Patents by Inventor Colleen Wallace

Colleen Wallace 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: 20230366115
    Abstract: Methods and systems for producing are disclosed. A method for producing iron, for example, comprises: providing an iron-containing ore to a dissolution subsystem comprising a first electrochemical cell; wherein the first anolyte has a different composition than the first catholyte; dissolving at least a portion of the iron-containing ore using an acid to form an acidic iron-salt solution having dissolved first Fe3+ ions; providing at least a portion of the acidic iron-salt solution to the first cathodic chamber; first electrochemically reducing said first Fe3+ ions in the first catholyte to form Fe2+ ions; transferring the formed Fe2+ ions from the dissolution subsystem to an iron-plating subsystem having a second electrochemical cell; second electrochemically reducing a first portion of the transferred formed Fe2+ ions to Fe metal at a second cathode of the second electrochemical cell; and removing the Fe metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ai Quoc PHAM, Sandeep NIJHAWAN, Adolfredo ALVAREZ, Colleen WALLACE, Steven FATUR
  • Patent number: 11767604
    Abstract: Methods and systems for producing are disclosed. A method for producing iron, for example, comprises: providing an iron-containing ore to a dissolution subsystem comprising a first electrochemical cell; wherein the first anolyte has a different composition than the first catholyte; dissolving at least a portion of the iron-containing ore using an acid to form an acidic iron-salt solution having dissolved first Fe3+ ions; providing at least a portion of the acidic iron-salt solution to the first cathodic chamber; first electrochemically reducing said first Fe3+ ions in the first catholyte to form Fe2+ ions; transferring the formed Fe2+ ions from the dissolution subsystem to an iron-plating subsystem having a second electrochemical cell; second electrochemically reducing a first portion of the transferred formed Fe2+ ions to Fe metal at a second cathode of the second electrochemical cell; and removing the Fe metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRASTEEL, INC.
    Inventors: Ai Quoc Pham, Sandeep Nijhawan, Adolfredo Alvarez, Colleen Wallace, Steven Fatur
  • Publication number: 20220380919
    Abstract: Methods and systems for producing are disclosed. A method for producing iron, for example, comprises: providing an iron-containing ore to a dissolution subsystem comprising a first electrochemical cell; wherein the first anolyte has a different composition than the first catholyte; dissolving at least a portion of the iron-containing ore using an acid to form an acidic iron-salt solution having dissolved first Fe3+ ions; providing at least a portion of the acidic iron-salt solution to the first cathodic chamber; first electrochemically reducing said first Fe3+ ions in the first catholyte to form Fe2+ ions; transferring the formed Fe2+ ions from the dissolution subsystem to an iron-plating subsystem having a second electrochemical cell; second electrochemically reducing a first portion of the transferred formed Fe2+ ions to Fe metal at a second cathode of the second electrochemical cell; and removing the Fe metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: ELECTRASTEEL, INC.
    Inventors: Ai Quoc PHAM, Sandeep NIJHAWAN, Adolfredo ALVAREZ, Colleen WALLACE, Steven FATUR
  • Patent number: 7778902
    Abstract: A method for opening an on-line brokerage account includes the steps of opening an on-line brokerage account for a user based on account information received from the user, the on-line brokerage account having one or more restrictions, generating an application based on the account information: requesting that the user submit required information with the application within a predetermined time to remove the one or more restrictions from the on-line brokerage account, and removing said one or more restrictions from the on-line brokerage account when the application including the required information is received within the predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Colleen Wallace, Harry Friman, Gee Kin Chou, Beth Devin, Janet Chapman
  • Patent number: 6968317
    Abstract: A method for opening an on-line brokerage account includes the steps of opening an on-line brokerage account for a user based on account information received from the user, the on-line brokerage account having one or more restrictions, generating an application based on the account information; requesting that the user submit required information with the application within a predetermined time to remove the one or more restrictions from the on-line brokerage account, and removing said one or more restrictions from the on-line brokerage account when the application including the required information is received within the predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Colleen Wallace, Harry Friman, Gee Kin Chou, Beth Devin, Janet Chapman
  • Publication number: 20050246252
    Abstract: A method for opening an on-line brokerage account includes the steps of opening an on-line brokerage account for a user based on account information received from the user, the on-line brokerage account having one or more restrictions, generating an application based on the account information; requesting that the user submit required information with the application within a predetermined time to remove the one or more restrictions from the on-line brokerage account, and removing said one or more restrictions from the on-line brokerage account when the application including the required information is received within the predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Colleen Wallace, Harry Friman, Gee Chou, Beth Devin, Janet Chapman