Patents by Inventor Dennis Parker
Dennis Parker 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).
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Publication number: 20240109018Abstract: A product for adsorbing one or more heavy metals from a liquid is disclosed. The product may comprise attapulgite that has been surface functionalized with a surface coating agent that includes one or more mercury affinity functional groups that chemically bond to the attapulgite surface, wherein the weight percentage of components of the product includes: 91-99 wt. % attapulgite and 1-9 wt. % surface coating agent that includes the one or more mercury affinity functional groups. The product has a surface area in the range of 115-145 m2/g as measured using the BET method. The heavy metal includes mercury and/or lead. Also disclosed is a method of producing the product and a method of adsorbing at least one heavy metal in a liquid using the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Active Minerals International, LLCInventors: Bo WANG, Dennis Parker
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Patent number: 11883772Abstract: A product for adsorbing one or more heavy metals from a liquid is disclosed. The product may comprise attapulgite that has been surface functionalized with a surface coating agent that includes one or more mercury affinity functional groups that chemically bond to the attapulgite surface, wherein the weight percentage of components of the product includes: 91-99 wt. % attapulgite and 1-9 wt. % surface coating agent that includes the one or more mercury affinity functional groups. The product has a surface area in the range of 115-145 m2/g as measured using the BET method. The heavy metal includes mercury and/or lead. Also disclosed is a method of producing the product and a method of adsorbing at least one heavy metal in a liquid using the product.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Active Minerals International, LLCInventors: Bo Wang, Dennis Parker
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Publication number: 20240024847Abstract: A product for adsorbing one or more PFAS from a liquid is disclosed. The product may comprise attapulgite or sepiolite that has been surface functionalized with (a) a quaternary amine surface coating solution that comprises a mono-quaternary amine compound or a di-quaternary amine compound and (b) a mercapto surface coating solution that comprises a surface coating agent that includes one or more mercapto groups that chemically bond to the attapulgite or sepiolite surface. When the quaternary amine surface coating solution includes the mono-quaternary amine compound, the product is free of di-quaternary amines. When the quaternary amine surface coating solution includes the di-quaternary amine compound, the product is free of mono-quaternary amines. Also disclosed is a method of producing the product and a method of adsorbing a PFAS in a liquid using the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: Active Minerals International, LLCInventors: Bo Wang, Thomas Scott Cortner, Dennis Parker
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Publication number: 20240017240Abstract: A product for adsorbing one or more PFAS from a liquid is disclosed. The product may comprise attapulgite that has been surface functionalized with (a) a quaternary amine surface coating solution that comprises a mono-quaternary amine compound or a di-quaternary amine compound and (b) a mercapto surface coating solution that comprises a surface coating agent that includes one or more mercapto groups that chemically bond to the attapulgite surface. When the quaternary amine surface coating solution includes the mono-quaternary amine compound, the product is free of di-quaternary amines. When the quaternary amine surface coating solution includes the di-quaternary amine compound, the product is free of mono-quaternary amines. Also disclosed is a method of producing the product and a method of adsorbing a PFAS in a liquid using the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: Active Minerals International, LLCInventors: Bo WANG, Thomas Scott Cortner, Dennis Parker
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Publication number: 20230048090Abstract: A product for adsorbing one or more heavy metals from a liquid is disclosed. The product may comprise attapulgite that has been surface functionalized with a surface coating agent that includes one or more mercury affinity functional groups that chemically bond to the attapulgite surface, wherein the weight percentage of components of the product includes: 91-99 wt. % attapulgite and 1-9 wt. % surface coating agent that includes the one or more mercury affinity functional groups. The product has a surface area in the range of 115-145 m2/g as measured using the BET method. The heavy metal includes mercury and/or lead. Also disclosed is a method of producing the product and a method of adsorbing at least one heavy metal in a liquid using the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: Active Minerals International, LLCInventors: Bo WANG, Dennis PARKER
