Patents by Inventor Nicholas Horrocks
Nicholas Horrocks 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).
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Patent number: 11654443Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a method of processing a mixture of minerals including the steps of: (a) providing a mixture of minerals which includes a metal containing mineral and one or more unwanted gangue minerals; (b) achieving a contact between the mixture of minerals and polymeric material that includes a mineral binding moiety which selectively binds to the metal containing mineral; and (c) separating the gangue minerals and the polymeric material which has the metal containing mineral bound thereto.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: CIDRA MINERALS PROCESSING INC.Inventors: Warrick James David Allen, Simon David Childs, Andrea Duffy, Nicholas Horrocks, Elizabeth Lakin, Paul Edward Young Milne, James Leonard Rolfe
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Publication number: 20200316613Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a method of processing a mixture of minerals including the steps of: (a) providing a mixture of minerals which includes a metal containing mineral and one or more unwanted gangue minerals; (b) achieving a contact between the mixture of minerals and polymeric material that includes a mineral binding moiety which selectively binds to the metal containing mineral; and (c) separating the gangue minerals and the polymeric material which has the metal containing mineral bound thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Warrick James David ALLEN, Simon David CHILDS, Andrea DUFFY, Nicholas HORROCKS, Elizabeth LAKIN, Paul Edward Young MILNE, James Leonard ROLFE
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Patent number: 10603676Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a method of processing a mixture of minerals including the steps of: (a) providing a mixture of minerals which includes a metal containing mineral and one or more unwanted gangue minerals; (b) achieving a contact between the mixture of minerals and polymeric material that includes a mineral binding moiety which selectively binds to the metal containing mineral; and (c) separating the gangue minerals and the polymeric material which has the metal containing mineral bound thereto.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc.Inventors: Warrick James David Allen, Simon David Childs, Andrea Duffy, Nicholas Horrocks, Elizabeth Lakin, Paul Edward Young Milne, James Leonard Rolfe
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Patent number: 9797088Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a method of treating textile fibers including the steps of: providing a polymeric precursor which includes a group of sub-formula (I) where R2 and R3 are independently selected from (CR7R8)n, or a group CR9R10, CR7R8CR9R10 or CR9R10CR7R8 where n is 0, 1 or 2, R7 and R8 are independently selected from hydrogen, halo or hydrocarbyl, and either one of R9 or R10 is hydrogen and the other is an electron withdrawing group, or R9 and R10 together form an electron withdrawing group, and R4 and R5 are independently selected from CH or CR11 where R11 is an electron withdrawing group, the dotted lines indicate the presence or absence of a bond, X1 is a group CX2X3 where the dotted line bond to which it is attached is absent and a group CX2 where the dotted line bond to which it is attached is present, Y1 is a group CY2Y3 where the dotted line bond to which it is attached is absent and a group CY2 where the dotted line bond to which it is attached is present, and X2, X3, Y2 anType: GrantFiled: August 2, 2011Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Syntor Fine Chemicals LimitedInventors: Warrick James David Allen, Andrea Duffy, Nicholas Horrocks
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Patent number: 9764529Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a composite article including: a textile layer having a first and a second face, each of the first and second faces having a polymeric coating thereon; a first polymeric layer adhered to the polymeric coating on the first face of the textile layer; and a second polymeric layer adhered to the polymeric coating on the second face of the textile layer; in which the polymeric coatings on the first and second faces of the textile layer are each formed by polymerizing a polymeric precursor which includes a group of sub-formula (I) where R2 and R3 are independently selected from (CR7R8)n, or a group CR9R10, CR7R8CR9R10 or CR9R10CR7R8 where n is 0, 1 or 2, R7 and R8 are independently selected from hydrogen, halo or hydrocarbyl, and either One of R9 or R10 is hydrogen and the other is an electron withdrawing group, or R9 and R10 together form an electron withdrawing group, and R4 and R5 are independently selected from CH or CR11 where R11 is an electron withdrawing group, tType: GrantFiled: August 2, 2011Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: SYNTOR FINE CHEMICALS LIMITEDInventors: Warrick James David Allen, Nicholas Horrocks, Paul Edward Young Milne
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Publication number: 20160114336Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a method of processing a mixture of minerals including the steps of: (a) providing a mixture of minerals which includes a metal containing mineral and one or more unwanted gangue minerals; (b) achieving a contact between the mixture of minerals and polymeric material that includes a mineral binding moiety which selectively binds to the metal containing mineral; and (c) separating the gangue minerals and the polymeric material which has the metal containing mineral bound thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc.Inventors: Warrick James David ALLEN, Simon David CHILDS, Andrea DUFFY, Nicholas HORROCKS, Elizabeth LAKIN, Paul Edward Young MILNE, James Leonard ROLFE
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Publication number: 20150283784Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a composite article including: a textile layer having a first and a second face, each of the first and second faces having a polymeric coating thereon; a first polymeric layer adhered to the polymeric coating on the first face of the textile layer; and a second polymeric layer adhered to the polymeric coating on the second face of the textile layer; in which the polymeric coatings on the first and second faces of the textile layer are each formed by polymerising a polymeric precursor which includes a group of sub-formula (I) where R2 and R3 are independently selected from (CR7R8)n, or a group CR9R10, CR7R8CR9R10 or CR9R10CR7R8 where n is 0, 1 or 2, R7 and R8 are independently selected from hydrogen, halo or hydrocarbyl, and either One of R9 or R10 is hydrogen and the other is an electron withdrawing group, or R9 and R10 together form an electron withdrawing group, and R4 and R5 are independently selected from CH or CR11 where R11 is an electron withdrawing group, tType: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2011Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Warrick James David Allen, James Leonard Rolfe, Nicholas Horrocks, Paul Milne
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Publication number: 20140315022Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a method of treating textile fibres including the steps of: providing a polymeric precursor which includes a group of sub-formula (I) where R2 and R3 are independently selected from (CR7R8)n, or a group CR9R10, CR7R8CR9R10 or CR9R10CR7R8 where n is 0, 1 or 2, R7 and R8 are independently selected from hydrogen, halo or hydrocarbyl, and either one of R9 or R10 is hydrogen and the other is an electron withdrawing group, or R9 and R10 together form an electron withdrawing group, and R4 and R5 are independently selected from CH or CR11 where R11 is an electron withdrawing group, the dotted lines indicate the presence or absence of a bond, X1 is a group CX2X3 where the dotted line bond to which it is attached is absent and a group CX2 where the dotted line bond to which it is attached is present, Y1 is a group CY2Y3 where the dotted line bond to which it is attached is absent and a group CY2 where the dotted line bond to which it is attached is present, and X2, X3, Y2 anType: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2011Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Warrick James David Allen, Andrea Duffy, Nicholas Horrocks