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[Biofuel] Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel

2007-04-23 Thread Keith Addison

I had this email from a group working with biodiesel in the Sahel. If 
it's true, it seems ridiculous to me.

See:
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/ia.jsp?IA=IL2006000622&REF=RSS
(WO/2006/126206) PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL FROM BALANITES AEGYPTIACA

Best

Keith


>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:20:52 +0200
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>- Original Message -
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 11:16 AM
>Subject: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel
>
>Dear Sirs,
>
>We are supporting NGO 's and cooperatives in Afrika,
>there is a big need to produce oil from all possible plants, nuts , 
>seeds of any other vegetable origine , for human consumption or for 
>producing energie.
>One of the NGO ' s in the Sahel-region helps the local population to 
>organise the collecting of the fruits and nuts
>to improve their oil production from the nuts of the Balanites tree. 
>The Balanites tree is very popular by the population , the fruits 
>are sweet amere but the  juice is used as a drink and sold to the 
>town , the nuts are very hard and inside, the kernel  contains 40 to 
>48% of oil.
>Sometimes the used as lamp-oil.
>The whole tree is very interesting for public health , on 
>internet is a lot of information about that.
>The NGO will make the use as lamp-oil better by transesterification 
>to obtain biodiesel that the should burn in
>small diesel cookingoven ,so that they don't have to use the wood , 
>which is one of the biggest problem in this region.
>Further the don't have electricity ,  the have diesel generator , 
>but the irrigularity in delivery and the high prices of gasoil makes 
>it to difficult in using them  all the time.
>
>
>The problem :
>
>There is a pattent on "the invention" to make biodiesel from 
>BALANITES OIL .(WO/2006/126206) dated november 2006 by the BEN 
>GORION UNIVERSITY
>
>
>Please can you inform us, Is it  possible to take a patent on the 
>transesterification process of oil to produce Biodiesel?
>
>Is this ALL Patent possible?
>
>Is this NEW  and what is new on this invention?
>
>Is this not in contradiction with statements of many Organisations - 
>World Wide - for the devellopment of POOR COUNTRIES ,
>
>Thanks for your attention
>
>we remain with kind regards
>
>marc van de velde
>Leningstraat 19
>2140 ANTWERP
>Belgium
>
>
>production and office in POLAND
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>


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Re: [Biofuel] Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel

2007-04-27 Thread Keith Addison

I'd appreciate some opinions on this, if anyone would like to comment.

Just to stir it up a bit, a somewhat ridiculous small company in 
Japan called Someya Shoten which feels it leads the world in matters 
biodiesel took out a patent on transesterification some years ago.

So is Ben Gurion University infringing on Someya Shoten's patent?

Or is the whole thing preposterous, since transesterification was 
invented/discovered about 150 years ago and is thoroughly in the 
public domain no matter who decides to patent it, and no matter which 
dumb patent office that doesn't check anything decides to grant the 
patent?

Would the best advice to the Sahel group be to ignore it and just get 
on with it?

Has anybody patented the human nose yet, or failing that, the air 
noses breathe?

