Patents by Inventor Mushtaque Ahmad

Mushtaque Ahmad 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).

  • OXIDATION OF CONTAMINANTS
    Publication number: 20170174540
    Abstract: Various embodiments of contaminant removal systems, compositions, and methods are described herein. In one embodiment, a method for oxidizing a contaminant includes contacting the contaminant with a peroxygen compound and initializing, maintaining, or propagating degradation of the peroxygen compound with an oxygenated organic compound, thereby releasing oxidizing radicals. The method also includes oxidizing the contaminant with the released oxidizing radicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Washington State University
    Inventors: J. Richard WATTS, Mushtaque AHMAD
  • Oxidation of contaminants
    Patent number: 9616472
    Abstract: Various embodiments of contaminant removal systems, compositions, and methods are described herein. In one embodiment, a method for oxidizing a contaminant includes contacting the contaminant with a peroxygen compound and initializing, maintaining, or propagating degradation of the peroxygen compound with an oxygenated organic compound, thereby releasing oxidizing radicals. The method also includes oxidizing the contaminant with the released oxidizing radicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Washington State University
    Inventors: Richard J. Watts, Mushtaque Ahmad
  • OXIDATION OF CONTAMINANTS
    Publication number: 20140116960
    Abstract: Various embodiments of contaminant removal systems, compositions, and methods are described herein. In one embodiment, a method for oxidizing a contaminant includes contacting the contaminant with a peroxygen compound and initializing, maintaining, or propagating degradation of the peroxygen compound with an oxygenated organic compound, thereby releasing oxidizing radicals. The method also includes oxidizing the contaminant with the released oxidizing radicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Richard J. Watts, Mushtaque Ahmad