Patents by Inventor Yongming Lu

Yongming 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).

  • Patent number: 7189351
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for disrupting biofilm and for inhibiting biofilm formation in an aqueous environment that comprises contacting said environment with an effective amount of D-tagatose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Spherix Incorporated
    Inventors: Gilbert V. Levin, Yongming Lu
  • Publication number: 20030103912
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for disrupting biofilm and for inhibiting biofilm formation in an aqueous environment that comprises contacting said environment with an effective amount of D-tagatose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Gilbert V. Levin, Yongming Lu
  • Publication number: 20030099602
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for disrupting biofilm and for inhibiting biofilm formation in an aqueous environment that comprises contacting said environment with an effective amount of D-tagatose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Gilbert V. Levin, Yongming Lu
  • Patent number: 6551815
    Abstract: A method of in situ biodenitrification of a contaminated site comprising providing to a contaminated site a phosphorous source, namely a polyphosphate or a trimetaphosphate. The phosphorous source is provided to a saturated zone or an unsaturated zone and a carbon source is also provided, most preferably acetate. The invention is also of an in situ biodenitrification apparatus (FIG. 3) comprising at least one extraction well for extracting subsurface water from a contaminated site, a container for mixing nutrients into the extracted water, and an injection well for re-introducing the extracted water to the subsurface. Preferably, at least three extraction wells are placed approximately on a circle having the injection well as a center, and a phosphorous source is introduced to the container, preferably a polyphosphate or a trimetaphosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: University of New Mexico
    Inventors: Herbert E. Nuttall, Yongming Lu