New PATENT Application

METHODS FOR ENHANCED PROCESSING OF BIOMASS USING FLASH DESICCATION AND/OR MECHANICAL HYDRODYNAMIC CAVITATION 

The SkunK has been on patent watch for quite a while.  Here is another gem as of September 9, 2010 .  GreenShift just published an application for another patent.  SEE HERE for patent applications tied to "Winsness" the last name of Dave Winsness, the Chief Technology Officer of GreenShift.  Notice this is another patent with both Mr Kriesler and Dave Winsness as the inventors.

Kreisler; Kevin Elliot; (Mt. Arlington, NJ) ; Winsness; David James; (Alpharetta, GA)

"The technology is designed to dramatically improve the energy balance and yield from corn (and any derivative thereof), cellulosic and other forms of biomass including, without limitation, grains, seeds, grasses, wood, algae, agricultural wastes, food wastes, forestry products, and waste products such as paper, trash and/or sewage sludge. A significant benefit of the technology is that it increases the availability of fermentable sugars and extractable lipids and protein in whole corn while enabling corn ethanol producers to diversify their feedstock mix by accepting and processing cellulosic biomass derived from corn (including corn cobs and stover) into additional ethanol, lipids and commercial feed products. For example, it is believed more starch is accessible to the enzymes by reducing the particle size using FD and/or MHC. This degree of flexibility does not exist in the corn ethanol industry today and it would enable existing corn ethanol producers to reduce their financial and market risk while enhancing their competitive posture in the growing but challenging renewable fuels industry. The technology is designed to achieve similar objectives for any enzymatic, thermal or other biomass-based production process such as cellulosic ethanol production by facilitating increased conversion efficiencies and diversification of feedstock and product mixes."

Notice this patent was filed 9 March 2010, only now being published by law.  By publishing the patent this is supposed to eliminate/reduce others trying to also patent it.  As we have seen, sometimes the publishing helps those trying to copy it.  That leads to litigation.

SEE NEW PATENT APPLICATION HERE

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