Patents by Inventor Lenly J Weathers

Lenly J Weathers 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).

  • Fe(o)-based bioremediation of aquifers contaminated with mixed wastes
    Patent number: 6719902
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, devices and apparatus for bioremediation of mixed waste aquifers, based on a synergistic combination of reductive treatment using zero-valent iron and anaerobic biotransformations. Also disclosed are methods for in situ and ex situ remediation of groundwater and wastewater via these iron-bacterial compositions in a variety of devices including batch reactors, permeable and semipermeable reactive barriers, flow-through reactors, fluidized bed reactors, and sediment tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: The University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Pedro J. Alvarez, Brian A. Till, Lenly J Weathers, Gene F. Parkin, Jerald L. Schnoor