Patents by Inventor Marilyn E. Karaman

Marilyn E. Karaman 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).

  • Method and apparatus for removing contaminants from water
    Patent number: 7491337
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for the purification of water, in particular to the removal of surfactants and optionally organic, inorganic and/or biological contaminants from water using adsorption filtration techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Jeffbrad Investments Pty Limited
    Inventor: Marilyn E. Karaman
  • Method of water purification
    Patent number: 7332088
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for the removal of biological species, such as Cryptosporidium, from water using aluminium based media which contains surface Al—OH groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Sydney Water Corporation
    Inventors: Marilyn E. Karaman, Sivaraj Shanker, Heriberto Alejandro Bustamante, Richard Mark Pashley
  • Formation of porous materials
    Patent number: 5529690
    Abstract: An asymmetric or double-sided porous material, which comprises at least one porous layer of a polymer on a porous support or carrier, where the polymer is formed from a self-assembled microstructured liquid. A method of producing the same comprising positioning the support or carrier against or adjacent an inert surface, providing an excess of polymerisable liquid to completely wet the carrier and form a film through capillary action between the carrier and the inert surface and penetrating the carrier, then polymerising the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignees: The Australian National University, Memtec Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard M. Pashley, Barry W. Ninham, Stephen T. Hyde, Marilyn E. Karaman, Richard A. Morris