Patents by Inventor Paul V. Knopp

Paul V. Knopp 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).

  • Patent number: 5851278
    Abstract: The present invention involves a method of removing paint containing heavy metal from a surface without the production of hazardous wastes. Specifically, this method involves applying a coating preparation to the heavy metal containing paint prior to its removal from its surface. The preparation contains lead reactive chemicals such as phosphates, metal sulfides and organic sulfides. The preparation may also contain buffers such as magnesium oxide and magnesium hydroxide. These chemicals react with the heavy metals rendering them nonhazardous. The invention also involves the coating preparation itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: RMT, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Stanforth, Paul V. Knopp
  • Patent number: 5827574
    Abstract: The present invention involves a method of removing paint containing heavy metal from a surface without the production of hazardous wastes. Specifically, this method involves applying a coating preparation to the heavy metal containing paint prior to its removal from its surface. The preparation contains lead reactive chemicals such as phosphates, metal sulfides and organic sulfides. The preparation may also contain buffers such as magnesium oxide and magnesium hydroxide. These chemicals react with the heavy metals rendering them nonhazardous. The invention also involves the coating preparation itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: RMT, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Stanforth, Paul V. Knopp
  • Patent number: 5637355
    Abstract: The present invention involves a method of removing paint containing heavy metal from a surface without the production of hazardous wastes. Specifically, this method involves applying a coating preparation to the heavy metal containing paint prior to its removal from its surface. The preparation contains lead reactive chemicals such as phosphates, metal sulfides and organic sulfides. The preparation may also contain buffers such as magnesium oxide and magnesium hydroxide. These chemicals react with the heavy metals rendering them nonhazardous. The invention also involves the coating preparation itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: RMT, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Stanforth, Paul V. Knopp
  • Patent number: 4289626
    Abstract: The invention relates to method and apparatus for the treatment of wastewaters using a rotating biological contactor in combination with an adsorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: Sterling Drug, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul V. Knopp, Walter Burant, Jr.
  • Patent number: 3957632
    Abstract: A process for purification of waste waters comprising simultaneous treatment with an adsorbent such as powdered activated carbon and oxygen in the presence of activated sludge to effect nitrification, followed by denitrification in the presence of further adsorbent under anaerobic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1972
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: Sterling Drug Inc.
    Inventors: Paul V. Knopp, Wayne B. Gitchel
  • Patent number: 3930998
    Abstract: A method for the improvement of the biological removal of nitrogen from wastewater consisting of the partial oxidation of waste activated sludge and other carbonaceous material generating soluble BOD which may be substituted for methanol as an oxygen acceptor in biological denitrification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1976
    Assignee: Sterling Drug Inc.
    Inventors: Paul V. Knopp, Wayne B. Gitchel