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Publication number: 20230032214Abstract: A product, a method of producing and a method of using are disclosed. The product comprises attapulgite that has been thermally activated. The product may have a permeability in oil in the range of 0.04-3 darcy and may have a surface area of 45-140 m2/g. The method of producing may comprise thermally activating a material that includes attapulgite by heating the material at a temperature in the range of 300 to 900° C. The method of decolorizing may include contacting for a contact time an oil with the bleaching clay product that comprises attapulgite that has been thermally activated, and separating the bleaching clay product from the oil to recover a decolorized oil that has a lower red color than the oil had prior to the contacting, and removing phosphorus and metals for hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)/renewable diesel feedstock pretreatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: Active Minerals International, LLCInventors: Bo WANG, Scott Kevin PALM, Dennis PARKER
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Publication number: 20230024993Abstract: A bleaching clay product, a method of producing and a method of decolorizing an oil are disclosed. The bleaching clay product comprises attapulgite that has been thermally activated. The bleaching clay product may have a permeability in oil in the range of 0.04-3 darcy and may have a surface area of 45-140 m2/g. The method of producing such bleaching clay product may comprise thermally activating a material that includes attapulgite by heating the material at a temperature in the range of 300 to 900° C. The method of decolorizing may include contacting for a contact time an oil with the bleaching clay product that comprises attapulgite that has been thermally activated, and separating the bleaching clay product from the oil to recover a decolorized oil that has a lower red color than the oil had prior to the contacting.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Active Minerals International, LLCInventors: Bo WANG, Scott Kevin PALM, Dennis PARKER
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Patent number: 11247953Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for removing heat from an exothermic reaction. In particular, the present invention provides a process wherein heat can be removed from multiple reaction trains using a common coolant system.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Velocys Technologies LimitedInventors: Ivan Phillip Greager, Stephen Claude LeViness, Roger Allen Harris, Andre Peter Steynberg, Jasmeer Jaichland Ramlal, Dennis Parker, John Dolan
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Publication number: 20210070681Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for removing heat from an exothermic reaction. In particular, the present invention provides a process wherein heat can be removed from multiple reaction trains using a common coolant system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Ivan Phillip GREAGER, Stephen Claude LeVINESS, Roger Allen HARRIS, Andre Peter STEYNBERG, Jasmeer Jaichland RAMLAL, Dennis PARKER, John DOLAN
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Patent number: 10851035Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for removing heat from an exothermic reaction. In particular, the present invention provides a process wherein heat can be removed from multiple reaction trains using a common coolant system.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Velocys, Inc.Inventors: Ivan Phillip Greager, Steven Claude LeViness, Roger Allen Harris, Andre Peter Steynberg, Jasmeer Jaichland Ramlal, Dennis Parker, John Dolan
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Patent number: 10683242Abstract: A composition, in the form of an aqueous suspension. The composition comprises at least one form of attapulgite present in a solid weight fraction (SWF) amount ranging from 0.065% to 0.30%. The composition comprises kaolin present in a percent solids by weight (w/w %) amount ranging from 0.80% to 2.80%. The composition comprises one or more main plant nutrients or major animal mineral nutrient supplements. In the composition, the total percent solids by weight (w/w %) amount in the composition ranges from 45% to 90%. Although usable for other purposes, the composition is usable as a fertilizer. Although makeable in other ways, the composition is makeable by mixing the ingredients with agitation sufficient enough to form an aqueous suspension.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Active Minerals International, LLCInventors: Steven B. Feldman, Jeffery Carr, Jr., Matthew J. Lyman, John Kitchens, Luke Fuhrmann, Robert J. Purcell, Jr., Dennis Parker
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Publication number: 20190029650Abstract: A technology is described for multipoint tissue elastic property measurement. An example method (700) 700 includes generating a treatment map (710) of an anatomical region that shows focal points within the anatomical region to be exposed to Focused Ultrasound (FUS) pulses; acquiring a reference MR-ARFI image (720) of the anatomical region containing the focal points using the treatment map; acquiring an active MR-ARFI image (730) for each of the focal points in the anatomical region during exposure of the focal points to the FUS pulses using the treatment map; interleaving the reference MR-ARFI image and active MR-ARFI images (740) to create a combined image of the anatomical region and the focal points; and calculating a tissue displacement measurement (750) for the focal points exposed to the simultaneous and/or rapidly interleaved FUS pulses using the combined image of the anatomical region and the focal points exposed to the simultaneous FUS pulses.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Dennis Parker, Allison Payne, Joshua De Bever, Douglas Christensen
