Patents by Inventor Thomas BASHAM

Thomas BASHAM 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).

  • Method for Producing Butanol Using Extractive Fermentation
    Publication number: 20170057894
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed by extraction into a water immiscible organic extractant during the fermentation. The invention also relates to a method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed during the fermentation by extraction into a water-immiscible extractant composition. The invention further relates to compositions comprising a solution of butanol in a water immiscible organic extractant composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Basham, Leslie William Bolton, Ian David Dobson, Sarah Richardson Hanson, Aidan Hurley, Karen Kustedjo, Andrew Richard Lucy, Liang Song
  • Method for producing butanol using extractive fermentation
    Patent number: 9517985
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed by extraction into a water immiscible organic extractant during the fermentation. The invention also relates to a method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed during the fermentation by extraction into a water-immiscible extractant composition. The invention further relates to compositions comprising a solution of butanol in a water immiscible organic extractant composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Basham, Leslie William Bolton, Ian David Dobson, Sarah Richardson Hanson, Aidan Hurley, Karen Kustedjo, Andrew Richard Lucy, Liang Song
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING BUTANOL USING EXTRACTIVE FERMENTATION
    Publication number: 20160016870
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed by extraction into a water immiscible organic extractant during the fermentation. The invention also relates to a method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed during the fermentation by extraction into a water-immiscible extractant composition. The invention further relates to compositions comprising a solution of butanol in a water immiscible organic extractant composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas BASHAM, Leslie William Bolton, Ian David Dobson, Sarah Richardson HANSON, Aidan HURLEY, Karen KUSTEDJO, Andrew Richard LUCY, Liang SONG