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Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series May archived by USPTO category 05/10

20100130762 - Compositions and methods for dissolving oils: Disclosed are compositions and methods for extracting oils comprising contacting material containing the oil with a composition comprising 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene in an amount sufficient to dissolve at least a portion of the oil, and separating the solvent/oil solution from the material.... Agent: Honeywell/fox Rothschild Patent Services

20100130761 - Deacidification method: There is provided a process for reducing the free fatty acid content of natural oils by contacting the crude natural oil with a solvent to produce an oil product phase substantially depleted in free fatty acids and a free fatty acid rich solvent phase containing the extracted free fatty acids... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20100130763 - Processes for the production of fatty acid alkyl esters: The present invention provides processes for the formation of fatty acid alkyl esters, which may be used as biodiesel. In particular, the invention provides an esterification process in which a lipid material is contacted with an alcohol in the presence of a metal halide or metal alkoxide conjugated to a... Agent: Polsinelli Shughart PC

20100125145 - Trans-esterification reaction system and method thereof: The trans-esterification system for trans-esterifying a triglyceride includes a reaction tank, a separation tank, a first pipe and a second pipe. The reaction tank is inputted with the triglyceride and a monohydric alcohol for undergoing a trans-esterification reaction to produce a mixture. The separation tank is inputted with the mixture... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP 901 Campisi Way

20100121086 - Process for the production of alkanolamide: The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of alkanolamide containing compositions, and more particularly to a process of reacting a fatty acid and diethanolamine (DEA) which result in the formation of low levels of undesirable by products, particularly of bis-hydroxyethyl piperazine (BHEP).... Agent: Jones Day

20100121087 - Method for esterification of free fatty acids in triglycerides: A method for esterification of free fatty acids with methanol. The method has steps of: (a) contacting a heterogeneous esterification catalyst in a reactor with a reaction mixture containing: (i) methanol and (ii) a triglyceride mixture containing 70-99.8 wt % triglycerides and 0.2-30 wt % free fatty acids, under conditions... Agent: Rohm And Haas Company Patent Department

20100113810 - Treatment of neurodegenerative conditions: A method is provided for treating a patient in need of therapy for a neurodegenerative disease comprising administering to that patient a therapeutically effective dose of a lipid glyceride comprising a glycerol moiety and a fatty acid moiety, the fatty acid moiety being selected from the group consisting of γ-linolenic... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100113811 - Delta-15 desaturases genes suitable for increasing levels of omega-3 fatty acids: The present invention relates to fungal Δ-15 fatty acid desaturases that are able to catalyze the conversion of linoleic acid (18:2, LA) to alpha-linolenic acid (18:3, ALA). Nucleic acid sequences encoding the desaturases, nucleic acid sequences which hybridize thereto, DNA constructs comprising the desaturase genes, and recombinant host plants and... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center