particularly large-scale operations for production of starch and ethanol and fermentation product streams are provided. Addition of mycotoxin mitigating enzymes or microorganisms expressing mycotoxin mitigating enzymes to steeping, propagation, and/or fermentation tanks, and/or to post-fermentation product streams, mitigates mycotoxin levels in fermentation co-products obtained from mycotoxin contaminated feedstocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: POET Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Manning, Steven T. Bly
  • Patent number: 11345875
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for recovering oil from processed plant materials and by-products formed during a milling process used for producing ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: POET Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Blake A. Schnell, Kristin M. Calar, John C. Keeler, Matthew J. Rindsig, Benjamin G. Oster, Brett A. Flittie, Steven T. Bly
  • Publication number: 20220049181
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for making one or more antimicrobial compositions and/or one or more virucidal disinfectant compositions. Said methods and systems include exposing a vegetable oil composition to ozone gas to cause ozonolysis of on one or more unsaturated fatty acids present in the vegetable oil composition, thereby forming an ozonated vegetable oil composition and exposing the ozonated vegetable oil composition to a temperature greater than 60° C. while in contact with water to decompose one or more ozonide compounds and form a heat-treated, ozonated vegetable oil composition. The present disclosure also relates to one or more uses of said one or more antimicrobial compositions and/or one or more virucidal disinfectant compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Tyler L. Jordison, Melanie A. Eichmann, Steven T. Bly, Benjamin P. Gacke, Andrew J. Manning
  • Publication number: 20220042049
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, methods, systems associated with propagation and fermentation, and co-products of biochemical production processes, for example, a DCO co-product resulting from converting oil containing grains into bio chemicals via fermentation in the presence of endogenous esterase. The DCO resulting from the processes exhibits lower metal ion content relative to a DCO obtained in the absence of endogenous fermentation with an esterase such as a lipase. The DCO is useful as a feedstock for the production of renewable diesel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew J. Manning, Alex T. McCurdy, Steven T. Bly
  • Publication number: 20210403842
    Abstract: Methods, compositions, and systems for steeping, propagation and fermentation, particularly large-scale operations for production of starch and ethanol and fermentation product streams are provided. Addition of mycotoxin mitigating enzymes or microorganisms expressing mycotoxin mitigating enzymes to steeping, propagation, and/or fermentation tanks, and/or to post-fermentation product streams, mitigates mycotoxin levels in fermentation co-products obtained from mycotoxin contaminated feedstocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew J. Manning, Steven T. Bly
  • Publication number: 20210403841
    Abstract: Methods, compositions, and systems for steeping, propagation and fermentation, particularly large-scale operations for production of starch and ethanol and fermentation product streams are provided. Addition of mycotoxin mitigating enzymes or microorganisms expressing mycotoxin mitigating enzymes to steeping, propagation, and/or fermentation tanks, and/or to post-fermentation product streams, mitigates mycotoxin levels in fermentation co-products obtained from mycotoxin contaminated feedstocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew J. Manning, Steven T. Bly
  • Publication number: 20210388401
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for refining grain oil compositions using an esterase enzyme component, water, bleaching processes, and combinations thereof, and related compositions produced therefrom having one or more reduced color values. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using said compositions, e.g., as mineral oil replacements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Shannon S. Urban, Brett A. Flittie, Jacob A. Milbrandt, Steven T. Bly, Alexander T. McCurdy
  • Publication number: 20210332244
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods for reducing the content of minerals, metals, ions, and/or other undesirable contaminants in vegetable oil, such as corn oil, obtained from fermentation of ground vegetable material. In one aspect, the methods herein produce distiller's corn oil having low amounts of minerals, metals, ions, and/or other contaminants rendering the corn oil more suitable for various further uses, such as biofuel production, with little to no additional refining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander T. McCurdy, Tapaswy Muppaneni, Brett A. Flittie, Shannon S. Urban, Jacob A. Milbrandt, Steven T. Bly
  • Patent number: 11104922
    Abstract: Methods to prepare vegetable oil compositions having an elevated ethyl ester content are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: POET Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander T. McCurdy, Steven T. Bly, Stephen M. Lewis, Benjamin P. Gacke, Brandon James Breitling
  • Patent number: 11008531
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to refining one or more grain oil composition streams (e.g., distillers corn oil or syrup) in a biorefinery to provide one or more refined grain oil products, where each grain oil product has targeted amounts of a free fatty acid component and the fatty acid alkyl ester component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: POET RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Lamprecht, Tyler L. Jordison, Alex T. McCurdy, Steven T. Bly
  • Publication number: 20210032564
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates methods and systems for refining grain oil compositions using water, and related compositions produced therefrom. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using grain oil derived from a fermentation product in an anti-foam composition and/or feedstock to make diesel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Shannon S. Urban, Cory J. Sarks, Brett A. Flittie, Jacob A. Milbrandt, Steven T. Bly, Alex T. McCurdy
  • Publication number: 20210002584
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates methods and systems for refining grain oil compositions using water, and related compositions produced therefrom. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using said compositions. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using grain oil derived from a fermentation product in an anti-foam composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Shannon S. Urban, Cory J. Sarks, Brett A. Flittie, Jacob A. Milbrandt, Steven T. Bly, Alex T. McCurdy