All best

Keith


>I had this email from a group working with biodiesel in the Sahel. If
>it's true, it seems ridiculous to me.
>
>See:
>http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/ia.jsp?IA=IL2006000622&REF=RSS
>(WO/2006/126206) PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL FROM BALANITES AEGYPTIACA
>
>Best
>
>Keith
>
>
> >Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:20:52 +0200
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >- Original Message -
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 11:16 AM
> >Subject: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel
> >
> >Dear Sirs,
> >
> >We are supporting NGO 's and cooperatives in Afrika,
> >there is a big need to produce oil from all possible plants, nuts ,
> >seeds of any other vegetable origine , for human consumption or for
> >producing energie.
> >One of the NGO ' s in the Sahel-region helps the local population to
> >organise the collecting of the fruits and nuts
> >to improve their oil production from the nuts of the Balanites tree.
> >The Balanites tree is very popular by the population , the fruits
> >are sweet amere but the  juice is used as a drink and sold to the
> >town , the nuts are very hard and inside, the kernel  contains 40 to
> >48% of oil.
> >Sometimes the used as lamp-oil.
> >The whole tree is very interesting for public health , on
> >internet is a lot of information about that.
> >The NGO will make the use as lamp-oil better by transesterification
> >to obtain biodiesel that the should burn in
> >small diesel cookingoven ,so that they don't have to use the wood ,
> >which is one of the biggest problem in this region.
> >Further the don't have electricity ,  the have diesel generator ,
> >but the irrigularity in delivery and the high prices of gasoil makes
> >it to difficult in using them  all the time.
> >
> >
> >The problem :
> >
> >There is a pattent on "the invention" to make biodiesel from
> >BALANITES OIL .(WO/2006/126206) dated november 2006 by the BEN
> >GORION UNIVERSITY
> >
> >
> >Please can you inform us, Is it  possible to take a patent on the
> >transesterification process of oil to produce Biodiesel?
> >
> >Is this ALL Patent possible?
> >
> >Is this NEW  and what is new on this invention?
> >
> >Is this not in contradiction with statements of many Organisations -
> >World Wide - for the devellopment of POOR COUNTRIES ,
> >
> >Thanks for your attention
> >
> >we remain with kind regards
> >
> >marc van de velde
> >Leningstraat 19
> >2140 ANTWERP
> >Belgium
> >
> >
> >production and office in POLAND
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
>
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Re: [Biofuel] Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel

2007-04-27 Thread DHAJOGLO

Keith,
   I think stories of this underscore the broken nature of the patent process.  
The technology is fraught full of this.  Amazon.com patented  the "one click" 
checkout.  Now, if you distill your e-business site down to one click you are 
infringing on their patent.  Thus, you don't have to invent anything, just be 
the first at the patent office with a process no matter how fundamental or 
natural it may be.

It will be interesting with transesterfication since it's a well documented 
chemical process.  I would venture it would not hold up in court and thus, if 
someone tried to sue, the biodiesel community would get together and attempt to 
fight it since a ruling would effectively impact all producers.

 



