Patents by Inventor Derek Norman Wright

Derek Norman Wright 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).

  • DUAL STAGE PROCESS FOR THE RAPID FORMATION OF PELLETS
    Publication number: 20100062253
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the formation of pellets containing an ultra hard core coated with an encapsulating material, the process including the steps of suspending ultra hard core material in a flow of gas; contacting the ultra hard core material with encapsulating to form pellets, introducing the pellets into a rotating vessel and contacting the pellets with encapsulating material to form pellets of greater mass than the pellets introduced into the rotating vessel. The invention also relates to a pellet containing an ultra hard core coated with an encapsulating material whenever produced by a process as hereinbefore described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: David Egan, Derek Norman Wright, Gerald F. Flynn