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Representative Patents

Patent: A right granted by the government for a limited time enabling the owner to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling an invention or importing it into the country, in exchange for sufficient disclosure of the invention to the public.  

The following listing shows a representative portion of over 120 granted U.S. patents I have helped clients create, in addition to numerous family member patents internationally.  Links to many of the US patents are provided, along with commentary on selected ones.

Biochemical

“Plant-based recombinant butyrylcholinesterase production methods” 
9,688,970; granted 2017

 

“Vaccines formed by virus and antigen conjugation”

11,690,907; granted 2023

“Virus and antigen conjugation”

12,173,328; granted 2024 

  • Our client's other US Patents include:  12,097,256; 12,173,328; 11,655,461; 11,485,956; 11,696,948; 11,690,907; 10,214,747; 10,035,994.  These and foreign patents granted in Europe, Japan, Canada, China, Australia, and South Korea have strengthened our client's position in the market as an innovative leader in plant-made proteins such as vaccines and monoclonal antibodies.

 

Chemical

“Catalytic isomerisation of linear olefinic hydrocarbons”

8,785,709; granted 2014

“Pre-treatment of samples by electrochemical removal of dissolved gases” 
10,058,818; granted 2018

“Recycling of styrene butadiene rubber and like materials”

9,458,303; granted 2016

  • Our client entered into a royalty-bearing license of the invention with a company for scaling the chemical devulcanization process and lowering the number of tires (200+ million per year) currently disposed of in the U.S. 

“Plant for the production of hydrogen from any hydrocarbon gases” 
12,304,815; granted 2025

“Processing of red mud in bauxite refining”

12,194,400; granted 2025

“Purification of lower olefins”

12,195,425; granted 2025

Energy

“Heat pipe, augmented passive solar heating system”

10,060,681; granted 2018

“Solar hydrogen production from ambient water vapor electrolysis” 

10,337,107; granted 2019

Fluidics

“Filter clog sensing system and method for compensating in response to blower speed changes”

9,186,609; granted 2015

“Thermally driven Knudsen pump”

9,243,624; granted 2016

“Bilayer microvalve arrays for pneumatic and fluidic applications”

10,851,914; granted 2020

Manufacturing

Hazardous location diesel engine power unit with automatic shutdown”
9,194,306; granted 2015

“Expanded Metal with unified margins and applications thereof”
9,909,223; granted 2018

“Applicator for particulate additives”

10,973,254; granted 2021

“Harvested bale wrapping material and sealing accessory to deliver and protect a closing adhesive”

11,142,382; granted 2021

  • The above patent was part of a larger group of patents.  Our client contacted us wanting to protect its intellectual property and increase the value of the company.  Through this work, the other patents granted our client include: 10,257,986;10,377,545; 10,710,786; 10,264,732; 10,384,899; 10,787,335; 11,142,382, plus foreign patents in Australia, Israel, Brazil, and Mexico.    The increased value of its intellectual property allowed the ownership group to sell the company under desirable terms. 

Medical 

“Ergonomic syringe and adaptor”
9,067,023; granted 2015

“Method of analyzing, displaying, organizing and responding to vital signals” 

10,108,325; granted 2018

“Sternum fixation device and method”
10,010,360; granted 2018

“Sternum fixation device and method”
10,154,864; granted 2018

Physics
 

"Detection of Aliased Peak Frequencies in Video Recording"

11,100,654; granted 2020

“Monitoring of objects based on frequency spectrum and frequency filtering” 

11,481,890; granted 2022

 

“Image acquisition, correlation and detailed visual inspection of component in periodic motion”  11,514,583; granted 2022

“Measuring the torsional vibration of a mechanical component using one or more cameras” 
11,557,043; granted 2023

​​“Repetitive video monitoring of industrial equipment by mobile data acquisition units”
11,551,345; granted 2023

  • Through our work, a sizable US portfolio across several patent families establishes our client's competitive position in the field of vision-based analysis for predictive maintenance of heavy equipment.  Other patents for this client include:  9,704,266; 10,459,615; 10,108,325; 10,062,411; 10,521,098; 10,853,930; 10,643,659; 10,877,655; 11,380,363; 11,423,551; 10,712,924; 10,762,639; 10,977,800; 11,631,432; 11,275,496; 11,244,437; 11,373,317; 12,300,273; 11,282,213; 11,341,658; 11,322,182; 11,803,297; 11,756,212; 11,600,303; 11,538,173; 12,190,532; 12,112,774; 11,631,185; 11,783,467; 11,645,760; 11,861,820; 11,972,577; 11,816,845; and 12,322,083

 

 

Sample Collection

“Preconcentrator for analysis instruments”

8,569,691; granted 2013

“Fully automated sequential injection analysis method for preconcentration of haloacetic acids in drinking water samples”

9,581,578; granted 2017

“Electrochemical determination of heavy metals”

10,191,009; granted 2019

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