Patents by Inventor Matt Thundyil

Matt Thundyil 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 for the selective extraction of acids, bases and polar salts
    Patent number: 8529667
    Abstract: A process for the extraction of an unwanted material from a gas or liquid comprising the steps of introducing an extraction liquid into the fluid having an unwanted liquid therein to form a physical microdispersion comprising a plurality of extraction liquid droplets and the fluid, allowing the plurality of extraction liquid droplets to interact with the unwanted component in the fluid, to cause the extraction liquid droplets to be “wetted out” and captured on a porous medium, where the liquid is further contacted by the gas and simultaneously formed into a plurality of coalesceable droplets, coalescing the coalesceable droplets into larger droplets containing the unwanted liquid, and separating the larger droplets containing the unwanted liquid from the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventors: Matt Thundyil, Carl Hahn, Doug Mittlesteadt, Heath Burns, Martin Miller
  • Method for the selective extraction of acids, bases and polar salts
    Patent number: 8425663
    Abstract: A process for the extraction of an unwanted material from a gas comprising the steps of introducing an extraction liquid into a fluid having an unwanted liquid therein to form a physical aerosol comprising a plurality of extraction liquid droplets and the fluid, allowing the plurality of extraction liquid droplets to interact with the unwanted liquid in the gas to cause the extraction liquid droplets to be “wetted out” and captured on a porous medium, where the liquid is further contacted by the gas and simultaneously formed into a plurality of coalesceable droplets, coalescing the coalesceable droplets into larger droplets containing the unwanted liquid, and separating the larger droplets containing the unwanted liquid from the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Inventors: Matt Thundyil, Michael Spearman, Martin Miller, Doug Mittlesteadt, Heath Burns, Carl Hahn
  • Method for the selective extraction of acids
    Patent number: 7604685
    Abstract: A process for the extraction of an unwanted material from a gas comprising the steps of introducing an extraction liquid into a fluid having an unwanted liquid therein to form a physical aerosol comprising a plurality of extraction liquid droplets and the fluid, allowing the plurality of extraction liquid droplets to interact with the unwanted liquid in the gas to cause the extraction liquid droplets to be “wetted out” and captured on a porous medium, where the liquid is further contacted by the gas and simultaneously formed into a plurality of coalesceable droplets, coalescing the coalesceable droplets into larger droplets containing the unwanted liquid, and separating the larger droplets containing the unwanted liquid from the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Porous Media Corp
    Inventors: Matt Thundyil, Michael Spearman, Martin Miller, Doug Mittlesteadt, Heath Burns, Carl Hahn
  • Method for the selective extraction of acids, bases and polar salts
    Publication number: 20080127823
    Abstract: A process for the extraction of an unwanted material from a gas comprising the steps of introducing an extraction liquid into a fluid having an unwanted liquid therein to form a physical aerosol comprising a plurality of extraction liquid droplets and the fluid, allowing the plurality of extraction liquid droplets to interact with the unwanted liquid in the gas to cause the extraction liquid droplets to be “wetted out” and captured on a porous medium, where the liquid is further contacted by the gas and simultaneously formed into a plurality of coalesceable droplets, coalescing the coalesceable droplets into larger droplets containing the unwanted liquid, and separating the larger droplets containing the unwanted liquid from the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Matt Thundyil, Michael Spearman, Martin Miller, Doug Mittlesteadt, Heath Burns, Carl Hahn
  • Method for the selective extraction of acids, bases and polar salts
    Publication number: 20070186771
    Abstract: A process for the extraction of an unwanted material from a gas or liquid comprising the steps of introducing an extraction liquid into the fluid having an unwanted liquid therein to form a physical microdispersion comprising a plurality of extraction liquid droplets and the fluid, allowing the plurality of extraction liquid droplets to interact with the unwanted component in the fluid, to cause the extraction liquid droplets to be “wetted out” and captured on a porous medium, where the liquid is further contacted by the gas and simultaneously formed into a plurality of coalesceable droplets, coalescing the coalesceable droplets into larger droplets containing the unwanted liquid, and separating the larger droplets containing the unwanted liquid from the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Matt Thundyil, Carl Hahn, Doug Mittlesteadt, Heath Burns, Martin Miller
  • Method for the selective extraction of acids
    Publication number: 20060107833
    Abstract: A process for the extraction of an unwanted material from a gas comprising the steps of introducing an extraction liquid into a fluid having an unwanted liquid therein to form a physical aerosol comprising a plurality of extraction liquid droplets and the fluid, allowing the plurality of extraction liquid droplets to interact with the unwanted liquid in the gas to cause the extraction liquid droplets to be “wetted out” and captured on a porous medium, where the liquid is further contacted by the gas and simultaneously formed into a plurality of coalesceable droplets, coalescing the coalesceable droplets into larger droplets containing the unwanted liquid, and separating the larger droplets containing the unwanted liquid from the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Matt Thundyil, Michael Spearman, Martin Miller, Doug Mittlesteadt, Heath Burns, Carl Hahn