Patents by Inventor Andrea Lara Foster

Andrea Lara Foster 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).

  • Patent number: 9908084
    Abstract: A process for removing heavy metals from process fluids includes passing a heavy-metal-containing process fluid, including a reductant selected from hydrogen and carbon monoxide, at an inlet temperature ?125° C. over a sorbent including (i) 4-75% by weight of one or more sulphided copper compounds selected from sulphided basic copper carbonate, sulphided copper hydroxide, sulphided copper oxide or mixtures of these, (ii) optionally a support material, and (iii) a binder and the binder content of the sorbent is in the range 5-30% by weight, wherein essentially all of the sulphided copper is in the form of CuS and the total metal sulphide content of the sorbent, other than copper sulphide, is ?5% wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Andrew Fish, Andrea Lara Foster, Matthew David Gwydion Lunn, Rachel Mansfield
  • Publication number: 20150182911
    Abstract: A process for removing heavy metals from process fluids includes passing a heavy-metal-containing process fluid, including a reductant selected from hydrogen and carbon monoxide, at an inlet temperature ?125° C. over a sorbent including (i) 4-75% by weight of one or more sulphided copper compounds selected from sulphided basic copper carbonate, sulphided copper hydroxide, sulphided copper oxide or mixtures of these, (ii) optionally a support material, and (iii) a binder and the binder content of the sorbent is in the range 5-30% by weight, wherein essentially all of the sulphided copper is in the form of CuS and the total metal sulphide content of the sorbent, other than copper sulphide, is ?5% wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew Fish, Andrea Lara Foster, Matthew David Gwydion Lunn, Rachel Mansfield