Patents by Inventor TYLER DIXON

TYLER DIXON 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: 20250066829
    Abstract: The subject invention provides methods for enhanced production of microbial biosurfactants using a fermentation medium that has been sterilized using ozone. The methods provide for higher yields of the biosurfactants, improved color, and reduced energy expenditure compared with standard fermentation techniques that rely upon thermal sterilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: LEE SPEIGHT, NICHOLAS CALLOW, TYLER DIXON
  • Patent number: 12227694
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods of microbial enhanced oil recovery using biochemical-producing microbes. In specific embodiments, the methods of the subject invention comprise applying a biosurfactant-producing bacteria and/or a growth by-product thereof to an oil-producing site. In preferred embodiments, the bacteria is a strain of Bacillus in spore form. In some embodiments, the methods further comprise applying the bacteria with a yeast fermentation product, an alkaline compound, a polymer, a non-biological surfactant, and/or one or more chelating agents. Advantageously, the subject invention can be useful for stimulating the flow of oil from a well, as well as dissolving scale present in an oil-bearing formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Farmer, Ken Alibek, Sharmistha Mazumder, Kent Adams, Tyler Dixon, Yajie Chen, Maja Milovanovic
  • Patent number: 12187999
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide novel, low-cost fermentation systems and methods of their use. More specifically, the present invention provides biological reactor systems for fermenting a wide variety of, for example, bio level 1 microorganisms with very high cell densities. The reactor systems can be used to grow yeast, fungi and bacteria, as well as growth by-products thereof. In specific embodiments, the reactor systems are used to produce yeast-based compositions. In certain specific embodiments, the reactor systems can be used for the production of Starmerella bombicola yeast compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Locus Solutions IPCo, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Farmer, Ken Alibek, Tyler Dixon, Nicholas Callow, Kent Adams, Karthik N. Karathur
  • Patent number: 12173230
    Abstract: The subject invention provides compositions comprising solvents and surfactants, as well as their use in improving oil and/or gas production. In some embodiments, the compositions comprise chemical or synthetic solvents and/or surfactants. In other embodiments, the compositions comprise biological components, such as microorganisms and/or their growth by-products. The subject invention can be used to dissolve, disperse and/or emulsify paraffin precipitates and/or deposits; prevent and/or inhibit paraffin deposition; remove rust deposits and prevent corrosion associated therewith; inhibit bacterial growth and/or biofilm formation; and to enhance oil recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Farmer, Ken Alibek, Tyler Dixon, Karthik N. Karathur
  • Publication number: 20240271076
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for effective production and use of microorganisms and/or the fermentation broth in which they are produced. Advantageously, the system is cost-effective, scalable, quick, versatile, efficacious, and helpful in reducing resistance to chemical compounds and residue that concerns consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Sean FARMER, Paul S. ZORNER, Ken ALIBEK, Kent ADAMS, Tyler DIXON
  • Publication number: 20240218240
    Abstract: The subject invention provides compositions comprising solvents and surfactants, as well as their use in improving oil and/or gas production. In some embodiments, the compositions comprise chemical or synthetic solvents and/or surfactants. In other embodiments, the compositions comprise biological components, such as microorganisms and/or their growth by-products. The subject invention can be used to dissolve, disperse and/or emulsify paraffin precipitates and/or deposits; prevent and/or inhibit paraffin deposition; remove rust deposits and prevent corrosion associated therewith; inhibit bacterial growth and/or biofilm formation; and to enhance oil recovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sean FARMER, Ken ALIBEK, Tyler DIXON, Karthik N. KARATHUR
  • Publication number: 20240182940