On Friday, April 27, 2007  1:21 PM, Keith Addison wrote:
>I'd appreciate some opinions on this, if anyone would like to comment.
>
>Just to stir it up a bit, a somewhat ridiculous small company in
>Japan called Someya Shoten which feels it leads the world in matters
>biodiesel took out a patent on transesterification some years ago.
>
>So is Ben Gurion University infringing on Someya Shoten's patent?
>
>Or is the whole thing preposterous, since transesterification was
>invented/discovered about 150 years ago and is thoroughly in the
>public domain no matter who decides to patent it, and no matter which
>dumb patent office that doesn't check anything decides to grant the
>patent?
>
>Would the best advice to the Sahel group be to ignore it and just get
>on with it?
>
>Has anybody patented the human nose yet, or failing that, the air
>noses breathe?
>
>All best
>
>Keith
>
>
>>I had this email from a group working with biodiesel in the Sahel. If
>>it's true, it seems ridiculous to me.
>>
>>See:
>>http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/ia.jsp?IA=IL2006000622&REF=RSS
>>(WO/2006/126206) PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL FROM BALANITES AEGYPTIACA
>>
>>Best
>>
>>Keith
>>
>>
>> >Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:20:52 +0200
>> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >Subject: Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel
>> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >
>> >- Original Message -
>> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 11:16 AM
>> >Subject: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel
>> >
>> >Dear Sirs,
>> >
>> >We are supporting NGO 's and cooperatives in Afrika,
>> >there is a big need to produce oil from all possible plants, nuts ,
>> >seeds of any other vegetable origine , for human consumption or for
>> >producing energie.
>> >One of the NGO ' s in the Sahel-region helps the local population to
>> >organise the collecting of the fruits and nuts
>> >to improve their oil production from the nuts of the Balanites tree.
>> >The Balanites tree is very popular by the population , the fruits
>> >are sweet amere but the  juice is used as a drink and sold to the
>> >town , the nuts are very hard and inside, the kernel  contains 40 to
>> >48% of oil.
>> >Sometimes the used as lamp-oil.
>> >The whole tree is very interesting for public health , on
>> >internet is a lot of information about that.
>> >The NGO will make the use as lamp-oil better by transesterification
>> >to obtain biodiesel that the should burn in
>> >small diesel cookingoven ,so that they don't have to use the wood ,
>> >which is one of the biggest problem in this region.
>> >Further the don't have electricity ,  the have diesel generator ,
>> >but the irrigularity in delivery and the high prices of gasoil makes
>> >it to difficult in using them  all the time.
>> >
>> >
>> >The problem :
>> >
>> >There is a pattent on "the invention" to make biodiesel from
>> >BALANITES OIL .(WO/2006/126206) dated november 2006 by the BEN
>> >GORION UNIVERSITY
>> >
>> >
>> >Please can you inform us, Is it  possible to take a patent on the
>> >transesterification process of oil to produce Biodiesel?
>> >
>> >Is this ALL Patent possible?
>> >
>> >Is this NEW  and what is new on this invention?
>> >
>> >Is this not in contradiction with statements of many Organisations -
>> >World Wide - for the devellopment of POOR COUNTRIES ,
>> >
>> >Thanks for your attention
>> >
>> >we remain with kind regards
>> >
>> >marc van de velde
>> >Leningstraat 19
>> >2140 ANTWERP
>> >Belgium
>> >
>> >
>> >production and office in POLAND
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >
>>
>>
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Re: [Biofuel] Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel

2007-04-27 Thread Fritz Friesinger

Hi Keith,
to my knowledge,anything belong to the public domaine kan not be patented.A 
simple dokumentet description of the process should be enough to dismiss any 
patentclaim!

Fritz
  - Original Message - 
  From: Keith Addison 
  To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org 
  Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:21 PM
  Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel


  I'd appreciate some opinions on this, if anyone would like to comment.

  Just to stir it up a bit, a somewhat ridiculous small company in 
  Japan called Someya Shoten which feels it leads the world in matters 
  biodiesel took out a patent on transesterification some years ago.

  So is Ben Gurion University infringing on Someya Shoten's patent?

  Or is the whole thing preposterous, since transesterification was 
  invented/discovered about 150 years ago and is thoroughly in the 
  public domain no matter who decides to patent it, and no matter which 
  dumb patent office that doesn't check anything decides to grant the 
  patent?

  Would the best advice to the Sahel group be to ignore it and just get 
  on with it?

  Has anybody patented the human nose yet, or failing that, the air 
  noses breathe?

