Patents by Inventor Benedict Yorke Johnson

Benedict Yorke Johnson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF LIQUIDS CONTAINING CONTAMINANTS USING ZERO VALENT NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20150001156
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for an inorganic substrate having at least one surface having a plurality of pores; zero valent nanoparticles deposited on the at least one surface and within at least some of the pores; and a stabilizer engaging the zero valent nanoparticles and operating to inhibit oxidation of the zero valent nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: Benedict Yorke Johnson
  • Sorbent bodies comprising activated carbon, processes for making them, and their use
    Patent number: 8741243
    Abstract: Sorbent bodies comprising activated carbon, processes for making them, and methods of using them. The sorbent bodies can be used to remove toxic elements from a fluid, such as from a gas stream. For instance, the sorbent bodies may be used to remove elemental mercury or mercury in an oxidized state from a coal combustion flue gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kishor Purushottam Gadkaree, Benedict Yorke Johnson, Pei Qiong Kuang, Anbo Liu, Youchun Shi
  • Organic antioxidant based filtration apparatus and method
    Patent number: 8496739
    Abstract: A filter apparatus comprising an organic antioxidant. The filter apparatus may be use, for example, in the removal of a toxic metal from a fluid stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Dawes, Benedict Yorke Johnson, Wanda Janina Walczak
  • Sorbent For Removal Of A Contaminant From A Fluid
    Publication number: 20120135214
    Abstract: Active materials, for example, metal sulfide, or metal selenide which may be useful in the removal of a contaminant from a fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Dawes, Benedict Yorke Johnson, Millicent Kaye Weldon Ruffin, Elizabeth Marie Vileno, Ezra Morgan Yarnell
  • Method of Making an Activated Carbon Substrate Having Metal Sulfide
    Publication number: 20120132073
    Abstract: A method of making a sorbent of an activated carbon substrate having a metal sulfide, which may be useful, for example, for removing a contaminant from a fluid stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Benedict Yorke Johnson, Samuel Odei Owusu, Millicent Kaye Weldon Ruffin
  • Surface Modified Activated Carbon Sorbent
    Publication number: 20120115716
    Abstract: A flow-through substrate having a treated activated carbon surface, useful, for example, in the removal of a toxic metal from a fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Benedict Yorke Johnson, Steven Bolaji Ogunwumi, Millicent Kaye Weldon Ruffin
  • ORGANIC ANTIOXIDANT BASED FILTRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120048110
    Abstract: A filter apparatus comprising an organic antioxidant. The filter apparatus may be use, for example, in the removal of a toxic metal from a fluid stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Dawes, Benedict Yorke Johnson, Wanda Janina Walczak
  • SORBENT BODIES COMPRISING ACTIVATED CARBON, PROCESSES FOR MAKING THEM, AND THEIR USE
    Publication number: 20110020202
    Abstract: Sorbent bodies comprising activated carbon, processes for making them, and methods of using them. The sorbent bodies can be used to remove toxic elements from a fluid, such as from a gas stream. For instance, the sorbent bodies may be used to remove elemental mercury or mercury in an oxidized state from a coal combustion flue gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kishor Purushottam Gadkaree, Benedict Yorke Johnson, Pei Qiong Kuang, Anbo Liu, Youchun Shi
  • Process For Removing Toxic Metals From A Fluid Stream
    Publication number: 20100239479
    Abstract: A process for removing at least one of As, Cd, Hg and Se from a fluid stream, comprising: (I) providing a plurality of Group A particles of a Group A sorbent material, said Group A sorbent material comprising: an activated carbon matrix defining a plurality of pores; sulfur; and an additive adapted for promoting the removal of at least one of As, Cd, Hg and Se from a fluid stream, wherein the additive is distributed throughout the activated carbon matrix; and (II) contacting the fluid stream with a plurality of Group A particles of the Group A sorbent material. The process can involve powder injection, a packed sorbent bed, a fluidized sorbent bed, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kishor Purushottam Gadkaree, Benedict Yorke Johnson, Pei Qiong Kuang, Anbo Liu