Patents by Inventor Jon Williams Cofield

Jon Williams Cofield 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).

  • Publication number: 20090288584
    Abstract: Solid combustible waste materials are converted into highly efficient fuel by subjecting such materials to size reduction in suitable size-reducing equipment. The last piece of the equipment is a mill which pulverizes the waste materials into fine particles having a high surface to mass ratio and forming a highly efficient fuel when these particles are directly injected into a combustion reactor operating at high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Theodora Alexakis, Jon William Cofield, Platon Manoliadis, Eugene Ellis Nolting, Peter George Tsantrizos
  • Patent number: 6871604
    Abstract: Solid combustible waste materials are converted into highly efficient fuel by subjecting such materials to size reduction in suitable size-reducing equipment. The last piece of the equipment is a mill which pulverizes the waste materials into fine particles having a high surface to mass ratio and forming a highly efficient fuel when these particles are directly injected into a combustion reactor operating at high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignees: Pyrogenesis, Inc., The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Theodora Alexakis, Jon Williams Cofield, Platon Manoliadis, Eugene Ellis Nolting, Peter George Tsantrizos, Roy V. Richard
  • Publication number: 20040060488
    Abstract: Solid combustible waste materials are converted into highly efficient fuel by subjecting such materials to size reduction in suitable size-reducing equipment. The last piece of the equipment is a mill which pulverizes the waste materials into fine particles having a high surface to mass ratio and forming a highly efficient fuel when these particles are directly injected into a combustion reactor operating at high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Theodora Alexakis, Jon William Cofield, Platon Manoliadis, Eugene Ellis Nolting, Peter George Tsantrizos