Patents by Inventor Etienne F. Vansant

Etienne F. Vansant 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 of encapsulating materials in a zeolite in a stable manner
    Patent number: 4414005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, elements or ions encapsulated in a zeolite in a stable manner by adsorption, chemisorption or ion exchange, by using a zeolite treated before together with, or after the introduction of the material to be enclosed with a modifying agent selected from the group consisting of silanes, boranes and germanes, which may be substituted by one or more halogen atoms and/or hydrocarbon groups, and after the introduction closing the pores by a further treatment with the modifying agent and/or by an oxidation treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom)
    Inventors: Paul J. De Bievre, Etienne F. Vansant, Guido J. Peeters