  All best

  Keith


  >I had this email from a group working with biodiesel in the Sahel. If
  >it's true, it seems ridiculous to me.
  >
  >See:
  >http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/ia.jsp?IA=IL2006000622&REF=RSS
  >(WO/2006/126206) PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL FROM BALANITES AEGYPTIACA
  >
  >Best
  >
  >Keith
  >
  >
  > >Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:20:52 +0200
  > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  > >Subject: Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel
  > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  > >
  > >- Original Message -
  > >From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  > >To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  > >Cc: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  > >Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 11:16 AM
  > >Subject: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel
  > >
  > >Dear Sirs,
  > >
  > >We are supporting NGO 's and cooperatives in Afrika,
  > >there is a big need to produce oil from all possible plants, nuts ,
  > >seeds of any other vegetable origine , for human consumption or for
  > >producing energie.
  > >One of the NGO ' s in the Sahel-region helps the local population to
  > >organise the collecting of the fruits and nuts
  > >to improve their oil production from the nuts of the Balanites tree.
  > >The Balanites tree is very popular by the population , the fruits
  > >are sweet amere but the  juice is used as a drink and sold to the
  > >town , the nuts are very hard and inside, the kernel  contains 40 to
  > >48% of oil.
  > >Sometimes the used as lamp-oil.
  > >The whole tree is very interesting for public health , on
  > >internet is a lot of information about that.
  > >The NGO will make the use as lamp-oil better by transesterification
  > >to obtain biodiesel that the should burn in
  > >small diesel cookingoven ,so that they don't have to use the wood ,
  > >which is one of the biggest problem in this region.
  > >Further the don't have electricity ,  the have diesel generator ,
  > >but the irrigularity in delivery and the high prices of gasoil makes
  > >it to difficult in using them  all the time.
  > >
  > >
  > >The problem :
  > >
  > >There is a pattent on "the invention" to make biodiesel from
  > >BALANITES OIL .(WO/2006/126206) dated november 2006 by the BEN
  > >GORION UNIVERSITY
  > >
  > >
  > >Please can you inform us, Is it  possible to take a patent on the
  > >transesterification process of oil to produce Biodiesel?
  > >
  > >Is this ALL Patent possible?
  > >
  > >Is this NEW  and what is new on this invention?
  > >
  > >Is this not in contradiction with statements of many Organisations -
  > >World Wide - for the devellopment of POOR COUNTRIES ,
  > >
  > >Thanks for your attention
  > >
  > >we remain with kind regards
  > >
  > >marc van de velde
  > >Leningstraat 19
  > >2140 ANTWERP
  > >Belgium
  > >
  > >
  > >production and office in POLAND
  > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  > >
  >
  >
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Re: [Biofuel] Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel

2007-04-27 Thread doug

Yes, but I think the problem is that the Patent office does not check the 
validity of patents. The test comes when the patent goes to court (so feeding 
the Legal fraternity...)

regards Doug

On Saturday 28 April 2007 08:18:05 am Fritz Friesinger wrote:
> Hi Keith,
> to my knowledge,anything belong to the public domaine kan not be patented.A
> simple dokumentet description of the process should be enough to dismiss
> any patentclaim!
>
> Fritz

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Re: [Biofuel] Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel

2007-04-28 Thread DHAJOGLO

There is one precedent set that I know of regarding a patent of what I would 
call an intuitive process.  A while back a company called PanIP held a patent 
for what is basically e-commerce.  It read something like, "Any site with 
images that takes credit card numbers..."   They started extorting small 
companies with massive lawsuit threats.  I'm not sure in what order things 
occurred, but basically they were finally counter sued and the company had to 
pay back all the legal fees it had incurred in its little rampage.

This gives us a little hope that anyone that is granted a patent for a well 
known and documented process wouldn't be able to enforce infringement.

On Friday, April 27, 2007  6:08 PM, doug wrote:
>
>Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:08:00 +1000
>From: doug
>To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
>Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel
>
>Yes, but I think the problem is that the Patent office does not check the
>validity of patents. The test comes when the patent goes to court (so feeding
>the Legal fraternity...)
>
>regards Doug
>
>On Saturday 28 April 2007 08:18:05 am Fritz Friesinger wrote:
>> Hi Keith,
>> to my knowledge,anything belong to the public domaine kan not be patented.A
>> simple dokumentet description of the process should be enough to dismiss
>> any patentclaim!
>>
>> Fritz
>
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Re: [Biofuel] Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel

2007-04-30 Thread Keith Addison

Thankyou very much, folks, that about wraps it up I think.

I'll forward these messages to the Sahel group.

