Patents by Inventor Xingmei Lu

Xingmei Lu 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).

  • Coagulation of biopolymers from ionic liquid solutions using CO
    Patent number: 9663589
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for providing a biopolymer from a biomass or source of chitin using ionic liquids. The processes involve contacting a biomass or source of chitin with an ionic liquid to produce a biopolymer comprising solution and precipitating the biopolymer from the solution with supercritical CO2, gaseous CO2, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama, The Intellectual Property Office of Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Robin D. Rogers, Patrick S. Barber, Chris S. Griggs, Gabriela Gurau, Xingmei Lu, Suojiang Zhang
  • COAGULATION OF BIOPOLYMERS FROM IONIC LIQUID SOLUTIONS USING CO2
    Publication number: 20150368371
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for providing a biopolymer from a biomass or source of chitin using ionic liquids. The processes involve contacting a biomass or source of chitin with an ionic liquid to produce a biopolymer comprising solution and precipitating the biopolymer from the solution with supercritical CO2, gaseous CO2, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
    Inventors: Robin D. Rogers, Patrick S. Barber, Chris S. Griggs, Gabriela Gurau, Xingmei Lu, Suojiang Zhang