Patents by Inventor PAUL VECCHIARELLI

PAUL VECCHIARELLI 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: 12692857
    Abstract: Massively parallel systems and methods are described suitable for high throughput and large-scale production of highly consistent nanoparticles. The systems include a device that utilizes a single pump to pump a reaction mixture simultaneously through multiple formation channels. One or more devices can be utilized in a single production line, and a system can include multiple production lines. A device of a system provides essentially identical interaction conditions throughout the multiple channels with highly controllable and consistent pumping conditions to provide well-controlled and consistent flow conditions in the channels. This consistency allows for well-defined reaction formation chemistry and thereby provides highly consistent nanoparticle products in large quantities in a short time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
    Inventors: Jamie R. Lead, Paul Vecchiarelli
  • Patent number: 12552693
    Abstract: Described herein is a flow-through application and system that utilizes a nanoparticle technology, which is modular and scalable, that can be utilized to recover a contaminant from water using an attendant pump and in-line sensors along with magnets and ultrasonic energy to separate magnetic nanoparticles from an aqueous mixture and to further separate recovered contaminant from contaminant-adsorbent nanoparticles. The contaminant can include an organic contaminant, such as an oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
    Inventors: Paul Vecchiarelli, Jamie R. Lead
  • Publication number: 20240376884
    Abstract: Massively parallel systems and methods are described suitable for high throughput and large-scale production of highly consistent nanoparticles. The systems include a device that utilizes a single pump to pump a reaction mixture simultaneously through multiple formation channels. One or more devices can be utilized in a single production line, and a system can include multiple production lines. A device of a system provides essentially identical interaction conditions throughout the multiple channels with highly controllable and consistent pumping conditions to provide well-controlled and consistent flow conditions in the channels. This consistency allows for well-defined reaction formation chemistry and thereby provides highly consistent nanoparticle products in large quantities in a short time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: JAMIE R. LEAD, PAUL VECCHIARELLI
  • Publication number: 20220169543
    Abstract: Described herein is a flow-through application and system that utilizes a nanoparticle technology, which is modular and scalable, that can be utilized to recover a contaminant from water using an attendant pump and in-line sensors along with magnets and ultrasonic energy to separate magnetic nanoparticles from an aqueous mixture and to further separate recovered contaminant from contaminant-adsorbent nanoparticles. The contaminant can include an organic contaminant, such as an oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: PAUL VECCHIARELLI, JAMIE R. LEAD