Patents by Inventor Brigitte Heller

Brigitte Heller 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).

  • Publication number: 20040116563
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for separating one or more selected polymer(s) from a mixture of polymers, as well as the recycled solid polymer product produced by the present method of the invention. One method of the present invention involves dissolving a mixture of polymers in a solvent to produce a solution, then cooling the solution to a temperature at which at least one of the selected polymers precipitates in the form of a solid. The solid is then separated from the suspension before being washed in a solvent at a temperature that is higher than the dissolving temperature, in order to produce a washed solid. The washed solid is separated from the second solvent. In one variant of the method, the suspension produced in the cooling step is treated with an added solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Erwin Feick, Brigitte Heller, Thomas Kaiser, Steffen Ruf, Robert Schleich, Bernd Bungert, Andreas Thiele, Guido Gorski