Patents by Inventor Eric M. Kennedy

Eric M. Kennedy 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).

  • Extraction of alkali metals and/or alkaline earth metals for use in carbon sequestration
    Publication number: 20140065039
    Abstract: A method of extracting an alkali metal and/or an alkaline earth metal from a mineral including an alkali metal and/or an alkaline earth metal, or a rock containing the mineral, the method including contacting the mineral, with an aqueous composition including formic acid, and to their use in carbon sequestration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Bogdan Z. Dlugogorski, Manisha Ghoorah, Eric M. Kennedy
  • Method of pre treatment of lizardite
    Publication number: 20140044637
    Abstract: A method of pre treating lizardite for use in the mineral sequestration of carbon dioxide, the method including heating the lizardite at a temperature of less than 600° C. until the lizardite contains between about 10% to about 40% residual hydroxyls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Bogdan Z. Dlugogorski, Reydick Balucan, Eric M. Kennedy
  • Gassing of emulsion explosives with nitric oxide
    Patent number: 8114231
    Abstract: A method for gassing an emulsion explosives to sensitize the explosive to detonation and/or for density modification is described. The method comprises reacting a compound having an enol group, or a deprotonated enolate form of the enol group, with a nitrosating agent to generate nitric oxide to gas the explosive. The compound reacted with the nitrosating agent can be a lactone such as ascorbic acid. Dinitrogen trioxide is particularly useful as the nitrosating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Newcastle Innovation Limited
    Inventors: Gabriel da Silva, Bogdan Z. Dlugogorsk, Eric M. Kennedy