Patents by Inventor Thomas Barton Cole

Thomas Barton Cole 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 treatment of pollutants using iron-impregnated, carbon-coated, silica sand
    Patent number: 6770205
    Abstract: A method for pollutants using an iron-impregnated, carbon-coated silica sand with the iron containing between to and 16 percent silicon. The invention provides an improved method for performing remeditation of pollutants by dissolved metal reactions while minimizing interferences caused by oxide fouling from oxygen in the water or in the atmosphere. The invention further provides an inexpensive media with high surface area for adsorptive fixation and reductive treatment that yields higher than anticipated reaction kinetics utilizing only low concentrations of iron in the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Inventors: David Lawrence Schroder, Daniel William Oberle, James R. Burns, Thomas Barton Cole