Patents by Inventor Dominique Breeze

Dominique Breeze 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 Extracting Rare Earth Elements Contained In Permanent Magnets
    Publication number: 20210363608
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for extracting rare earth elements contained in permanent magnets, which includes the steps of thermal treatment of the permanent magnet, crushing at the end of the thermal treatment in order to obtain particles with a size smaller than 2 mm, treatment by agitation of the particles in a solution containing an organic acid, and separation of the liquid phase from the solid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Alain Seron, Nour-Eddine Menad, Dominique Breeze, Marc Gamet
  • Method for extracting rare earth elements contained in permanent magnets
    Patent number: 11155898
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for extracting rare earth elements contained in permanent magnets, which includes the steps of thermal treatment of the permanent magnet, crushing at the end of the thermal treatment in order to obtain particles with a size smaller than 2 mm, treatment by agitation of the particles in a solution containing an organic acid, and separation of the liquid phase from the solid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventors: Alain Seron, Nour-Eddine Menad, Dominique Breeze, Marc Gamet
  • Method For Extracting Rare Earth Elements Contained In Permanent Magnets
    Publication number: 20190169710
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for extracting rare earth elements contained in permanent magnets, which includes the steps of thermal treatment of the permanent magnet, crushing at the end of the thermal treatment in order to obtain particles with a size smaller than 2 mm, treatment by agitation of the particles in a solution containing an organic acid, and separation of the liquid phase from the solid phase
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Alain Seron, Nour-Eddine Menad, Dominique Breeze, Marc Gamet