Patents by Inventor Jacob Sporrer

Jacob Sporrer 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).

  • Mechano-chemical de-mixing of metal alloys and mixed materials
    Patent number: 11364542
    Abstract: A physical and chemical method is provided for de-mixing (e.g. extracting, separating, purifying and/or enriching) the metal constituents of an alloy or mixed material into different droplet or solid particle products that are highly enriched in the respective phases of the metal. The method involves for instance but is not limited to, shearing, separating and segregating metallic droplets and particles in a carrier fluid to form other droplets or particles that are each separately highly enriched in one of some, if not of all, of the constituent phases of the alloy or mixed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Thuo, Jacob Sporrer, Christophe Frankiewicz
  • MECHANO-CHEMICAL DE-MIXING OF METAL ALLOYS AND MIXED MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20200338642
    Abstract: A physical and chemical method is provided for de-mixing (e.g. extracting, separating, purifying and/or enriching) the metal constituents of an alloy or mixed material into different droplet or solid particle products that are highly enriched in the respective phases of the metal. The method involves for instance but is not limited to, shearing, separating and segregating metallic droplets and particles in a carrier fluid to form other droplets or particles that are each separately highly enriched in one of some, if not of all, of the constituent phases of the alloy or mixed material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Thuo, Jacob Sporrer, Christophe Frankiewicz
  • Mechano-chemical de-mixing of metal alloys and mixed materials
    Patent number: 10758984
    Abstract: A physical and chemical method is provided for de-mixing (e.g. extracting, separating, purifying and/or enriching) the metal constituents of an alloy or mixed material into different droplet or solid particle products that are highly enriched in the respective phases of the metal. The method involves for instance but is not limited to, shearing, separating and segregating metallic droplets and particles in a carrier fluid to form other droplets or particles that are each separately highly enriched in one of some, if not of all, of the constituent phases of the alloy or mixed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin M. Thuo, Jacob Sporrer, Christophe Frankiewicz
  • Mechano-chemical de-mixing of metal alloys and mixed materials
    Publication number: 20170368610
    Abstract: A physical and chemical method is provided for de-mixing (e.g. extracting, separating, purifying and/or enriching) the metal constituents of an alloy or mixed material into different droplet or solid particle products that are highly enriched in the respective phases of the metal. The method involves for instance but is not limited to, shearing, separating and segregating metallic droplets and particles in a carrier fluid to form other droplets or particles that are each separately highly enriched in one of some, if not of all, of the constituent phases of the alloy or mixed material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Martin M. Thuo, Jacob Sporrer, Christophe Frankiewicz