Patents by Inventor Ian Laird

Ian Laird 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).

  • Apparatus and method for temperature controlled processes
    Patent number: 10212953
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for temperature controlled processes in a vessel to provide improved process control, in particular to enable controlled temperatures to be applied to a substance in different process zones of a vessel, has a series of tubular members arranged and operatively connected in a flow system, and each process zone has temperature regulating means juxtaposed thereto for effecting temperature control therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: NITECH SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiongwei Ni, Ian Laird, An-Ting Liao
  • Mixing apparatus and process
    Patent number: 9295955
    Abstract: A continuous, semi-continuous or fed-batch mixing apparatus and process for producing and maintaining a consistently mixed substance uses a tubular vessel equipped with a plurality of annular baffles configured to initiate and maintain uniform mixing and efficient dispersion of the substance in the tubular vessel, with a pump to impart unidirectional linear and non-oscillatory motion to the substance in the tubular vessel thereby promoting and maintaining uniform mixing and efficient dispersion of the substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: NITECH SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiongwei Ni, Andrew Fitch, Ian Laird
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20150320088
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for temperature controlled processes in a vessel to provide improved process control, in particular to enable controlled temperatures to be applied to a substance in different process zones of a vessel, has a series of tubular members arranged and operatively connected in a flow system, and each process zone has temperature regulating means juxtaposed thereto for effecting temperature control therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Xiongwei NI, Ian LAIRD, An-Ting LIAO
  • Apparatus and method for temperature controlled processes
    Patent number: 9101901
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for temperature controlled processes in a vessel to provide improved process control, in particular to enable controlled temperatures to be applied to a substance in different process zones of a vessel, has a series of tubular members arranged and operatively connected in a flow system, and each process zone has temperature regulating means juxtaposed thereto for effecting temperature control therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: NITECH SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiongwei Ni, Ian Laird, An-Ting Liao
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING OSCILLATORY MOTION
    Publication number: 20140293729
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying oscillatory motion to a substance in a vessel to provide improved mixing, in particular to enable different mixing patterns to be applied to a substance in a vessel without “stop, change and start” protocol, has a member and a control means operatively linked such that the movement of the member is determined by a control signal generated by the control means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: XIONGWEI NI, ANDREW FITCH, IAN LAIRD
  • MIXING APPARATUS AND PROCESS
    Publication number: 20140233349
    Abstract: A continuous, semi-continuous or fed-batch mixing apparatus and process for producing and maintaining a consistently mixed substance uses a tubular vessel equipped with a plurality of annular baffles configured to initiate and maintain uniform mixing and efficient dispersion of the substance in the tubular vessel, with a pump to impart unidirectional linear and non-oscillatory motion to the substance in the tubular vessel thereby promoting and maintaining uniform mixing and efficient dispersion of the substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: NITECH SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: XIONGWEI NI, ANDREW FITCH, IAN LAIRD
  • Mixing apparatus and process
    Patent number: 8746963
    Abstract: A continuous, semi-continuous or fed-batch mixing apparatus and process for producing and maintaining a consistently mixed substance uses a tubular vessel equipped with a plurality of annular baffles configured to initiate and maintain uniform mixing and efficient dispersion of the substance in the tubular vessel, with a pump to impart unidirectional linear and non-oscillatory motion to the substance in the tubular vessel thereby promoting and maintaining uniform mixing and efficient dispersion of the substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Nitech Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Xiongwei Ni, Andrew Fitch, Ian Laird
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING OSCILLATORY MOTION
    Publication number: 20120263011
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying oscillatory motion to a substance in a vessel to provide improved mixing, in particular to enable different mixing patterns to be applied to a substance in a vessel without “stop, change and start” protocol, has a member and a control means operatively linked such that the movement of the member is determined by a control signal generated by the control means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Xiongwei NI, Andrew FITCH, Ian LAIRD
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLUID-LIQUID REACTIONS
    Publication number: 20100216631
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for fluid-liquid reactions including gas-liquid and liquid-liquid reactions. The method and apparatus is suitable for mixing a fluid phase species and a liquid phase species to facilitate chemical reaction between said phases. The apparatus comprises a reactor vessel with a plurality of orificed plates and flow control means which initiates and maintains uniform mixing and efficient dispersion of a fluid-liquid mixture within the reactor vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Xiong-Wei NI, Andrew Fitch, Ian Laird
  • MIXING APPARATUS AND PROCESS
    Publication number: 20100124145
    Abstract: A continuous, semi-continuous or fed-batch mixing apparatus and process for producing and maintaining a consistently mixed substance uses a tubular vessel equipped with a plurality of annular baffles configured to initiate and maintain uniform mixing and efficient dispersion of the substance in the tubular vessel, with a pump to impart unidirectional linear and non-oscillatory motion to the substance in the tubular vessel thereby promoting and maintaining uniform mixing and efficient dispersion of the substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Xiongwei Ni, Andrew Fitch, Ian Laird
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20090304890
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for temperature controlled processes in a vessel to provide improved process control, in particular to enable controlled temperatures to be applied to a substance in different process zones of a vessel, has a series of tubular members arranged and operatively connected in a flow system, and each process zone has temperature regulating means juxtaposed thereto for effecting temperature control therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Xiongwei NI, Ian Laird, An-Ting Liao
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING OSCILLATORY MOTION
    Publication number: 20090245015
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for applying oscillatory motion to a substance in a vessel to provide improved mixing, in particular to enable different mixing patterns to be applied to a substance in a vessel without “stop, change and start” protocol, has a member and a control means operatively linked such that the movement of the member is determined by a control signal generated by the control means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Xiongwei Ni, Andrew Fitch, Ian Laird