Our mission is to develop a range of new catalysts that will convert inedible biomass into sugars and oils used in fuels and chemicals. View our patent and patent applications below.
Patents

Michael Tsapatsis
Kumar Varoon Agrawal
June 26, 2018
US10,005,077

Gorte, Raymond J.
Oh, Tae-sik
May 22, 2018
US9,979,039

Orazov, Marat
Davis, Mark E
November 7, 2017
US9,809,528

Gounder, Rajamani
Davis, Mark E
February 9, 2016
US9,255,120

Michael Tsapatsis
Xueyi Zhang
November 20, 2015
US9,180,413

G.W. Huber
Yu-Ting Cheng
Jungho Jae
Anne Gaffney
October 27, 2015
US9,169,442

Wei Fan
Chun-Chih Chang
Paul Dornath
Zhuopeng Wang
August 18, 2015
US9,108,190

Moliner-Marin, Manuel
Roman-Leshkov, Yuriy
Davis, Mark E.
Nikolla, Eranda
May 20, 2014
US8,729,256

Yu-Ting Cheng
G.W. Huber
T. Vispute
T. Carlson
J. Jae
G. Tompsett
October 2, 2012
US8,277,643
Patent applications

Liang Wang
Suresh Advani
Ajay Prasad
Dionisios Vlachos
Weiqing Zheng
November 2, 2017
WO2017/189509

Wei Fan
Hong Je Cho
Michael Tsapatsis
Paul J. Dauenhauer
Limin Ren
September 29, 2017
WO2018/064604

Basudeb Saha
Sibao Liu
Dionisios Vlachos
August 17, 2017
PCT/US2018/046965

Paul J. Dauenhauer
Dae Sung Park
Kristeen Joseph
Maura Koehle
Chrisoph Krumm
Raul Lobo
Dionisos Vlachos
November 7, 2016
WO2017/079718

Paul J Dauenhauer
Dae Sung Park
Chrisoph Krumm
November 7, 2016
WO2017/079719

Dionisios Vlachos
Basudeb Saha
Sunitha Sedula
August 17, 2016
PCT/US2017/046874

G.W. Huber
Yu-Ting Cheng
Wei Fan
Zhuopeng Wang
June 17, 2013
WO2013/185149
Provisional patents

Methods of Forming Dienes from Tetrahydrofuran, Derivatives or Combinations Thereof
Paul Jakob Dauenhauer
Charlie S Spanjers
Limin Ren
Omar A Abdelrahman
Dae Sung Park
Michael Tsapatsis
October 21, 2016

Lignin-Based Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
Thomas H. Epps, III
Shu Wang
Basudeb Saha
Li Shuai
Dionisios Vlachos
January 9, 2018

Bio-Based Base Oils From Fatty Acids and Biomass
Saha, Basudeb
November 29, 2018
62/772,672
Other Intellectual Property

Production Of Para-Xylene By Catalytically Reacting 2,5-Dimethylfuran And Ethylene In A Solvent
Paul J. Dauenhauer
Christopher L. Williams
Wei Fan
Chun-Chih Chang
Dionisios Vlachos
Raul Lobo
April 1, 2013

Renewable Phthalic Anhydride From Biomass-Derived Furan and Maleic Anhydride
Raul Lobo
Eyas Mahmoud
Donald Watson
November 18, 2013

Selective Production of Renewable Benzoic Acid by Tandem Diels-Alder and Dehydration Reaction Using Novel Zeolite Hf-Beta
Raul Lobo
Eyas Mahmoud
May 9, 2014

Improved Production of Water-Soluble Oligomers
Wei Fan
Paul J. Dauenhauer
Paul Dornath
April 24, 2015

Lewis Acid Catalyst for the Diels-Alder Cycloaddition and Dehydration of Furans and Alkenes
Raul Lobo
Maura Koehle
Lindsay Kelly
July 1, 2015

Lewis Acid Catalyst for the Friedel-Crafts Addition of Anhydrides to Furans
Raul Lobo
Maura Koehle
Lindsay Kelly
July 1, 2015

A Process for Production of C-C Coupled Long Carbon Fuel Precursors Using Improved Graphene Oxide
Dionisios Vlachos
Basudeb Saha
Saikat Dutta
August 17, 2016

Precursor to Terephthalic Acid
Raul Lobo
Dionisios Vlachos
Erisa Saraci
August 17, 2016

Hydrophobic Graphene Oxide Sponge (GOS) For Efficient Oil Separation and C-C Coupling Reaction
Dionisios Vlachos
Basudeb Saha
Saikat Dutta
March 2, 2017