Inventor · Big Rapids, MI, US

Bruce E. Dale

27Patents
13h-index
27Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 3, 1979 → Feb 18, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.