Patents by Inventor Kaimin Shih

Kaimin Shih 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).

  • Patent number: 10940445
    Abstract: Disclosed is a membrane surface modification method. The method is applicable to a variety of hydrophobic membranes by doping selected inorganic particles. One act of the method involves the in-situ embedment of the inorganic particles onto the membrane surface by dispersing the particles in a non-solvent bath for polymer precipitation. Further membrane surface modification can be achieved by hydrothermally growing new inorganic phase on the embedded particles. The embedment of particles is for the subsequent phase growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Kaimin Shih, Xiao-Yan Li, Xiao-Mao Wang, Tong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180280889
    Abstract: Disclosed is a membrane surface modification method. The method is applicable to a variety of hydrophobic membranes by doping selected inorganic particles. One act of the method involves the in-situ embedment of the inorganic particles onto the membrane surface by dispersing the particles in a non-solvent bath for polymer precipitation. Further membrane surface modification can be achieved by hydrothermally growing new inorganic phase on the embedded particles. The embedment of particles is for the subsequent phase growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Kaimin Shih, Xiao-Yan Li, Xiao-Mao Wang, Tong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10016730
    Abstract: Disclosed is a membrane surface modification method. The method is applicable to a variety of hydrophobic membranes by doping selected inorganic particles. One act of the method involves the in-situ embedment of the inorganic particles onto the membrane surface by dispersing the particles in a non-solvent bath for polymer precipitation. Further membrane surface modification can be achieved by hydrothermally growing new inorganic phase on the embedded particles. The embedment of particles is for the subsequent phase growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Kaimin Shih, Xiao-Yan Li, Xiao-Mao Wang, Tong Zhang
  • Patent number: 9795928
    Abstract: Novel low-pressure nanofiltration membrane composites for rejecting organic compounds are prepared by interfacial polymerization on a microporous hollow fiber supporting membrane. The interfacial polymerization reaction is carried out using an essentially monomeric polyamine reactant having at least two amine functional groups per molecule, and an essentially monomeric amine-reactive polyfunctional aromatic or cycloaliphatic acyl halide having at least two acyl halide groups per molecule. The composite can be fabricated by stepwise polymerization reactions with different reactant recipes at each step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
    Inventors: Kaimin Shih, Guoqing Zhang
  • Patent number: 9650693
    Abstract: A method for recovering lead from lead-containing discarded electronic waste cathode ray tube glass includes the steps of taking a sample of cathode ray tube lead-containing funnel glass, crushing to obtain CRT glass powder, then uniformly mixing zero-valent iron powder with the CRT glass powder according to the mass ratio of 0.1-1.5:1, performing heat preservation at a temperature of 610-960° C. for 3-180 min, and further cooling to extract the metallic lead from a SiO2 reticular glass structure of the CRT glass. This can be applied to pretreatment of the lead-containing waste CRT glass, and the metallic lead is extracted from the reticular silicate structure of the lead-containing waste CRT glass by adding the zero-valent iron in the thermal treatment process so that disposal rate of electronic wastes is improved and ecological safety is ensured. This method has important environmental, social and economic significance and broad application prospects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chengshuai Liu, Xingwen Lu, Kaimin Shih, Fangbai Li
  • Publication number: 20160129399
    Abstract: Disclosed is a membrane surface modification method. The method is applicable to a variety of hydrophobic membranes by doping selected inorganic particles. One act of the method involves the in-situ embedment of the inorganic particles onto the membrane surface by dispersing the particles in a non-solvent bath for polymer precipitation. Further membrane surface modification can be achieved by hydrothermally growing new inorganic phase on the embedded particles. The embedment of particles is for the subsequent phase growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Kaimin Shih, Xiao-Yan Li, Xiao-Mao Wang, Tong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150367293
    Abstract: Novel low-pressure nanofiltration membrane composites for rejecting organic compounds are prepared by interfacial polymerization on a microporous hollow fiber supporting membrane. The interfacial polymerization reaction is carried out using an essentially monomeric polyamine reactant having at least two amine functional groups per molecule, and an essentially monomeric amine-reactive polyfunctional aromatic or cycloaliphatic acyl halide having at least two acyl halide groups per molecule. The composite can be fabricated by stepwise polymerization reactions with different reactant recipes at each step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Kaimin SHIH, Guoqing ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9211506
    Abstract: Disclosed is a membrane surface modification method. The method is applicable to a variety of hydrophobic membranes by doping selected inorganic particles. One act of the method involves the in-situ embedment of the inorganic particles onto the membrane surface by dispersing the particles in a non-solvent bath for polymer precipitation. Further membrane surface modification can be achieved by hydrothermally growing new inorganic phase on the embedded particles. The embedment of particles is for the subsequent phase growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: The University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Kaimin Shih, Xiao-Yan Li, Xiao-Mao Wang, Tong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150232962
    Abstract: A method for recovering lead from lead-containing discarded electronic waste cathode ray tube glass includes the steps of taking a sample of cathode ray tube lead-containing funnel glass, crushing to obtain CRT glass powder, then uniformly mixing zero-valent iron powder with the CRT glass powder according to the mass ratio of 0.1-1.5:1, performing heat preservation at a temperature of 610-960° C. for 3-180 min, and further cooling to extract the metallic lead from a SiO2 reticular glass structure of the CRT glass. This can be applied to pretreatment of the lead-containing waste CRT glass, and the metallic lead is extracted from the reticular silicate structure of the lead-containing waste CRT glass by adding the zero-valent iron in the thermal treatment process so that disposal rate of electronic wastes is improved and ecological safety is ensured. This method has important environmental, social and economic significance and broad application prospects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO-ENVIRONMENT AND SOIL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Chengshuai Liu, Xingwen Lu, Kaimin Shih, Fangbai Li
  • Publication number: 20120055867
    Abstract: Disclosed is a membrane surface modification method. The method is applicable to a variety of hydrophobic membranes by doping selected inorganic particles. One act of the method involves the in-situ embedment of the inorganic particles onto the membrane surface by dispersing the particles in a non-solvent bath for polymer precipitation. Further membrane surface modification can be achieved by hydrothermally growing new inorganic phase on the embedded particles. The embedment of particles is for the subsequent phase growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Kaimin Shih, Xiao-Yan Li, Xiao-Mao Wang, Tong Zhang