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).

  • 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
  • Patent number: 10851327
    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: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    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: 20200339910
    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: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Lamprecht, Tyler L. Jordison, Alexander T. McCurdy, Steven T. Bly
  • Patent number: 10711221
    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: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: POET Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Lamprecht, Tyler L. Jordison, Alexander T. McCurdy, Steven T. Bly
  • Publication number: 20200165642
    Abstract: Methods to prepare vegetable oil compositions having an elevated ethyl ester content are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander T. McCurdy, Steven T. Bly, Stephen M. Lewis, Benjamin P. Gacke, Brandon James Breitling
  • Publication number: 20200165540
    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: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Blake A. Schnell, Kristin M. Calar, John C. Keeler, Matthew J. Rindsig, Benjamin G. Oster, Brett A. Flittie, Steven T. Bly
  • Patent number: 10604776
    Abstract: Methods to prepare vegetable oil compositions having an elevated ethyl ester content are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Poet Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander T. McCurdy, Steven T. Bly, Stephen M. Lewis, Benjamin P. Gacke, Brandon James Breitling
  • Patent number: 10584304
    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: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    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: 20190249109
    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: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Lamprecht, Tyler L. Jordison, Alexander T. McCurdy, Steven T. Bly
  • Publication number: 20190048286
    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: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Blake A. Schnell, Kristin M. Calar, John C. Keeler, Matthew J. Rindsig, Benjamin G. Oster, Brett A. Flittie, Steven T. Bly
  • Publication number: 20180340197
    Abstract: Methods to prepare vegetable oil compositions having an elevated ethyl ester content are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander T. McCurdy, Steven T. Bly, Stephen M. Lewis, Benjamin P. Gacke, Brandon James Breitling
  • Patent number: 9469859
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to a method for producing a fermentation product from biomass that has been pre-treated in a pre-treatment system and separated into a liquid component and a first solids component. The method comprises: (a) treating the liquid component in a filtration system comprising at least one nano-filter to produce a treated liquid component, and to remove an acid from the liquid component; (b) supplying the treated liquid component, a fermenting organism, and agents to a fermentation system; (c) recovering the fermentation product from the fermentation system; and (d) supplying the acid for re-use in the pre-treatment system. In many embodiments, the biomass comprises lignocellulosic material and the liquid component comprises pentose (e.g., xylose).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: POET RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Steven T. Bly, David Charles Carlson, Jason Richard Kwiatkowski