Patents by Inventor Christopher Robert Eccles

Christopher Robert Eccles 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).

  • Electrodes
    Patent number: 6290836
    Abstract: An electrode (1) having an active surface for contacting an electrolyte. The electrode (1) comprises first and second metallic materials (2, 3) arranged to provide a number of first metallic material to second metallic material interfaces at the active surface. The invention also relates to a method of making such an electrode (1) and to an electrolysis cell provided with such an electrode (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Inventor: Christopher Robert Eccles
  • Treatment of liquid waste
    Patent number: 6280637
    Abstract: An electrocatalytic process for treating liquid waste material containing at least one environment-polluting substance, comprising causing the liquid waste material to be treated to pass between and to contact at least one pair of spaced apart electrodes, across which a dc potential difference is applied, to cause the at least one environment-polluting organic substance to be at least partially decomposed into a gaseous or liquid form. The invention also relates to a treatment unit for performing the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Inventor: Christopher Robert Eccles