Patents by Inventor Miguel Esteban Zarzar Maza

Miguel Esteban Zarzar Maza 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).

  • Plant for the removal of metals by biosorption from mining or industrial effluents
    Patent number: 7479220
    Abstract: A method and a plant to remove metals by biosorption from mining or industrial effluents comprising: (a) subject the effluent to at least one first stage of pre-treatment, selecting among: precipitation by pH rising, solvent extraction or solvent extraction on emulsified membranes in order to reduce its load of metals to a concentration level that allows it to be treated by the next stage of biosorption, and (b) subject the liquid that has been previously in the stage of pre-treatment to a second stage of continuous metals removal by biosorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignees: Universidad De Chile, Biotechnologies Del Aqua Ltda.
    Inventors: Davor Cotoras Tadic, Fernando Valenzuela Lozano, Miguel Esteban Zarzar Maza, Pabla Leticia Viedma Elicer
  • Process And Plant For The Removal Of Metals By Biosorption From Mining Or Industrial Effluents
    Publication number: 20080142422
    Abstract: A method and a plant to remove metals by biosorption from mining or industrial effluents comprising: (a) subject the effluent to at least one first stage of pre-treatment, selecting among: precipitation by pH rising, solvent extraction or solvent extraction on emulsified membranes in order to reduce its load of metals to a concentration level that allows it to be treated by the next stage of biosorption, and (b) subject the liquid that has been previously in the stage of pre-treatment to a second stage of continuous metals removal by biosorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicants: UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, BIOTECHNOLOGIAS DEL AGUA LTDA.
    Inventors: Davor Cotoras Tadic, Fernando Valenzuela Lozano, Miguel Esteban Zarzar Maza, Pabla Leticia Viedma Elicer
  • Process for the removal of metals by biosorption from mining or industrial effluents
    Patent number: 7326344
    Abstract: A method and a plant to remove metals by biosorption from mining or industrial effluents comprising: (a) subject the effluent to at least one first stage of pre-treatment, selecting among: precipitation by pH rising, solvent extraction or solvent extraction on emulsified membranes in order to reduce its load of metals to a concentration level that allows it to be treated by the next stage of biosorption, and (b) subject the liquid that has been previously in the stage of pre-treatment to a second stage of continuous metals removal by biosorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignees: Universidad de Chile, Biotechnologias del Agua Ltda.
    Inventors: Davor Cotoras Tadic, Fernando Valenzuela Lozano, Miguel Esteban Zarzar Maza, Pabla Leticia Viedma Elicer