Patents by Inventor Arturo Alejandro Keller

Arturo Alejandro Keller 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).

  • Magnetic Pollen Grains as Sorbents for Organic Pollutants in Aqueous Media
    Publication number: 20120061317
    Abstract: A method of removing a contaminant from liquid is provided. The method includes adding magnetic biological particles to a liquid containing a contaminant, sorbing the contaminant to the magnetic biological particles, and separating the sorbed contaminant from the liquid by applying a magnetic field to the magnetic biological particles. In some versions, the magnetic biological particles are pollen grains having added magnetic material. Also provided are methods of making magnetic biological particles, and compositions containing magnetic biological particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Beng Joo Reginald Thio, Kristin Clark, Arturo Alejandro Keller