Patents by Inventor John Joseph Wells

John Joseph Wells 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).

  • Modified metal-organic framework (MOF) compositions, process of making and process of use thereof
    Patent number: 11958033
    Abstract: This invention relates to modified MOF materials, methods of preparing them and processes using them. A modified MOF of the invention is modified by impregnating a MOF with an inorganic metal salt. The starting MOF contains at least one linker or ligand which contains an aryl amino group as part of its structure. These modified MOFs are able to adsorb either basic or acidic toxic industrial compounds (TIC). The modified MOFs can be used to remove TICs from various gaseous streams such as air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NuMat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell Hugh Weston, William Morris, William Joseph Hoover, Patrick Emmett Fuller, John Paul Siegfried, Randi Danielle Groy, Jeffrey Loren Wells, Timothy Chiaan Wang, Edwin Alfonso Argueta Fajardo
  • Hybrid communications and power cable and distribution method and network using the same
    Patent number: 5677974
    Abstract: A hybrid cable for distributing communications signals and three-phase moderate-voltage alternating current, and a distribution method and network using the hybrid cable. The cable includes a hollow conduit, an optical fiber pulled through the conduit and housed within the conduit, power conductors disposed around the conduit, and a sheath which provides both structural protection and dielectric properties encasing the power conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Southern New England Telephone Company
    Inventors: Ronald Duane Elms, John Garland Messina, Dwight Apollos Phelps, John Joseph Wells