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
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Michael Tsapatsis
Kumar Varoon Agrawal
June 26, 2018
US10,005,077
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Gorte, Raymond J.
Oh, Tae-sik
May 22, 2018
US9,979,039
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Orazov, Marat
Davis, Mark E
November 7, 2017
US9,809,528
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Gounder, Rajamani
Davis, Mark E
February 9, 2016
US9,255,120
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Michael Tsapatsis
Xueyi Zhang
November 20, 2015
US9,180,413
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G.W. Huber
Yu-Ting Cheng
Jungho Jae
Anne Gaffney
October 27, 2015
US9,169,442
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Wei Fan
Chun-Chih Chang
Paul Dornath
Zhuopeng Wang
August 18, 2015
US9,108,190
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Moliner-Marin, Manuel
Roman-Leshkov, Yuriy
Davis, Mark E.
Nikolla, Eranda
May 20, 2014
US8,729,256
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Yu-Ting Cheng
G.W. Huber
T. Vispute
T. Carlson
J. Jae
G. Tompsett
October 2, 2012
US8,277,643
Patent applications
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Liang Wang
Suresh Advani
Ajay Prasad
Dionisios Vlachos
Weiqing Zheng
November 2, 2017
WO2017/189509
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Wei Fan
Hong Je Cho
Michael Tsapatsis
Paul J. Dauenhauer
Limin Ren
September 29, 2017
WO2018/064604
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Basudeb Saha
Sibao Liu
Dionisios Vlachos
August 17, 2017
PCT/US2018/046965
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Paul J. Dauenhauer
Dae Sung Park
Kristeen Joseph
Maura Koehle
Chrisoph Krumm
Raul Lobo
Dionisos Vlachos
November 7, 2016
WO2017/079718
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Paul J Dauenhauer
Dae Sung Park
Chrisoph Krumm
November 7, 2016
WO2017/079719
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Dionisios Vlachos
Basudeb Saha
Sunitha Sedula
August 17, 2016
PCT/US2017/046874
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G.W. Huber
Yu-Ting Cheng
Wei Fan
Zhuopeng Wang
June 17, 2013
WO2013/185149
Provisional patents
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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
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Lignin-Based Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
Thomas H. Epps, III
Shu Wang
Basudeb Saha
Li Shuai
Dionisios Vlachos
January 9, 2018
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Bio-Based Base Oils From Fatty Acids and Biomass
Saha, Basudeb
November 29, 2018
62/772,672
Other Intellectual Property
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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
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Renewable Phthalic Anhydride From Biomass-Derived Furan and Maleic Anhydride
Raul Lobo
Eyas Mahmoud
Donald Watson
November 18, 2013
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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
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Improved Production of Water-Soluble Oligomers
Wei Fan
Paul J. Dauenhauer
Paul Dornath
April 24, 2015
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Lewis Acid Catalyst for the Diels-Alder Cycloaddition and Dehydration of Furans and Alkenes
Raul Lobo
Maura Koehle
Lindsay Kelly
July 1, 2015
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Lewis Acid Catalyst for the Friedel-Crafts Addition of Anhydrides to Furans
Raul Lobo
Maura Koehle
Lindsay Kelly
July 1, 2015
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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
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Precursor to Terephthalic Acid
Raul Lobo
Dionisios Vlachos
Erisa Saraci
August 17, 2016
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Hydrophobic Graphene Oxide Sponge (GOS) For Efficient Oil Separation and C-C Coupling Reaction
Dionisios Vlachos
Basudeb Saha
Saikat Dutta
March 2, 2017