Patents by Inventor Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.

Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr. 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).

  • Treatment of hydrogen sulfide gas under aerobic conditions
    Patent number: 10835860
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, and/or composition of matter adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to contacting an aerobic contaminated gas stream with a solution comprising approximately Ferric MGDA, the aerobic contaminated gas stream comprising hydrogen sulfide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BioSystems Consulting, Inc.
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Treatment of Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Under Aerobic Conditions
    Publication number: 20200246747
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, and/or composition of matter adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to contacting an aerobic contaminated gas stream with a solution comprising approximately Ferric MGDA, the aerobic contaminated gas stream comprising hydrogen sulfide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, JR.
  • Treatment of hydrogen sulfide gas under aerobic conditions
    Patent number: 10639585
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, and/or composition of matter adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to contacting an aerobic contaminated gas stream with a solution comprising approximately Ferric MGDA, the aerobic contaminated gas stream comprising hydrogen sulfide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: BioSystems Consulting Inc.
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Compositions, methods, and/or systems for managing sulfide
    Patent number: 10131558
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, and/or composition of matter configured for, adapted for, and/or resulting from, and/or a method for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, causing reactions, between sulfides in contaminated water with a ferric chelate and between sulfides in the contaminated water with an oxidizing agent, to form substantially sulfide-free water, the substantially sulfide-free water comprising the ferric chelate and the oxidizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: BioSystems Consulting, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr., Jefferson W. Cox
  • Systems, devices, compositions, and/or methods for de-sulphurizing acid gases
    Patent number: 10035966
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, reacting reactants comprising a ferric/ferrous chelate and a sour gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: BioSystems Consulting, Inc.
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Treatment of Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Under Aerobic Conditions
    Publication number: 20180104644
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, and/or composition of matter adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to contacting an aerobic contaminated gas stream with a solution comprising approximately Ferric MGDA, the aerobic contaminated gas stream comprising hydrogen sulfide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, JR.
  • Compositions, methods, and systems for reducing contamination
    Patent number: 9701556
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide methods for reducing a concentration of a contaminant associated with a medium, which can be any substance or material, such as soil, water, air, and/or fluid. In one exemplary method, the medium is treated with a ferric chelate and an oxidizing agent in amounts effective to oxidize at least a portion of the contaminant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: BioSystems Consulting Inc.
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Systems, devices, compositions, and/or methods for de-sulphurizing acid gases
    Patent number: 9657248
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, reacting reactants comprising a ferric/ferrous chelate and a sour gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: BioSystems Consulting, Inc.
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Methods for managing sulfide in wastewater systems
    Patent number: 9580340
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, in a treatment zone, reacting an oxygen-comprising gas, one or more selected ferric/ferrous chelates, one or more selected nitrates and/or nitrites, and/or anaerobic wastewater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Biosystems Consulting, Inc.
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Methods for managing sulfide in wastewater systems
    Patent number: 9399590
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, in a treatment zone, reacting an oxygen-comprising gas, one or more selected ferric/ferrous chelates, one or more selected nitrates and/or nitrites, and/or anaerobic wastewater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Biosystems Consulting, Inc.
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Methods for managing sulfide in wastewater systems
    Patent number: 9067812
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, in a treatment zone, reacting an oxygen-comprising gas, one or more selected ferric/ferrous chelates, one or more selected nitrates and/or nitrites, and/or anaerobic wastewater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Method for managing sulfide in wastewater systems
    Patent number: 8937210
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, in a treatment zone, reacting an oxygen-comprising gas, one or more selected ferric/ferrous chelates, one or more selected nitrates and/or nitrites, and/or anaerobic wastewater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Method for reducing contamination
    Patent number: 8858806
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide methods for reducing a concentration of a contaminant associated with a medium, which can be any substance or material, such as soil, water, air, and/or fluid. In one exemplary method, the medium is treated with a ferric chelate and an oxidizing agent in amounts effective to oxidize at least a portion of the contaminant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Methods for managing sulfide in wastewater systems
    Patent number: 8609926
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, in a treatment zone, reacting an oxygen-comprising gas, one or more selected ferric/ferrous chelates, one or more selected nitrates and/or nitrites, and/or anaerobic wastewater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Compositions, methods, and systems for reducing contamination
    Patent number: 8480924
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide methods for reducing a concentration of a contaminant associated with a medium, which can be any substance or material, such as soil, water, air, and/or fluid. In one exemplary method, the medium is treated with a ferric chelate and an oxidizing agent in amounts effective to oxidize at least a portion of the contaminant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Method for reducing contamination
    Patent number: 7968761
    Abstract: Exemplary compositions, methods, and systems are disclosed that can be useful for reducing a concentration of a contaminant associated with a medium, which can be any substance or material, such as soil, water, air, and/or fluid. In one exemplary method, the medium is treated with Fe-MDGA and an oxidizing agent in amounts effective to oxidize at least a portion of the contaminant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Method for reducing contamination
    Patent number: 7928277
    Abstract: Exemplary compositions, methods, and systems are disclosed that can be useful for reducing a concentration of a contaminant associated with a medium, which can be any substance or material, such as soil, water, air, and/or fluid. In one exemplary method, the medium is treated with Fe-MDGA and an oxidizing agent in amounts effective to oxidize at least a portion of the contaminant. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Compositions, methods, and systems for managing total sulfide
    Patent number: 7846408
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can involve contacting a predetermined portion of a medium and a reaction product resulting from a reaction between predetermined reactants that can include a predetermined active ferric chelate and a nitrate/nitrite, the contacting occurring at a pH of approximately 6 to approximately 8, the contacting effective to oxidize at least a portion of a sulfide contaminant associated with the predetermined portion of the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Compositions, methods, and systems for reducing contamination
    Patent number: 7745680
    Abstract: Exemplary compositions, methods, and systems are disclosed that can be useful for reducing a concentration of a contaminant associated with a medium, which can be any substance or material, such as soil, water, air, and/or fluid. In one exemplary method, the medium is treated with Fe-MDGA and an oxidizing agent in amounts effective to oxidize at least a portion of the contaminant. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. This abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.
  • Method for reducing organic contamination
    Patent number: 7662294
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide methods for reducing a concentration of a contaminant associated with a medium, which can be any substance or material, such as soil, water, air, and/or fluid. In one exemplary method, the medium is treated with a ferric chelate and an oxidizing agent in amounts effective to oxidize at least a portion of the contaminant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Inventor: Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.