Patents by Inventor Timothy Walter
Timothy Walter 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).
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Patent number: 11236036Abstract: A method for recovering a composition enriched in 3-hydroxypropionic acid from a fermentation broth comprising 3-hydroxypropionic acid and/or salts thereof comprises the steps of: (a) providing the fermentation broth having a pH of from about 2 to about 8 comprising 3-hydroxypropionic acid and/or salts thereof (b) acidifying the fermentation broth; (c) reducing the total sulfate ion and phosphate ion (d) distilling the resulting reduced ion aqueous solution and (e) recovering the product.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter Abraham, Erik Allen, John J. Hahn, Paraskevas Tsobanakis, Eric Christopher Bohnert, Christopher Lawrence Frank
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Patent number: 11236037Abstract: A method for recovering a composition enriched in 3-hydroxypropionic acid by providing the fermentation broth, acidifying the fermentation broth; reducing the total sulfate ion and phosphate ion concentration of the resulting aqueous solution to produce a reduced ion aqueous solution; distilling the resulting reduced ion aqueous solution and recovering the resulting aqueous distillation product comprising 3-hydroxypropionic acid.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter Abraham, Erik Allen, John J. Hahn, Paraskevas Tsobanakis, Eric Christopher Bohnert, Christopher Lawrence Frank
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Patent number: 11194872Abstract: A search engine system according to one embodiment includes a slashtag server having a hardware processor and memory storing instructions configured to cause the slashtag server to receive a search query regarding a search of an internet, detect at least one key word in the search query, search the internet based on the at least one key word, analyze results of the search query to determine relevant filter criteria in the results of the search query, generate an alternative search query based on the relevant filter criteria, and send the web server the alternative search query, where the alternative search query includes a search operator wrapped in a predetermined syntax and inserted by the slashtag server, and where a last entered key word of the at least one key word in the search query is removed such that it is not included in the alternative search query.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas M. Annau, Gregory B. Lindahl, Samuel Makonnen, Michael Markson, Keith Peters, Robert Michael Saliba, Al Sary, Rich Skrenta, Dan Swartz, Robert N. Truel, Timothy Walters
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Publication number: 20210095182Abstract: Readily water-miscible beta-glucan suspensions and methods of making and using the same. A readily water-miscible beta-glucan suspension includes a beta-glucan and a water-miscible organic fluid that comprises an alcohol, an alpha-hydroxy acid alkyl ester, a polyalkylene glycol alkyl ether, or a combination thereof, wherein the suspension is sufficient such that mixing with water at a shear rate of 40,000 s?1 or more forms a homogeneous mixture of the suspension and the water. The present invention also provides methods of dispersing the water-miscible beta-glucan suspension in water to form homogenous mixtures of the suspension and the water, methods of treating subterranean formations with such homogeneous mixtures, and methods of making the suspension.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter ABRAHAM, Jeffrey J. MALSAM, Eric Stanley SUMNER
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Publication number: 20210095181Abstract: Readily water-miscible beta-glucan suspensions and methods of making and using the same. A readily water-miscible beta-glucan suspension includes a beta-glucan and a water-miscible organic fluid that comprises an alcohol, an alpha-hydroxy acid alkyl ester, a polyalkylene glycol alkyl ether, or a combination thereof, wherein the suspension is sufficient such that mixing with water at a shear rate of 40,000 s-1 or more forms a homogeneous mixture of the suspension and the water. The present invention also provides methods of dispersing the water-miscible beta-glucan suspension in water to form homogenous mixtures of the suspension and the water, methods of treating subterranean formations with such homogeneous mixtures, and methods of making the suspension.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter ABRAHAM, Jeffrey J. MALSAM, Eric Stanley SUMNER
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Publication number: 20200369591Abstract: A method for producing esters of an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid are disclosed, the method includes reacting a three or four carbon beta-hydroxyalkanoate composition or mixtures thereof with a mono-alcohol under heating conditions to form a reaction product and distilling the reaction product to recover a composition containing at least fifty percent by weight of the ester of the alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter ABRAHAM, Ravi GOKARN
