Patents by Inventor Erin Elizabeth Tullos

Erin Elizabeth Tullos 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).

  • Mercury removal with sorbents magnetically separable from treated fluids
    Patent number: 8043510
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus relate to treatment of fluids to remove mercury contaminants in the fluid. Contact of the fluid with active outer surfaces of particles magnetically separable from the fluid loads the particles with the mercury contaminants. Magnetic separation then removes from the fluid the particles loaded with the mercury contaminants such that a treated product remains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Erin Elizabeth Tullos, John Michael Hays, Roland Schmidt, Joe B. Cross
  • MERCURY REMOVAL WITH SORBENTS MAGNETICALLY SEPARABLE FROM TREATED FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20110068059
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus relate to treatment of fluids to remove mercury contaminants in the fluid. Contact of the fluid with active outer surfaces of particles magnetically separable from the fluid loads the particles with the mercury contaminants. Magnetic separation then removes from the fluid the particles loaded with the mercury contaminants such that a treated product remains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Erin Elizabeth Tullos, John Michael Hays, Roland Schmidt, Joe B. Cross