Patents by Inventor Kory Mueller

Kory Mueller 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).

  • LIME HYDRATE AND LIME HYDRATE SLURRY WITH IMPROVED REACTIVITY FOR WATER PURIFICATION
    Publication number: 20230192505
    Abstract: A hydrated lime product which can be provided to an end user in dry form and which can be formed into a slurry which will comprise lime hydrate with sufficiently increased reactivity over that of traditional hydrated lime slurries to be competitive in reaction time with on-site produced slaked lime slurries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Martin L. Gran, Randy Griffard, Michael Stever, Kory Mueller, Nathan Hooper, Scott Sipiorski
  • Lime hydrate and lime hydrate slurry with improved reactivity for water purification
    Patent number: 11603318
    Abstract: A hydrated lime product which can be provided to an end user in dry form and which can be formed into a slurry which will comprise lime hydrate with sufficiently increased reactivity over that of traditional hydrated lime slurries to be competitive in reaction time with on-site produced slaked lime slurries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Mississippi Lime Company
    Inventors: Martin L. Gran, Randy Griffard, Michael Stever, Kory Mueller, Nathan Hooper, Scott Sipiorski
  • Method of brightening ground calcium carbonate
    Patent number: 10590003
    Abstract: A chemical processing method to increase the brightness of a naturally sourced GCC. The process described herein employs a persulfate under certain heating and stirring conditions to effect a brightness change which can be on the order of about 8 points on the GE brightness scale and can move a GCC which is under a GE level of 80 to above a GE level of 80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Mississippi Lime Company
    Inventors: Sean Dingman, Kory Mueller