By the way:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5043E/x5043E05.htm
Minor oil crops - Individual monographs (Balanites-Borneo tallow 
nut-Brazil nut-Caryocar spp)

Edible - unlike jatropha:

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/FamineFoods/ff_families/BALANITACEAE.html
BALANITACEAE - Famine Foods

Best

Keith


>Yes, but I think the problem is that the Patent office does not check the
>validity of patents. The test comes when the patent goes to court (so feeding
>the Legal fraternity...)
>
>regards Doug
>
>On Saturday 28 April 2007 08:18:05 am Fritz Friesinger wrote:
> > Hi Keith,
> > to my knowledge,anything belong to the public domaine kan not be patented.A
> > simple dokumentet description of the process should be enough to dismiss
> > any patentclaim!
> >
> > Fritz


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Re: [Biofuel] Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel

2007-04-30 Thread Mike Weaver

Google "prior art patent"

I don't think there is much to worry about

Keith Addison wrote:

>I'd appreciate some opinions on this, if anyone would like to comment.
>
>Just to stir it up a bit, a somewhat ridiculous small company in 
>Japan called Someya Shoten which feels it leads the world in matters 
>biodiesel took out a patent on transesterification some years ago.
>
>So is Ben Gurion University infringing on Someya Shoten's patent?
>
>Or is the whole thing preposterous, since transesterification was 
>invented/discovered about 150 years ago and is thoroughly in the 
>public domain no matter who decides to patent it, and no matter which 
>dumb patent office that doesn't check anything decides to grant the 
>patent?
>
>Would the best advice to the Sahel group be to ignore it and just get 
>on with it?
>
>Has anybody patented the human nose yet, or failing that, the air 
>noses breathe?
>
>All best
>
>Keith
>
>
>  
>
>>I had this email from a group working with biodiesel in the Sahel. If
>>it's true, it seems ridiculous to me.
>>
>>See:
>>http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/ia.jsp?IA=IL2006000622&REF=RSS
>>(WO/2006/126206) PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL FROM BALANITES AEGYPTIACA
>>
>>Best
>>
>>Keith
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:20:52 +0200
>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Subject: Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel
>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>>- Original Message -
>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 11:16 AM
>>>Subject: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel
>>>
>>>Dear Sirs,
>>>
>>>We are supporting NGO 's and cooperatives in Afrika,
>>>there is a big need to produce oil from all possible plants, nuts ,
>>>seeds of any other vegetable origine , for human consumption or for
>>>producing energie.
>>>One of the NGO ' s in the Sahel-region helps the local population to
>>>organise the collecting of the fruits and nuts
>>>to improve their oil production from the nuts of the Balanites tree.
>>>The Balanites tree is very popular by the population , the fruits
>>>are sweet amere but the  juice is used as a drink and sold to the
>>>town , the nuts are very hard and inside, the kernel  contains 40 to
>>>48% of oil.
>>>Sometimes the used as lamp-oil.
>>>The whole tree is very interesting for public health , on
>>>internet is a lot of information about that.
>>>The NGO will make the use as lamp-oil better by transesterification
>>>to obtain biodiesel that the should burn in
>>>small diesel cookingoven ,so that they don't have to use the wood ,
>>>which is one of the biggest problem in this region.
>>>Further the don't have electricity ,  the have diesel generator ,
>>>but the irrigularity in delivery and the high prices of gasoil makes
>>>it to difficult in using them  all the time.
>>>
>>>
>>>The problem :
>>>
>>>There is a pattent on "the invention" to make biodiesel from
>>>BALANITES OIL .(WO/2006/126206) dated november 2006 by the BEN
>>>GORION UNIVERSITY
>>>
>>>
>>>Please can you inform us, Is it  possible to take a patent on the
>>>transesterification process of oil to produce Biodiesel?
>>>
>>>Is this ALL Patent possible?
>>>
>>>Is this NEW  and what is new on this invention?
>>>
>>>Is this not in contradiction with statements of many Organisations -
>>>World Wide - for the devellopment of POOR COUNTRIES ,
>>>
>>>Thanks for your attention
>>>
>>>we remain with kind regards
>>>
>>>marc van de velde
>>>Leningstraat 19
>>>2140 ANTWERP
>>>Belgium
>>>
>>>
>>>production and office in POLAND
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>>  
>>>
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Re: [Biofuel] Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel

2007-05-01 Thread Keith Addison

Hello Mike

>Google "prior art patent"
>
>I don't think there is much to worry about

That the patent offices themselves don't seem to be much interested 
in checking for prior art is cause for concern.

