Patents by Inventor Alina M. Alb

Alina M. Alb 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).

  • Methods and devices for simultaneously monitoring colloid particles and soluble components during reactions
    Patent number: 7716969
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for continuously extracting liquid in at least two separate streams from a vessel, continuously diluting and/or conditioning a first stream in one or more stages, producing, as a result of the extraction, dilution and/or conditioning, the first stream consisting of a dispersion of particles to be characterized, and diluting and/or conditioning a second stream, the second stream consisting of soluble components; and subjecting the first and second streams to various characterizing measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignees: The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, Polymer Laboratories Ltd.
    Inventors: Wayne F. Reed, Alina M. Alb, Stephen J. O'Donohue, Robert M. Anderson
  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MONITORING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES IN SUSPENSION AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOLUBLE COMPONENTS DURING REACTIONS
    Publication number: 20080216563
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for continuously extracting liquid in at least two separate streams from a vessel, continuously diluting and/or conditioning a first stream in one or more stages, producing, as a result of the extraction, dilution and/or conditioning, the first stream consisting of a dispersion of particles to be characterized, and diluting and/or conditioning a second stream, the second stream consisting of soluble components; and subjecting the first and second streams to various characterizing measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Wayne F. REED, Alina M. Alb, Stephen J. O'Donohue, Robert M. Anderson