Patents by Inventor Joseph B. Mendes

Joseph B. Mendes 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).

  • Modular systems and methods for collecting and containing oil spills
    Patent number: 8557121
    Abstract: A system and method for capturing ecologically harmful substances in the nature of hydrocarbons from the surface of a body of water or from the ground adjacent a landfill or waste dump or from a shoreline of a body of water into which residual waste fluids from an adjacent ground leakage is passed. The system and method including a plurality of modular traps. The traps having a side, end, top and bottom panels constructed of a material that allows fluid flow therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Inventor: Joseph B. Mendes
  • Systems for containing and collecting oil spills
    Patent number: 5779392
    Abstract: A method for capturing ecologically harmful substances in the nature of hydrocarbons from the surface of a body of water or from the ground adjacent a landfill or waste dump or from a shoreline of a body of water into which residual waste fluids from an adjacent ground leakage is passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Inventor: Joseph B. Mendes