But I agree, this Ben Gurion University patent is not something I'd 
worry about, as we all seem to agree.

Thanks!

Best

Keith


>Keith Addison wrote:
>
> >I'd appreciate some opinions on this, if anyone would like to comment.
> >
> >Just to stir it up a bit, a somewhat ridiculous small company in
> >Japan called Someya Shoten which feels it leads the world in matters
> >biodiesel took out a patent on transesterification some years ago.
> >
> >So is Ben Gurion University infringing on Someya Shoten's patent?
> >
> >Or is the whole thing preposterous, since transesterification was
> >invented/discovered about 150 years ago and is thoroughly in the
> >public domain no matter who decides to patent it, and no matter which
> >dumb patent office that doesn't check anything decides to grant the
> >patent?
> >
> >Would the best advice to the Sahel group be to ignore it and just get
> >on with it?
> >
> >Has anybody patented the human nose yet, or failing that, the air
> >noses breathe?
> >
> >All best
> >
> >Keith
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>I had this email from a group working with biodiesel in the Sahel. If
> >>it's true, it seems ridiculous to me.
> >>
> >>See:
> >>http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/ia.jsp?IA=IL2006000622&REF=RSS
> >>(WO/2006/126206) PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL FROM BALANITES AEGYPTIACA
> >>
> >>Best
> >>
> >>Keith
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:20:52 +0200
> >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>Subject: Fw: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel
> >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>
> >>>- Original Message -
> >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 11:16 AM
> >>>Subject: patent for transesterification of oil to Biodiesel
> >>>
> >>>Dear Sirs,
> >>>
> >>>We are supporting NGO 's and cooperatives in Afrika,
> >>>there is a big need to produce oil from all possible plants, nuts ,
> >>>seeds of any other vegetable origine , for human consumption or for
> >>>producing energie.
> >>>One of the NGO ' s in the Sahel-region helps the local population to
> >>>organise the collecting of the fruits and nuts
> >>>to improve their oil production from the nuts of the Balanites tree.
> >>>The Balanites tree is very popular by the population , the fruits
> >>>are sweet amere but the  juice is used as a drink and sold to the
> >>>town , the nuts are very hard and inside, the kernel  contains 40 to
> >>>48% of oil.
> >>>Sometimes the used as lamp-oil.
> >>>The whole tree is very interesting for public health , on
> >>>internet is a lot of information about that.
> >>>The NGO will make the use as lamp-oil better by transesterification
> >>>to obtain biodiesel that the should burn in
> >>>small diesel cookingoven ,so that they don't have to use the wood ,
> >>>which is one of the biggest problem in this region.
> >>>Further the don't have electricity ,  the have diesel generator ,
> >>>but the irrigularity in delivery and the high prices of gasoil makes
> >>>it to difficult in using them  all the time.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>The problem :
> >>>
> >>>There is a pattent on "the invention" to make biodiesel from
> >>>BALANITES OIL .(WO/2006/126206) dated november 2006 by the BEN
> >>>GORION UNIVERSITY
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Please can you inform us, Is it  possible to take a patent on the
> >>>transesterification process of oil to produce Biodiesel?
> >>>
> >>>Is this ALL Patent possible?
> >>>
> >>>Is this NEW  and what is new on this invention?
> >>>
> >>>Is this not in contradiction with statements of many Organisations -
> >>>World Wide - for the devellopment of POOR COUNTRIES ,
> >>>
> >>>Thanks for your attention
> >>>
> >>>we remain with kind regards
> >>>
> >>>marc van de velde
> >>>Leningstraat 19
> >>>2140 ANTWERP
> >>>Belgium
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>production and office in POLAND
> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 


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