ROBERT W COUGHLIN
Engineers in Bethlehem, PA

4048018, Sep 13, 1977

Mar 9, 1976

5/665300

Robert W. Coughlin - Bethlehem PA
Marvin Charles - Allentown PA

C12B 100

195115

A liquid stream containing the reactants is passed through a bed of enzyme catalyst, made up of enzymes bonded to small, dense particles of carrier or support materials, in a manner which causes the bed to expand or fluidize and a chemical reaction is thereby carried out in a process that is simultaneously free from limitations due to plugging and excessive pressure drop and which also has the advantage of the high mass transfer rates that can be realized between the liquid and small particles.

4016293, Apr 5, 1977

Feb 11, 1974

5/441569

Robert W. Coughlin - Bethlehem PA
Marvin Charles - Allentown PA

C12D 1302

426 42

A liquid stream containing the reactants is passed through a bed of enzyme catalyst, made up of enzymes bonded to small, dense particles of carrier or support materials, in a manner which causes the bed to expand or fluidize and a chemical reaction is thereby carried out in a process that is simultaneously free from limitations due to plugging and excessive pressure drop and which also has the advantage of the high mass transfer rates that can be realized between the liquid and small particles. Reactions are carried out in this manner using enzymes bound to porous and non-porous inorganic supporting particles. This process has been employed for treating cheese whey with the enzyme lactase in a fluidized bed of inert particles to which the lactase is bound.

4279710, Jul 21, 1981

Nov 5, 1979

6/091660

Robert W. Coughlin - Bethlehem PA

University Patents, Inc. - Norwalk CT

C25B 102, C25B 500, C25B 100

204101

Electrochemical method and associated apparatus permit carbonaceous materials to be gasified to carbon oxides under mild conditions with the attendant formation of fuels or high energy intermediates such as hydrogen, or light hydrocarbons and production of electric power.