Patents by Inventor Pablo Paredes

Pablo Paredes 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).

  • Mining method
    Patent number: 11994028
    Abstract: A block cave has a draw column height of at least 450 m, a caved volume, a single extraction level and noundercut level, a plurality of drawbells extending upwardly from the extraction level to the caved volume, and a plurality of pillars separating the drawbells and supporting the rock mass above the extraction level. Each drawbell has a drawbell height of at least 25 m. Each drawbell has the following profile when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a drawbell drive in the extraction level: a throat section having opposed parallel side walls extending upwardly from the extraction level, a tapered section above the throat section, and an undercut section above the tapered section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: NEWCREST MINING LIMITED
    Inventors: Geoff Newcombe, Michael Sykes, Pablo Paredes, Luca Popa
  • MINING METHOD
    Publication number: 20230134275
    Abstract: A block cave has a draw column height of at least 450 m, a caved volume, a single extraction level and noundercut level, a plurality of drawbells extending upwardly from the extraction level to the caved volume, and a plurality of pillars separating the drawbells and supporting the rock mass above the extraction level. Each drawbell has a drawbell height of at least 25 m. Each drawbell has the following profile when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a drawbell drive in the extraction level: a throat section having opposed parallel side walls extending upwardly from the extraction level, a tapered section above the throat section, and an undercut section above the tapered section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Geoff Newcombe, Michael Sykes, Pablo Paredes, Luca Popa
  • MINING METHOD
    Publication number: 20210293145
    Abstract: A block cave has a draw column height of at least 450 meters, a caved volume, a single extraction level and no undercut level, a plurality of drawbells extending upwardly from the extraction level to the caved volume, and a plurality of pillars separating the drawbells and supporting the rock mass above the extraction level. Each drawbell has a drawbell height of at least 25 meters. Each drawbell has the following profile when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a drawbell drive in the extraction level: a throat section having opposed parallel side walls extending upwardly from the extraction level, a tapered section above the throat section, and an undercut section above the tapered section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Newcrest Mining Limited
    Inventors: Michael Sykes, losif-Luca Popa, Pablo Paredes, Geoffrey Newcombe
  • Mining method
    Patent number: 11125084
    Abstract: A block cave has a draw column height of at least 450 meters, a caved volume, a single extraction level and no undercut level, a plurality of drawbells extending upwardly from the extraction level to the caved volume, and a plurality of pillars separating the drawbells and supporting the rock mass above the extraction level. Each drawbell has a drawbell height of at least 25 meters. Each drawbell has the following profile when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a drawbell drive in the extraction level: a throat section having opposed parallel side walls extending upwardly from the extraction level, a tapered section above the throat section, and an undercut section above the tapered section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Newcrest Mining Limited
    Inventors: Michael Sykes, Iosif-Luca Popa, Pablo Paredes, Geoffrey Newcombe