Cereal-based charcoal binder

US9108909B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• Syed Hussain Imam · Walnut Creek, US
• Greg M. Glenn · American Canyon, US
• Bor-Sen Chiou · College Park, US
• William J. Orts · Burlingame, US
• Dustin Rains · Pleasanton, US
• Allison Fretwell · Pleasanton, US
• Greg Piche · Pleasanton, US
• Adam T. Slaboski · San Francisco, US
• Stephen Fisher · Pleasanton, US
• Tomás Colussi · Oakland, US
• Don Swatling · Oakland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 18, 2015
• Expiry date: Apr 15, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E50/30
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The cereal-based charcoal binder utilizes unrefined non-corn whole grains to replace the conventional cornstarch binder in solid charcoal fuels. The whole grain material is ground up, mixed with water, gelatinized, and then mixed with at least one dry ingredient to produce the solid charcoal fuel product.