    Abstract: Novel sophorolipid derivatives with enhanced antimicrobial activity have been identified as disinfecting active ingredients. These derivatives are produced through a fermentation of Starmerella bombicola utilizing dextrose and an oleochemical feedstock that is high in oleic acid. A two-step synthetic scheme is used to generate a reactive aldehyde handle and then install nature-derived cationic biodegradable functional groups. These cationic sophorolipid derivatives are purified using ion exchange resins to afford high purity sophorolipid derivative salts for formulation into disinfecting consumer products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Lee SPEIGHT, Daniel HAGAMAN, Andrew MORRIS, Nicholas CALLOW, Tyler DIXON, Cherfan CHARBEL
  • Patent number: 11959062
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for effective production and use of microorganisms and/or the fermentation broth in which they are produced. Advantageously, the system is cost-effective, scalable, quick, versatile, efficacious, and helpful in reducing resistance to chemical compounds and residue that concerns consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Farmer, Paul S. Zorner, Ken Alibek, Kent Adams, Tyler Dixon
  • Patent number: 11891567
    Abstract: The subject invention provides compositions comprising solvents and surfactants, as well as their use in improving oil and/or gas production. In some embodiments, the compositions comprise chemical or synthetic solvents and/or surfactants. In other embodiments, the compositions comprise biological components, such as microorganisms and/or their growth by-products. The subject invention can be used to dissolve, disperse and/or emulsify paraffin precipitates and/or deposits; prevent and/or inhibit paraffin deposition; remove rust deposits and prevent corrosion associated therewith; inhibit bacterial growth and/or biofilm formation; and to enhance oil recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Locus Solutions IPCo, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Farmer, Ken Alibek, Tyler Dixon, Karthik N. Karathur
  • Publication number: 20230383229
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for effective production and use of microorganisms and/or the fermentation broth in which they are produced. Advantageously, the system is cost-effective, scalable, quick, versatile, efficacious, and helpful in reducing resistance to chemical compounds and residue that concerns consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: SEAN FARMER, PAUL S. ZORNER, KEN ALIBEK, KENT ADAMS, TYLER DIXON
  • Patent number: 11825827
    Abstract: The invention provides materials and method for controlling pests, in particular, nematodes. The invention also provides compositions comprising biosurfactants as pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Farmer, Paul S. Zorner, Ken Alibek, Maja Milovanovic, Sharmistha Mazumder, Tyler Dixon, Alex Fotsch
  • Patent number: 11760969
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for effective production and use of microorganisms and/or the fermentation broth in which they are produced. Advantageously, the system is cost-effective, scalable, quick, versatile, efficacious, and helpful in reducing resistance to chemical compounds and residue that concerns consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Farmer, Paul S. Zorner, Ken Alibek, Kent Adams, Tyler Dixon
  • Publication number: 20230272263
    Abstract: The subject invention provides compositions comprising concentrated acids, solvents and surfactants, as well as their use in improving oil and/or gas production. In some embodiments, the compositions comprise biological components, such as microorganisms and/or their growth by-products. The subject invention can be used to dissolve, disperse and/or emulsify paraffin precipitates and/or deposits; prevent and/or inhibit paraffin deposition; remove scale deposits via enhanced acid treatments; remove rust deposits and prevent corrosion associated therewith; inhibit bacterial growth and/or biofilm formation; and to enhance oil recovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Sean FARMER, Ken ALIBEK, Karthik N. KARATHUR, Tyler DIXON, Jonathan ROGERS
  • Publication number: 20220389303
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods of microbial enhanced oil recovery using biochemical-producing microbes. In specific embodiments, the methods of the subject invention comprise applying a biosurfactant-producing bacteria and/or a growth by-product thereof to an oil-producing site. In preferred embodiments, the bacteria is a strain of Bacillus in spore form. In some embodiments, the methods further comprise applying the bacteria with a yeast fermentation product, an alkaline compound, a polymer, a non-biological surfactant, and/or one or more chelating agents. Advantageously, the subject invention can be useful for stimulating the flow of oil from a well, as well as dissolving scale present in an oil-bearing formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Sean FARMER, Ken Alibek, Sharmistha Mazumder, Kent Adams, Tyler Dixon, Yajie Chen, Maja Milovanovic
