Patents by Inventor Thomas F. Mallouk

Thomas F. Mallouk 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).

  • Powerful reductant for decontamination of groundwater and surface streams
    Patent number: 6689485
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a composite material for use in recovery of radionuclides, metals, and halogenated hydrocarbons from aqueous media. The material has very high surface area, and includes nanometer sized, zero-valent iron on a support. The material can be used to remediate aqueous media which have contaminants such as radionuclides, metals and halogenated hydrocarbons from aqueous media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Sherman M. Ponder, Thomas F. Mallouk
  • Powerful reductant for decontamination of groundwater and surface streams
    Publication number: 20020006867
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a composite material for use in recovery of radionuclides, metals, and halogenated hydrocarbons from aqueous media. The material has very high surface area, and includes nanometer sized, zero-valent iron on a support. The material can be used to remediate aqueous media which have contaminants such as radionuclides, metals and halogenated hydrocarbons from aqueous media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Applicant: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Sherman M. Ponder, Thomas F. Mallouk