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Publication number: 20190023623Abstract: A composition, in the form of an aqueous suspension. The composition comprises at least one form of attapulgite present in a solid weight fraction (SWF) amount ranging from 0.065% to 0.30%. The composition comprises kaolin present in a percent solids by weight (w/w %) amount ranging from 0.80% to 2.80%. The composition comprises one or more main plant nutrients or major animal mineral nutrient supplements. In the composition, the total percent solids by weight (w/w %) amount in the composition ranges from 45% to 90%. Although usable for other purposes, the composition is usable as a fertilizer. Although makeable in other ways, the composition is makeable by mixing the ingredients with agitation sufficient enough to form an aqueous suspension.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2016Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Steven B. FELDMAN, Jeffery CARR, JR., Matthew J. LYMAN, John KITCHENS, Luke FUHRMANN, Robert J. PURCELL, JR., Dennis . PARKER
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Publication number: 20190016654Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for removing heat from an exothermic reaction. In particular, the present invention provides a process wherein heat can be removed from multiple reaction trains using a common coolant system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: Ivan Phillip GREAGER, Steven Claude LeVINESS, Roger Allen HARRIS, Andre Peter STEYNBERG, Jasmeer Jaichland RAMLAL, Dennis PARKER, John DOLAN
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Publication number: 20180321338Abstract: A catheter for use in magnetic resonance imaging includes a catheter shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. A flexible lumen is supported on the distal end of the shaft, and the flexible lumen is configured to be expanded and contracted using a fluid introduced via the proximal end of the catheter shaft. A magnetic resonance coil formed on the flexible lumen such that the magnetic resonance coil may expand and contract with the flexible lumen. The magnetic resonance coil is coupled to an external match and tune circuit via magnetic resonance imaging device. The balloon coil includes nested bazooka or sleeve baluns along the length of the cable to minimize common mode currents on the outer surface of the cable to prevent high current hot spots that cause heating of the cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: John HADLEY, Dennis PARKER, Ronald CHAMBERLAIN
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Patent number: 10065911Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for removing heat from an exothermic reaction. In particular, the present invention provides a process wherein heat can be removed from multiple reaction trains using a common coolant system.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Velocys Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Ivan Phillip Greager, Steven Claude LeViness, Roger Allen Harris, Andre Peter Steynberg, Jasmeer Jaichland Ramlal, Dennis Parker, John Dolan
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Patent number: 10024431Abstract: This control device for a vehicle switches a shift range of an automatic transmission through the use of an actuator, wherein the control device for a vehicle is characterized in being provided with a shift selection unit for receiving a shift position selection from a driver and a control unit for switching the shift range to a parking range through the use of an actuator when a vehicle power source turns off or when a drive power source stops, the control unit maintaining a neutral range, when the vehicle power source turns off or when the drive power source stops, until the elapse of a first prescribed time after the shift selection unit receives a neutral position selection while the vehicle power source is on or while the drive power source is driving.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dennis Parker, Jr., Hiroyuki Kuki, Taichi Kitamura, Takeru Tajima, Yoshiyuki Kokubo, Shunpei Hino, Hiroki Kimura, Shinichiro Watanabe
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Publication number: 20180072643Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for removing heat from an exothermic reaction. In particular, the present invention provides a process wherein heat can be removed from multiple reaction trains using a common coolant system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Ivan Phillip GREAGER, Steven Claude LeVINESS, Roger Allen HARRIS, Andre Peter STEYNBERG, Jasmeer Jaichland RAMLAL, Dennis PARKER, John DOLAN
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Patent number: 9822049Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for removing heat from an exothermic reaction. In particular, the present invention provides a process wherein heat can be removed from multiple reaction trains using a common coolant system.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Velocys Technologies LimitedInventors: Ivan Phillip Greager, Steven Claude LeViness, Roger Allen Harris, Andre Peter Steynberg, Jasmeer Jaichland Ramlal, Dennis Parker, John Dolan
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Patent number: D882809Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Inventors: Mary Catherine Kidd, James Dennis Parker, Linda Elizabeth Strauman