Patents by Inventor Benjamin Bostick

Benjamin Bostick 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).

  • Peltier freeze-shoe sampler to recover aquifer sediment and groundwater
    Patent number: 8701505
    Abstract: A groundwater sampling tool that includes an elongated hollow coring tube having a proximal end and a distal end for collecting groundwater and sediment; a Peltier element located in close proximity to a wall of the elongated hollow coring tube adapted to freeze groundwater and sediment collected by the elongated hollow coring tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Alexander van Geen, Benjamin Bostick, Christopher Manning
  • PELTIER FREEZE-SHOE SAMPLER TO RECOVER AQUIFER SEDIMENT AND GROUNDWATER
    Publication number: 20120167698
    Abstract: A groundwater sampling tool that includes an elongated hollow coring tube having a proximal end and a distal end for collecting groundwater and sediment; a Peltier element located in close proximity to a wall of the elongated hollow coring tube adapted to freeze groundwater and sediment collected by the elongated hollow coring tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Alexander van Geen, Benjamin Bostick, Christopher Manning