Patents by Inventor Domenic Popko

Domenic Popko 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).

  • Method for coating mineral granules to improve bonding to hydrocarbon-based substrate and coloring of same
    Patent number: 8568524
    Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising stamp sand granules embedded in asphalt, where the stamp sand granules comprise a silane coating. Additionally provided are methods of making a silane-coated stamp sand, the methods comprising combining stamp sand granules and a silane solution to form a mixture and drying the mixture. Additionally provided are methods of covering a surface, the methods comprising combining silane-coated particles and asphalt to provide a mixture and distributing the mixture on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Michigan Technology University
    Inventors: Bowen Li, Ralph Hodek, Domenic Popko, Jiann-Yang Hwang
  • METHOD FOR COATING MINERAL GRANULES TO IMPROVE BONDING TO HYDROCARBON-BASED SUBSTRATE AND COLORING OF SAME
    Publication number: 20110257295
    Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising stamp sand granules embedded in asphalt, where the stamp sand granules comprise a silane coating. Additionally provided are methods of making a silane-coated stamp sand, the methods comprising combining stamp sand granules and a silane solution to form a mixture and drying the mixture. Additionally provided are methods of covering a surface, the methods comprising combining silane-coated particles and asphalt to provide a mixture and distributing the mixture on the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Bowen Li, Ralph Hodek, Domenic Popko, Jiann-Yang Hwang
  • Processing of steel making slags
    Patent number: 7810746
    Abstract: A process for separating different products from steelmaking slag includes reducing the average particle size of slag from a steelmaking process into fine particle size material, and separating the fine particle size material into at least an iron rich product and a silicate rich product based on the differences between these products in at least one or more properties including magnetic susceptibility, particle size or specific gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Westwood Lands, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Gillis, Xiaodi Huang, Jiann-Yang Hwang, Peter Larson, Kenneth L. Paxton, Domenic Popko, Zhiyong Xu
  • PROCESSING OF STEEL MAKING SLAGS
    Publication number: 20080148902
    Abstract: A process for separating different products from steelmaking slag includes reducing the average particle size of slag from a steelmaking process into fine particle size material, and separating the fine particle size material into at least an iron rich product and a silicate rich product based on the differences between these products in at least one or more properties including magnetic susceptibility, particle size or specific gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: WESTWOOD LANDS, INC.
    Inventors: James M. Gillis, Xiaodi Huang, Jiann-Yang Hwang, Peter Larson, Kenneth L. Paxton, Domenic Popko, Zhiyong Xu