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US 10,576,519 · App. 15/512,549 · Granted Mar 3, 2020

Enhanced microbial production of biosurfactants and other products, and uses thereof

Inventors: Sean Farmer (North Miami Beach, FL); Xiaozhou Zhang (Solon, OH); Sharmistha Mazumder (Copley, OH); Maja Milovanovic (North Royalton, OH)
Assignee: LOCUS OIL IP COMPANY, LLC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,576,519
App. No.
15/512,549
Filed
Mar 18, 2017
Granted
Mar 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1632
USPC
435/262
Abstract

This present invention relates to compositions and methods of microbial enhanced oil recovery using Bacillus subtilis strains. The invention also relates to compositions and methods for performing oil degradation with Bacillus subtilis strains. The compositions and methods of the present invention are also used for enhanced commercial biosurfactant and enzyme production.

Claims (4)

1. A method for enhancing the amount of oil recoverable from an oil-containing formation, wherein said method comprises applying a composition comprising Bacillus subtilis strain B1 having accession number PTA-123459 to the oil-containing formation.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the microbe is in the vegetative state.

3. The method of claim 1 , which further comprises administering one or more other microorganisms.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more other microorganisms are selected from Bacillus, Geobacillus, Candida, Starmerella, Yarrowia, Pseudomonas, Nocardioides, Rhodococcus, Arthrobacter and Acinetobacter.

Assignments (10)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2024
From: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY
To: LOCUS SOLUTIONS, LLC; LOCUS MANAGEMENT GP, INC.; LOCUS MANAGEMENT, LLC; LOCUS IP COMPANY, LLC; LOCUS OIL HOLDING, LLC,; LOCUS BIO-ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC; LOCUS OIL IP COMPANY, LLC; LOCUS AGRICULTURE HOLDING, LLC; LOCUS AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS, LLC; LOCUS AGRICULTURE IP COMPANY, LLC,; LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC; LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPHOLDCO, LLC; LOCUS CONSUMER BRANDS HOLDING, LLC; ARCTIVA WELLNESS, LLC
Reel/Frame 069386/0272 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2024
From: LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069333/0911 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2024
From: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 069273/0361 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2023
From: LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS THE COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 065836/0868 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: LOCUS OIL IP COMPANY, LLC
To: LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 065615/0778 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2022
From: LOCUS SOLUTIONS, LLC; LOCUS MANAGEMENT GP, INC.; LOCUS MANAGEMENT, LLC; LOCUS IP COMPANY, LLC; LOCUS OIL HOLDING, LLC; LOCUS BIO-ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC; LOCUS OIL IP COMPANY, LLC; LOCUS AGRICULTURE HOLDING, LLC; LOCUS AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS, LLC; LOCUS AGRICULTURE IP COMPANY, LLC; LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC; LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPHOLDCO, LLC; LOCUS CONSUMER BRANDS HOLDING, LLC; ARCTIVA WELLNESS, LLC
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062079/0829 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2022
From: LOCUS OIL IP COMPANY, LLC
To: LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 061770/0855 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR ASSIGNEE Recorded Aug 18, 2019
From: LOCUS OIL IP COMPANY, LLC
To: LOCUS OIL IP COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 050083/0892 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2018
From: LOCUS SOLUTIONS, LLC
To: LOCUS OIL IP COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 046384/0632 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2017
From: FARMER, SEAN; ZHANG, XIAOZHOU; MAZUMDER, SHARMISTHA; MILOVANOVIC, MAJA
To: LOCUS SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Reel/Frame 042695/0611 →
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