Patents by Inventor Oriol Gutierrez Garcia-Moreno

Oriol Gutierrez Garcia-Moreno 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).

  • CONTROL OF BACTERIAL ACTIVITY, SUCH AS IN SEWERS AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180118588
    Abstract: A method for controlling the activity of sulfate reducing bacteria or methanogenic archaea (or both) in environments containing such organisms comprising treating the environment with free nitrous acid (HNO2) or with a solution containing nitrite (NO2?) having a pH of less than 7 or by adding nitrite to the environment and having a pH of less than 7 in the environment. The method can also disrupt biofilms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Zhiguo Yuan, Guangming Jiang, Oriol Gutierrez Garcia-Moreno
  • CONTROL OF BACTERIAL ACTIVITY, SUCH AS IN SEWERS AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20130168329
    Abstract: A method for controlling the activity of sulfate reducing bacteria or methanogenic archaea (or both) in environments containing such organisms comprising treating the environment with free nitrous acid (HNO2) or with a solution containing nitrite (NO2?) having a pH of less than 7 or by adding nitrite to the environment and having a pH of less than 7 in the environment. The method can also disrupt biofilms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Zhiguo Yuan, Guangming Jiang, Oriol Gutierrez Garcia-Moreno