Patents by Inventor William R. Sutterlin

William R. Sutterlin 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).

  • Complete saponification and acidulation of natural oil processing byproducts and treatment of reaction products
    Patent number: 10131862
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides a process for treating a soapstock. The present invention more particularly provides systems and methods for treating a soapstock to generate free fatty acids and/or fatty acid derivatives, e.g. fatty acid alkyl esters. The present invention more particularly provides systems and methods for realizing the full fatty acid yield of a soapstock by first converting substantially all of the saponifiable material in a soapstock to salts of fatty acids (soaps) and acidulating the soaps to generate free fatty acids and/or fatty acid derivatives, e.g. fatty acid alkyl esters, wherein the soapstock comprises soaps and saponifiable lipids, e.g. glycerides and/or phospholipids, and the generating of free fatty acids and/or fatty acid is achieved without the use of a mineral acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: INVENTURE RENEWABLES INC.
    Inventors: William R. Sutterlin, Nathan Killingsworth, Cory Blanchard, Ryan Long, Christopher Thomas Check
  • COMPLETE SAPONIFICATION AND ACIDULATION OF NATURAL OIL PROCESSING BYPRODUCTS AND TREATMENT OF REACTION PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20180057771
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides a process for treating a soapstock. The present invention more particularly provides systems and methods for treating a soapstock to generate free fatty acids and/or fatty acid derivatives, e.g. fatty acid alkyl esters. The present invention more particularly provides systems and methods for realizing the full fatty acid yield of a soapstock by first converting substantially all of the saponifiable material in a soapstock to salts of fatty acids (soaps) and acidulating the soaps to generate free fatty acids and/or fatty acid derivatives, e.g. fatty acid alkyl esters, wherein the soapstock comprises soaps and saponifiable lipids, e.g. glycerides and/or phospholipids, and the generating of free fatty acids and/or fatty acid is achieved without the use of a mineral acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: William R. SUTTERLIN, Nathan KILLINGSWORTH, Cory BLANCHARD, Ryan LONG, Christopher Thomas CHECK
  • PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL, CELLULOSIC SUGARS, AND PEPTIDES FROM THE SIMULTANEOUS ESTERIFICATION AND ALCOHOLYSIS/HYDROLYSIS OF MATERIALS WITH OIL-CONTAINING SUBSTITUENTS INCLUDING PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND CELLULOSIC AND PEPTIDIC CONTENT
    Publication number: 20110189745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid alkyl esters as well as cellulosic simplified sugars, shortened protein polymers, amino acids, or combination thereof resulting from the simultaneous esterification and hydrolysis, alcoholysis, or both of algae and other oil containing materials containing phospholipids, free fatty acids (FFA), glycerides, or combination thereof as well as polysaccharides, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignocellulose, protein polymers, or combination thereof in the presence of an alcohol and an optional acid catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Inventure Chemical, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Berry, Mark G. Tegen, William R. Sutterlin
  • PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL, CELLULOSIC SUGARS, AND PEPTIDES FROM THE SIMULTANEOUS ESTERIFICATION AND ALCOHOLYSIS/HYDROLYSIS OF MATERIALS WITH OIL-CONTAINING SUBSTITUENTS INCLUDING PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND CELLULOSIC AND PEPTIDIC CONTENT
    Publication number: 20110151527
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid alkyl esters as well as cellulosic simplified sugars, shortened protein polymers, amino acids, or combination thereof resulting from the simultaneous esterification and hydrolysis, alcoholysis, or both of algae and other oil containing materials containing phospholipids, free fatty acids (FFA), glycerides, or combination thereof as well as polysaccharides, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignocellulose, protein polymers, or combination thereof in the presence of an alcohol and an optional acid catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Inventure Chemical, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Berry, Mark G. Tegen, William R. Sutterlin
  • PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL, CELLULOSIC SUGARS, AND PEPTIDES FROM THE SIMULTANEOUS ESTERIFICATION AND ALCOHOLYSIS/HYDROLYSIS OF MATERIALS WITH OIL-CONTAINING SUBSTITUENTS INCLUDING PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND CELLULOSIC PEPTIDIC CONTENT
    Publication number: 20110146138
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid alkyl esters as well as cellulosic simplified sugars, shortened protein polymers, amino acids, or combination thereof resulting from the simultaneous esterification and hydrolysis, alcoholysis, or both of algae and other oil containing materials containing phospholipids, free fatty acids (FFA), glycerides, or combination thereof as well as polysaccharides, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignocellulose, protein polymers, or combination thereof in the presence of an alcohol and an optional acid catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Inventure Chemical, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Berry, Mark G. Tegen, William R. Sutterlin
  • Method for conversion of oil-containing algae to 1,3-propanediol
    Patent number: 7777085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for oxidizing renewable polyunsaturated fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to a malonic acid intermediate which is subsequently reduced to 1,3 propanediol (PDO).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Inventure Chemical, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Berry, Mark G. Tegen, William R. Sutterlin
  • METHOD FOR CONVERSION OF OIL-CONTAINING ALGAE TO 1,3-PROPANEDIOL
    Publication number: 20100081181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for oxidizing renewable polyunsaturated fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to a malonic acid intermediate which is subsequently reduced to 1,3 propanediol (PDO).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Inventure Chemical, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Berry, Mark G. Tegen, William R. Sutterlin
  • PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL, CELLULOSIC SUGARS, AND PEPTIDES FROM THE SIMULTANEOUS ESTERIFICATION AND ALCOHOLYSIS/HYDROLYSIS OF MATERIALS WITH OIL-CONTAINING SUBSTITUENTS INCLUDING PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND PEPTIDIC CONTENT
    Publication number: 20090198077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid alkyl esters as well as cellulosic simplified sugars, shortened protein polymers, amino acids, or combination thereof resulting from the simultaneous esterification and hydrolysis, alcoholysis, or both of algae and other oil containing materials containing phospholipids, free fatty acids (FFA), glycerides, or combination thereof as well as polysaccharides, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignocellulose, protein polymers, or combination thereof in the presence of an alcohol and an optional acid catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Inventure Chemical, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Berry, Mark G. Tegen, William R. Sutterlin