Bruce E. Dale
27Patents
13h-index
27Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 3, 1979 → Feb 18, 2016
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6176176A | Apparatus for treating cellulosic materials | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 110 | Expired |
| US6106888A | Process for treating cellulosic materials | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 101 | Expired |
| US4600590A | Method for increasing the reactivity and digestibility of cellulose with ammonia | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 90 | Expired |
| US5037663A | Process for increasing the reactivity of cellulose-containing materials | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 86 | Expired |
| US5136630A | Intrinsically safe telephone | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 66 | Expired |
| US7049485B2 | Transgenic plants containing ligninase and cellulase which degrade lignin and cellulose to fermentable sugars | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Expired |
| US7915017B2 | Process for the treatment of lignocellulosic biomass | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Active |
| US8367378B2 | Process for producing sugars and ethanol using corn stillage | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Active |
| US7423195B2 | Transgenic plants containing ligninase and cellulase which degrade lignin and cellulose to fermentable sugars | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Active |
| US8673031B2 | Pretreated densified biomass products | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Active |
| US8394611B2 | Process for the treatment of lignocellulosic biomass | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Active |
| US7371926B2 | Transgenic plants containing ligninase and cellulase which degrade lignin and cellulose to fermentable sugars | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
| US8945245B2 | Methods of hydrolyzing pretreated densified biomass particulates and systems related thereto | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Active |
| US7569745B2 | Transgenic plants containing ligninase and cellulase which degrade lignin and cellulose to fermentable sugars | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Active |
| US8771425B2 | Process for the treatment of lignocellulosic biomass | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
| US4265675A | Nontoxic cellulose solvent and process for forming and utilizing the same | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 10 | Expired |
| US8968515B2 | Methods for pretreating biomass | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
| US9458482B2 | Methods of hydrolyzing pretreated densified biomass particulates and systems related thereto | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Active |
| US7696411B2 | Transgenic plants containing ligninase and cellulase which degrade lignin and cellulose to fermentable sugars | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Active |
| US9644222B2 | Methods for pretreating biomass | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Active |
| US9039792B2 | Methods for producing and using densified biomass products containing pretreated biomass fibers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Active |
| US9650657B2 | Methods for producing extracted and digested products from pretreated lignocellulosic biomass | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US9297027B1 | Yeast strains | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US10202660B2 | Methods for increasing sugar yield with size-adjusted lignocellulosic biomass particles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US9206446B2 | Extraction of solubles from plant biomass for use as microbial growth stimulant and methods related thereto | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.