Patents by Inventor William Timothy Merrell

William Timothy Merrell 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).

  • Production of biofuel from tissue culture sources
    Patent number: 10465215
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the production of at least one fatty acid and/or oil from a plant cell suspension culture, the method comprising (i) maintaining a cell suspension culture of oil-producing plant cells under conditions such that the cultured cells synthesize and secrete at least one fatty acid and/or oil into the cell suspension culture medium; and (ii) extracting the thus secreted at least one fatty acid and/or oil from the cell suspension culture medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: NATURALLY SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Andrew Whitton, Geoffrey Robert Dixon, William Timothy Merrell
  • PRODUCTION OF BIOFUEL FROM TISSUE CULTURE SOURCES
    Publication number: 20170067083
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the production of at least one fatty acid and/or oil from a plant cell suspension culture, the method comprising (i) maintaining a cell suspension culture of oil-producing plant cells under conditions such that the cultured cells synthesise and secrete at least one fatty acid and/or oil into the cell suspension culture medium; and (ii) extracting the thus secreted at least one fatty acid and/or oil from the cell suspension culture medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Andrew WHITTON, Geoffrey Robert DIXON, William Timothy MERRELL
  • Production of biofuel from tissue culture sources
    Patent number: 9447442
    Abstract: A method for the production of at least one fatty acid and/or oil from a plant cell suspension culture includes (i) maintaining a cell suspension culture of oil-producing plant cells under conditions such that the cultured cells synthesize and secrete at least one fatty acid and/or oil into the cell suspension culture medium; and (ii) extracting the thus secreted at least one fatty acid and/or oil from the cell suspension culture medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: NATURALLY SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Andrew Whitton, Geoffrey Robert Dixon, William Timothy Merrell
  • PRODUCTION OF BIOFUEL FROM TISSUE CULTURE SOURCES
    Publication number: 20140199726
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the production of at least one fatty acid and/or oil from a plant cell suspension culture, the method comprising (i) maintaining a cell suspension culture of oil-producing plant cells under conditions such that the cultured cells synthesise and secrete at least one fatty acid and/or oil into the cell suspension culture medium; and (ii) extracting the thus secreted at least one fatty acid and/or oil from the cell suspension culture medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: NATURALLY SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Andrew WHITTON, Geoffrey Robert DIXON, William Timothy MERRELL
  • PRODUCTION OF BIOFUEL FROM TISSUE CULTURE SOURCES
    Publication number: 20110054027
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the production of at least one fatty acid and/or oil from a plant cell suspension culture, the method comprising (i) maintaining a cell suspension culture of oil-producing plant cells under conditions such that the cultured cells synthesise and secrete at least one fatty acid and/or oil into the cell suspension culture medium; and (ii) extracting the thus secreted at least one fatty acid and/or oil from the cell suspension culture medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: NATURALLY SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Andrew Whitton, Geoffrey Robert Dixon, William Timothy Merrell