Patents by Inventor Esther Rebollar Gonzalez

Esther Rebollar Gonzalez 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 removal of wax from porous stones in historical monuments
    Patent number: 8310670
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include methods for cleaning wax, substantially equivalent impurities, and other contaminants from porous stones in historical monuments and artworks using nondestructive means. According to one embodiment the method for removal of contaminants from porous stones using laser comprises the following method steps: (a) identifying regions of a contaminant on the porous stone monument; (b) characterizing the contaminant on the porous stone monument; (c) exposing the contaminant on the porous stone monument to irradiation from a laser characterized by a wavelength, a pulse length, a repetition rate, and a laser energy fluence determined and optimized for a given contaminant-porous stone system and the laser characteristics; and (d) adaptively evaluating the cleaning results by quantifying the thickness of the remaining contaminant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Universidade de Vigo
    Inventors: Betty Mireya Leon Fong, Aldara Pan Cabo, Stefano Chiussi, Esther Rebollar Gonzalez, Julia De La Asuncion Serra Rodriguez, Pio Manuel Gonzalez Fernandez
  • METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF WAX FROM POROUS STONES IN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS
    Publication number: 20110007308
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include methods for cleaning wax, substantially equivalent impurities, and other contaminants from porous stones in historical monuments and artworks using nondestructive means. According to one embodiment the method for removal of contaminants from porous stones using laser comprises the following method steps: (a) identifying regions of a contaminant on the porous stone monument; (b) characterizing the contaminant on the porous stone monument; (c) exposing the contaminant on the porous stone monument to irradiation from a laser characterized by a wavelength, a pulse length, a repetition rate, and a laser energy fluence determined and optimized for a given contaminant-porous stone system and the laser characteristics; and (d) adaptively evaluating the cleaning results by quantifying the thickness of the remaining contaminant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVERSIDADE DE VIGO
    Inventors: BETTY MIREYA LEÓN FONG, ALDARA PAN CABO, STEFANO CHIUSSI, ESTHER REBOLLAR GONZÁLEZ, JULIA DE LA ASUNCIÓN SERRA RODRIGUEZ, PIO MANUEL GONZÁLEZ FERNANDEZ