Patents by Inventor Erwin MAES

Erwin MAES 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).

  • Carbon free gas diffusion electrode
    Patent number: 12692608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel approach of obtaining a gas diffusion electrode (GDE), the gas diffusion electrodes obtained using said method and the use thereof in the electrocatalytic conversion of gaseous reactants into economically interesting reaction products. The GDEs obtained using the method of the present invention are particularly useful in the electrochemical of gaseous reactants such as CO2, H2, N2, or O2 into bulk chemicals and fuels such as Syngas, Formic Acid, Methanol, Ethanol, Ethane, Ethylene, Methane, Ammonia, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: VITO NV
    Inventors: Ben Jacobs, Deepak Pant, Diane Van Houtven, Erwin Maes, Jan Vaes, Yuvraj Y. Birdja
  • CARBON FREE GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODE
    Publication number: 20230313392
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel approach of obtaining a gas diffusion electrode (GDE), the gas diffusion electrodes obtained using said method and the use thereof in the electrocatalytic conversion of gaseous reactants into economically interesting reaction products. The GDEs obtained using the method of the present invention are particularly useful in the electrochemical of gaseous reactants such as CO2, H2, N2, or O2 into bulk chemicals and fuels such as Syngas, Formic Acid, Methanol, Ethanol, Ethane, Ethylene, Methane, Ammonia, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ben JACOBS, Deepak PANT, Diane VAN HOUTVEN, Erwin MAES, Jan VAES, Yuvraj Y. BIRDJA