Patents by Inventor Travis J. C. Hoskins

Travis J. C. Hoskins 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).

  • Molecular mass enhancement of biological feedstocks
    Patent number: 8236972
    Abstract: The instant invention involves a process for enhancing molecular mass of biomass reactants. The process comprises first forming a substituted or unsubstituted furfural from a biomass. The substituted or unsubstituted furfural is then reacted with an activated methylene compound in the presence of a catalyst and, if desired, a solvent to form a Knoevenagel product. The product may then be hydrogenated to products containing an alcohol, ether, aldehyde, or ketone functional groups or to an olefinic or aliphatic species wherein as much as all of the oxygen and/or nitrogen has been removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Travis J. C. Hoskins, Carsten Sievers, Pradeep K. Agrawal, Christopher W. Jones
  • MOLECULAR MASS ENHANCEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL FEEDSTOCKS
    Publication number: 20100029926
    Abstract: The instant invention involves a process for enhancing molecular mass of biomass reactants. The process comprises first forming a substituted or unsubstituted furfural from a biomass. The substituted or unsubstituted furfural is then reacted with an activated methylene compound in the presence of a catalyst and, if desired, a solvent to form a Knoevenagel product. The product may then be hydrogenated to products containing an alcohol, ether, aldehyde, or ketone functional groups or to an olefinic or aliphatic species wherein as much as all of the oxygen and/or nitrogen has been removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Travis J. C. Hoskins, Carsten Sievers, Pradeep K. Agrawal, Christopher W. Jones