Patents by Inventor Jerry L. Kaster

Jerry L. Kaster 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).

  • Displacement of zebra mussels
    Patent number: 5893233
    Abstract: An air injection technique to evacuate and prevent from settling zebra mussels and other encrustaceous organisms from underwater vertical, horizontal or angular surfaces. Such surfaces located in fresh or salt water may be part of critical underwater components such as metering and monitoring devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System on behalf of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Inventors: Jerry L. Kaster, Diana J. Kaster
  • Water filtering using zebra mussels
    Patent number: 5520810
    Abstract: A method of treating water wherein the water is passed through a column of zebra mussels. In a preferred manner, a single bed of living zebra mussels is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Inventors: Paul R. Goudy, Jr., Jerry L. Kaster