Patents by Inventor Conan D. Fitzgerald

Conan D. Fitzgerald 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).

  • Patent number: 5560737
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing or eliminating non-naturally occurring, subsurface, liquid contaminants from one or more soil formations, which involves the steps of pneumatically fracturing the soil formation to produce a fracture network; simultaneously or subsequently inserting into said fracture network and throughout adjacent portions of the soil formation, a pressurized gas stream, and introducing into the pressurized gas stream a mixture of one or more liquid amendments, wherein said pressurized gas, in conjunction with said liquid amendments, has an oxygen or other electron acceptor content sufficient to promote the growth of aerobic or other microorganisms in said fracture network, and wherein the pressurized gas has a sufficiently high gas to liquid ratio to atomize the liquid amendments, whereby the amendments are distributed throughout the soil formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Inventors: John R. Schuring, David S. Kosson, Conan D. Fitzgerald, Sankar Venkatraman