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Patent number: 10814390Abstract: A method of manufacturing a structural component having tailored material properties by applying an IR-absorbent coating to a substrate formed of a ferrous-based, aluminum-based, magnesium-based, or fiber reinforced composite material is provided. The coating is preferably formed of iron oxide (Fe3O4) decorated multiwall carbon nanotubes. Alternatively, the coating is wax-based or polymer-based and includes TriSilanollsooctylt POSS and additives. Different coating compositions may be applied to different zones of the substrate so that the emissivity coefficient varies along the substrate. The coated substrate is heated and formed between a pair of dies to achieve a complex shape or features. The IR-absorbent coating increases the infrared absorption rate during the heating step, which improves formability of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Timothy Walter Skszek, Xiaoping Niu, Thomas James Oetjens
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Publication number: 20200331839Abstract: Methods and systems for producing alkyl hydroxyalkanoate from hydroxy carboxylic acid recovery bottoms. The methods generally comprise the steps of obtaining a hydroxy carboxylic acid recovery bottom, adding a mono-alcohol to the hydroxy carbxylic acid recovery bottom to obtain a first mixture, heating the first mixture in the presence of a catalyst to form a reaction product, distilling the reaction product, and recovering an alkyl hydroxyalkanoate fraction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter ABRAHAM, Anthony Louis DURAN, Stephen C. EDGAR, Ravi R. GOKARN
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Patent number: 10774026Abstract: A method for producing esters of an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid are disclosed, the method includes reacting a three or four carbon beta-hydroxyalkanoate composition or mixtures thereof with a mono-alcohol under heating conditions to form a reaction product and distilling the reaction product to recover a composition containing at least fifty percent by weight of the ester of the alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter Abraham, Ravi R. Gokarn
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Publication number: 20200277409Abstract: Described herein is a beta glucan material, comprising 1,3-1,6 beta glucan, that when solubilized achieves a filterability ratio ranging from 1 to 2, preferably 1 to 1.5, and a viscosity ratio ranging from 1.5 to 4. The solubilized beta glucan materials has desired viscosity build and filterability property for EOR applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2017Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: GARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter ABRAHAM, Dominique LELIMOUSIN, Jeffrey J. MALSAM, Eric Stanley SUMNER
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Patent number: 10726083Abstract: A search engine system, including a slash-tag server. The server can be configured to receive a query including at least one key word from a user, generate an alternative search query, based on the at least one key word in the search query received from the user. The alternative search query may include at least one slashtag associated with the at least one key word for use in searching unaltered internet documents. Also, it may launch a search query using the alternative search query. Further, a web server could be configured to retrieve content from one or more nodes of at least one database cluster, based on the launched search query, generate a first search result, based on the alternative search query, and cause display of the first search result in a web browser.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2013Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas M. Annau, Gregory B. Lindahl, Samuel Makonnen, Michael Markson, Keith Peters, Robert Michael Saliba, Al Sary, Rich Skrenta, Dan Swartz, Robert N. Truel, Timothy Walters
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Publication number: 20200223780Abstract: A method for producing esters of an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid are disclosed, the method includes reacting a three or four carbon beta-hydroxyalkanoate composition or mixtures thereof with a mono-alcohol under heating conditions to form a reaction product and distilling the reaction product to recover a composition containing at least fifty percent by weight of the ester of the alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter ABRAHAM, Ravi R. Gokarn
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Patent number: 10710955Abstract: Methods and systems for producing alkyl hydroxyalkanoate from hydroxy carboxylic acid recovery bottoms. The methods generally comprise the steps of obtaining a hydroxy carboxylic acid recovery bottom, adding a mono-alcohol to the hydroxy carboxylic acid recovery bottom to obtain a first mixture, heating the first mixture in the presence of a catalyst to form a reaction product, distilling the reaction product, and recovering an alkyl hydroxyalkanoate fraction.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter Abraham, Anthony Louis Duran, Stephen C. Edgar, Ravi R. Gokarn
