Patents by Inventor George D. Whitten

George D. Whitten 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).

  • Photocatalytic reactor system for treating flue effluents
    Patent number: 6773683
    Abstract: A photocatalytic reactor system consisting of a photonic energy source to remove undesirable contaminants from an effluent stream. The device includes a photonic energy source, a beam delivery system, and a reaction chamber into which the photonic energy is transmitted. The contaminated effluent flows through the reaction chamber where the photonic energy reacts with it to reduce contaminant emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: UVTech Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Elliott, Allan R. Thompson, George D. Whitten, Jonathan C. Camp, Mark T. Krajewski
  • Photocatalytic reactor system for treating flue effluents
    Publication number: 20020114745
    Abstract: A photocatalytic reactor system consisting of a photonic energy source to remove undesirable contaminants from an effluent stream. The device includes a photonic energy source, a beam delivery system, and a reaction chamber into which the photonic energy is transmitted. The contaminated effluent flows through the reaction chamber where the photonic energy reacts with it to reduce contaminant emissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: David J. Elliott, Allan R. Thompson, George D. Whitten, Jonathan C. Camp, Mark T. Krajewski
  • Vacuum chuck
    Patent number: 6032997
    Abstract: A vacuum chuck having a body portion made of moldable glass or another suitable dielectric material including a top surface and bottom surface, a series of flat lands on the top surface of the body portion for supporting a wafer, and a series of orifices and vacuum lines for drawing a vacuum to secure the wafer in place on the lands of the body portion. A method of manufacturing such a vacuum chuck. A method of aligning a wafer on such a vacuum chuck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Excimer Laser Systems
    Inventors: David J. Elliott, George D. Whitten