Patents by Inventor Claudia Knopf

Claudia Knopf 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).

  • Device and method for the processing of non-ferrous metals
    Patent number: 8318121
    Abstract: In a device and a method for the processing of non-ferrous metals for simple and economic reduction of the concentration of impurity elements and/or impurity compounds contained in the non-ferrous metal, it is provided to gas the non-ferrous metal in a processing column with at least one gas at a low pressure, causing the impurity elements and/or impurity compounds to evaporate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sunicon AG
    Inventors: Karsten Wambach, Claudia Knopf, Ingo Röver
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE PROCESSING OF NON-FERROUS METALS
    Publication number: 20100040526
    Abstract: In a device and a method for the processing of non-ferrous metals for simple and economic reduction of the concentration of impurity elements and/or impurity compounds contained in the non-ferrous metal, it is provided to gas the non-ferrous metal in a processing column with at least one gas at a low pressure, causing the impurity elements and/or impurity compounds to evaporate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Karsten Wambach, Claudia Knopf, Ingo Röver