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Publication number: 20200198325Abstract: An inkjet printing system with a droplet measurement apparatus is described herein. The droplet measurement apparatus has a light source with a collimating optical system, an imaging device disposed along an optical path of the collimating optical system, and a droplet illumination zone in the optical path of the collimating optical system, the droplet illumination zone having a varying droplet illumination location, wherein the light source, the imaging device, or both are adjustable to place a focal plane of the imaging device at the droplet illumination location. The droplet measurement apparatus is structured to accommodate at least a portion of a dispenser of the printing system within the droplet illumination zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: Kateeva, Inc.Inventors: Eashwer Chandra Vidhya Sagar Kollata, Timothy Walter Dion, Tze Hwei Tseeng
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Patent number: 10633326Abstract: A method for producing esters of an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid are disclosed, the method includes reacting a three or four carbon beta-hydroxyalkanoate composition or mixtures thereof with a mono-alcohol under heating conditions to form a reaction product and distilling the reaction product to recover a composition containing at least fifty percent by weight of the ester of the alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter Abraham, Ravi R. Gokarn
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Publication number: 20200048176Abstract: A method for recovering a composition enriched in 3-hydroxypropionic acid by providing the fermentation broth, acidifying the fermentation broth; reducing the total sulfate ion and phosphate ion concentration of the resulting gaqueous solution to produce a reduced ion aqueous solution; distilling the resulting reduced ion aqueous solution and recovering the resulting aqueous distillation product comprising 3-hydroxypropioriic acidType: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter ABRAHAM, Erik ALLEN, John J. HAHN, Paraskevas TSOBANAKIS, Eric Christopher BOHNERT, Christopher Lawrence FRANKS
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Publication number: 20200039913Abstract: A method for recovering a composition enriched in 3-hydroxypropionic acid from a fermentation broth comprising 3-hydroxypropionic acid and/or salts thereof comprises the steps of: (a) providing the fermentation broth having a pH of from about 2 to about 8 comprising 3-hydroxypropionic acid and/or salts thereof (b) acidifying the fermentation broth; (c) reducing the total sulfate ion and phosphate ion (d) distilling the resulting reduced ion aqueous solution and (e) recovering the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter ABRAHAM, Erik ALLEN, John J. HAHN, Paraskevas TSOBANAKIS, Eric Christopher BOHNERT, Christopher Lawrence FRANK
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Patent number: 10442749Abstract: A method for recovering a composition enriched in 3-hydroxypropionic acid by providing the fermentation broth, acidifying the fermentation broth; reducing the total sulfate ion and phosphate ion concentration of the resulting aqueous solution to produce a reduced ion aqueous solution; distilling the resulting reduced ion aqueous solution and recovering the resulting aqueous distillation product comprising 3-hydroxypropionic acid.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter Abraham, Erik Allen, John J. Hahn, Paraskevas Tsobanakis, Eric Christopher Bohnert, Christopher Lawrence Frank
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Patent number: 10442748Abstract: A method for recovering a composition enriched in 3-hydroxypropionic acid from a fermentation broth comprising 3-hydroxypropionic acid and/or salts thereof comprises the steps of: (a) providing the fermentation broth having a pH of from about 2 to about 8 comprising: 3-hydroxypropionic acid and/or salts thereof, (b) acidifying the fermentation broth; (c) reducing the total sulfate ion and phosphate ion (d) distilling the resulting reduced ion aqueous solution and (e) recovering the product.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter Abraham, Erik Allen, John J. Hahn, Paraskevas Tsobanakis, Eric Christopher Bohnert, Christopher Lawrence Frank
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Publication number: 20190276385Abstract: Methods and systems for producing alkyl hydroxyalkanoate from hydroxy carboxylic acid recovery bottoms. The methods generally comprise the steps of obtaining a hydroxy carboxylic acid recovery bottom, adding a mono-alcohol to the hydroxy carboxylic acid recovery bottom to obtain a first mixture, heating the first mixture in the presence of a catalyst to form a reaction product, distilling the reaction product, and recovering an alkyl hydroxyalkanoate fraction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Walter ABRAHAM, Anthony Louis Duran, Stephen C. Edgar, Ravi R. Gokarn