Patents by Inventor Daniel Bregante

Daniel Bregante 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: 20240042387
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for electrically conductive membrane separation from a mixture solution via membrane nanofiltration, electro-filtration, or electro-extraction by: generating an electric field at the membrane filter, holding the membrane filter at a constant electric potential, or driving a constant current through the membrane filter; feeding a mixture solution through the membrane nanofiltration system; and separating a component from the mixture solution into a permeate solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SiTration, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan D. Smith, Jatin Patil, Daniel Bregante, Ahmed Helal, Hee Yun Choi Kim, Morgan Baima, Jeffrey C. Grossman, Noah Letwat
  • Publication number: 20240017215
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for electrically conductive membrane separation from a mixture solution via membrane nanofiltration, electro-filtration, or electro-extraction by: generating an electric field at the membrane filter, holding the membrane filter at a constant electric potential, or driving a constant current through the membrane filter; feeding a mixture solution through the membrane nanofiltration system; and separating a component from the mixture solution into a permeate solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: SiTration, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan D. Smith, Jatin Patil, Daniel Bregante, Ahmed Helal, Hee Yun Choi Kim, Morgan Baima, Jeffrey C. Grossman, Noah Letwat
  • Publication number: 20210371291
    Abstract: A method for the synthesis of siliceous or heteroatom-substituted MFI zeolites (M-MFI; M=Si, Ti, Nb, or Ta) with tunable densities of SiOH that depend simply on the ratio of hydrofluoric acid (HF) to structure-directing agent (SDA; tetrapropylammonium hydroxide) used within the synthesis gel. The equilibrated ion exchange between OH? and F? ions forms tetrapropylammonium fluoride in situ, which does not lead to the formation of SiOH defects within M-MFI. Comparisons of infrared spectra from 15 distinct M-MFI materials show that the densities of SiOH groups within M-MFI decrease linearly with the ratio of HF:SDA, independent of the identity of the heteroatom within the framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: David William FLAHERTY, Daniel Bregante