Patents by Inventor Peter Chupas

Peter Chupas 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 capture and storage of waste
    Patent number: 9552897
    Abstract: Systems and methods for capturing waste are disclosed. The systems and methods provide for a high level of confinement and long term stability. The systems and methods include adsorbing waste into a metal-organic framework (MOF), and applying pressure to the MOF material's framework to crystallize or make amorphous the MOF material thereby changing the MOF's pore structure and sorption characteristics without collapsing the MOF framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Tina M. Nenoff, Dorina Florentina Sava Gallis, Karena Chapman, Peter Chupas
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CAPTURE AND STORAGE OF WASTE
    Publication number: 20160012927
    Abstract: Systems and methods for capturing waste are disclosed. The systems and methods provide for a high level of confinement and long term stability. The systems and methods include adsorbing waste into a metal-organic framework (MOF), and applying pressure to the MOF material's framework to crystallize or make amorphous the MOF material thereby changing the MOF's pore structure and sorption characteristics without collapsing the MOF framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Tina M. Nenoff, Dorina Florentina Sava Gallis, Karena Chapman, Peter Chupas
  • System and method for the capture and storage of waste
    Patent number: 9162914
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods that absorb waste into a metal-organic framework (MOF), and applying pressure to the MOF material's framework to crystallize or make amorphous the MOF material thereby changing the MOF's pore structure and sorption characteristics without collapsing the MOF framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Tina M. Nenoff, Dorina Florentina Sava Gallis, Karena Chapman, Peter Chupas