  • Publication number: 20220372364
    Abstract: The subject invention provides compositions comprising solvents and surfactants, as well as their use in improving oil and/or gas production. In some embodiments, the compositions comprise chemical or synthetic solvents and/or surfactants. In other embodiments, the compositions comprise biological components, such as microorganisms and/or their growth by-products. The subject invention can be used to dissolve, disperse and/or emulsify paraffin precipitates and/or deposits; prevent and/or inhibit paraffin deposition; remove rust deposits and prevent corrosion associated therewith; inhibit bacterial growth and/or biofilm formation; and to enhance oil recovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Sean FARMER, Ken ALIBEK, Tyler DIXON, Karthik N. KARATHUR
  • Publication number: 20220364126
    Abstract: The subject invention provides systems, apparatuses and methods for cultivating microorganisms and for producing microbial metabolites on a large scale. Specifically, in certain embodiments, a system comprising three separate, but connected, vessels is provided, wherein a first vessel serves as a feed tank for supplying nutrient medium to a second vessel, said second vessel serving as a submerged fermentation reactor; and wherein a third vessel serves as a collection container into which foam containing microbial growth by-products is transferred from the second vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ken ALIBEK, Nicholas CALLOW, Tyler DIXON, Sergey KRAVTSOV
  • Patent number: 11479711
    Abstract: The invention provides environmentally-friendly compositions and methods for reducing the viscosity of crude oil using microorganisms and/or biosurfactants produced by microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: LOCUS OIL IP COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Farmer, Ken Alibek, Sharmistha Mazumder, Kent Adams, Tyler Dixon, Yajie Chen, Karthik N. Karathur, Nicholas Callow, Blake Ott, Anthony Nerris
  • Patent number: 11447684
    Abstract: The subject invention provides a three-part method for increasing the amount of oil recovered from an oil well, the method comprising (1) paraffin removal; (2) gas release; and (3) plugging. The combination of parts provides for enhanced oil recovery over an extended period of time, for example two weeks or longer. In preferred embodiments, the subject invention utilizes microorganisms and/or their growth by-products, as well as other environmentally-friendly compounds, to enhance oil recovery by removing paraffin deposits from a well and providing controlled production of carbon dioxide in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: LOCUS OIL IP COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Farmer, Ken Alibek, Karthik N. Karathur, Andrew R. Lefkowitz, Anthony Nerris, Tyler Dixon, Alibek Moldakozhayev, Martin R. Shumway
  • Patent number: 11434415
    Abstract: The subject invention provides compositions comprising solvents and surfactants, as well as their use in improving oil and/or gas production. In some embodiments, the compositions comprise chemical or synthetic solvents and/or surfactants. In other embodiments, the compositions comprise biological components, such as microorganisms and/or their growth by-products. The subject invention can be used to dissolve, disperse and/or emulsify paraffin precipitates and/or deposits; prevent and/or inhibit paraffin deposition; remove rust deposits and prevent corrosion associated therewith; inhibit bacterial growth and/or biofilm formation; and to enhance oil recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LOCUS OIL IP COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Farmer, Ken Alibek, Anthony Nerris, Tyler Dixon, Karthik N. Karathur
  • Patent number: 11414591
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods of microbial enhanced oil recovery using biochemical-producing microbes. In specific embodiments, the methods of the subject invention comprise applying a bio surfactant-producing bacteria and/or a growth by-product thereof to an oil-producing site. In preferred embodiments, the bacteria is a strain of Bacillus in spore form. In some embodiments, the methods further comprise applying the bacteria with a yeast fermentation product, an alkaline compound, a polymer, a non-biological surfactant, and/or one or more chelating agents. Advantageously, the subject invention can be useful for stimulating the flow of oil from a well, as well as dissolving scale present in an oil-bearing formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: LOCUS OIL IP COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Farmer, Ken Alibek, Sharmistha Mazumder, Kent Adams, Tyler Dixon, Yajie Chen, Maja Milovanovic