Patents by Inventor Pratibha Laxman Gai

Pratibha Laxman Gai 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: 8454921
    Abstract: This invention relates to adsorbents useful for storing hydrogen and other small molecules, and to methods for preparing such adsorbents. The adsorbents are produced by heating carbonaceous materials to a temperature of at least 900° C. in an atmosphere of hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Mark Brandon Shiflett, Subramaniam Sabesan, Steven Raymond Lustig, Pratibha Laxman Gai
  • Publication number: 20100242729
    Abstract: This invention relates to adsorbents useful for storing hydrogen and other small molecules, and to methods for preparing such adsorbents. The adsorbents are produced by heating carbonaceous materials to a temperature of at least 900° C. in an atmosphere of hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: MARK BRANDON SHIFLETT, SUBRAMANIAM SABESAN, STEVEN RAYMOND LUSTIG, PRATIBHA LAXMAN GAI
  • Patent number: 7799124
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for making treated inorganic particles by vapor phase deposition of surface treatments on the particle surface by reacting inorganic particles, typically titanium dioxide particles, with a composition comprising a sinterable material and a liquid medium at a temperature sufficient to evaporate the medium and release the sinterable material as aerosol particles. The aerosol particles sinter and form a treatment on the surfaces of the inorganic particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Narayanan Sankara Subramanian, Russell Bertrum Diemer, Jr., Pratibha Laxman Gai
  • Patent number: 7731931
    Abstract: This invention relates to adsorbents useful for storing hydrogen and other small molecules, and to methods for preparing such adsorbents. The adsorbents are produced by heating carbonaceous materials to a temperature of at least 900° C. in an atmosphere of hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Mark Brandon Shiflett, Subramaniam Sabesan, Steven Raymond Lustig, Pratibha Laxman Gai
  • Publication number: 20080202385
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making durable titanium dioxide pigment by vapor phase deposition of surface treatments on the titanium dioxide particle surface by reacting titanium tetrachloride vapor, an oxygen containing gas and aluminum chloride in a plug flow reactor to form a product stream containing titanium dioxide particles; and introducing silicon tetrachloride into the reactor at a point down stream of the point where the titanium tetrachloride and oxygen were contacted and where at least 97% of the titanium tetrachloride has been converted to titanium dioxide or where the reaction temperature is no greater than about 1200° C., and preferably not more than about 1100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Narayanan Sankara Subramanian, Russell Bertrum Diemer, Pratibha Laxman Gai
  • Patent number: 7101820
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to novel crystalline compositions which may be obtained by doping the alpha (?) form of AlPO4 ceramics, which find use as piezoelectric materials, stable supports for catalysts, biotechnology uses, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Pratibha Laxman Gai
  • Patent number: 7029648
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making durable titanium dioxide pigment by vapor phase deposition of surface treatments on the titanium dioxide particle surface by reacting titanium tetrachloride vapor, an oxygen containing gas and aluminum chloride in a plug flow reactor to form a product stream containing titanium dioxide particles; and introducing silicon tetrachloride into the reactor at a point down stream of the point where the titanium tetrachloride and oxygen were contacted and where at least 97% of the titanium tetrachloride has been converted to titanium dioxide or where the reaction temperature is no greater than about 1200° C., and preferably not more than about 1100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Narayanan Sankara Subramanian, Russell Bertrum Diemer, Jr., Pratibha Laxman Gai
  • Patent number: 6903047
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for enhancing the activity of vanadium phosphorus oxide (VPO) catalysts. Promoter reagents are grafted onto or reacted with the catalyst surface. An optional calcination and activation heating cycle transforms the catalyst precursor into a final active phase. A preferred VPO catalyst produced has a ratio of molybdenum to vanadium on the surface of the catalyst to molybdenum to vanadium in the overall bulk of the catalyst represented by the equation (Mo/V) Surface?1.10 (Mo/V) overall bulk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kostantinos Kourtakis, Pratibha Laxman Gai
  • Patent number: 6852306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making durable titanium dioxide pigment by vapor phase deposition of surface treatments on the titanium dioxide particle surface by reacting titanium tetrachloride vapor, an oxygen containing gas and aluminum chloride in a plug flow reactor to form a product stream containing titanium dioxide particles; and introducing silicon tetrachloride into the reactor at a point down stream of the point where the titanium tetrachloride and oxygen were contacted and where at least 97% of the titanium tetrachloride has been converted to titanium dioxide or where the reaction temperature is no greater than about 1200° C., and preferably not more than about 1100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Narayanan Sankara Subramanian, Russell Bertrum Diemer, Jr., Pratibha Laxman Gai
  • Publication number: 20040258610
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making durable titanium dioxide pigment by vapor phase deposition of surface treatments on the titanium dioxide particle surface by reacting titanium tetrachloride vapor, an oxygen containing gas and aluminum chloride in a plug flow reactor to form a product stream containing titanium dioxide particles; and introducing silicon tetrachloride into the reactor at a point down stream of the point where the titanium tetrachloride and oxygen were contacted and where at least 97% of the titanium tetrachloride has been converted to titanium dioxide or where the reaction temperature is no greater than about 1200° C., and preferably not more than about 1100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Narayanan Sankara Subramanian, Russell Bertrum Diemer, Pratibha Laxman Gai
  • Patent number: 6749769
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to novel crystalline compositions which may be obtained by doping the alpha (&agr;) form of AlPO4 ceramics, which find use as piezoelectric materials, stable supports for catalysts, biotechnology uses, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Pratibha Laxman Gai
  • Publication number: 20030051635
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making durable titanium dioxide pigment by vapor phase deposition of surface treatments on the titanium dioxide particle surface by reacting titanium tetrachloride vapor, an oxygen containing gas and aluminum chloride in a plug flow reactor to form a product stream containing titanium dioxide particles; and introducing silicon tetrachloride into the reactor at a point down stream of the point where the titanium tetrachloride and oxygen were contacted and where at least 97% of the titanium tetrachloride has been converted to titanium dioxide or where the reaction temperature is no greater than about 1200° C., and preferably not more than about 1100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Narayanan Sankara Subramanian, Russell Bertrum Diemer, Pratibha Laxman Gai
  • Publication number: 20020148996
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to novel crystalline compositions which may be obtained by doping the alpha (&agr;) form of AlPO4 ceramics, which find use as piezoelectric materials, stable supports for catalysts, biotechnology uses, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Pratibha Laxman Gai
  • Patent number: 5922120
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing titanium dioxide (TiO.sub.2) pigment having a coating comprising silica and a second oxide selected from the group consisting of oxides of boron, phosphorus, magnesium, niobium, germanium, and mixtures thereof, comprising the steps of (a) reacting titanium tetrachloride (TiCl.sub.4) in the vapor phase with an aluminum compound and an oxygen-containing gas in a reactor at a temperature in the range of about 900.degree. C. to about 1600.degree. C. to provide a gaseous suspension comprising TiO.sub.2 particles, (b) contacting the gaseous suspension comprising the TiO.sub.2 particles with a silicon halide and an oxide precursor of boron, phosphorus, magnesium, niobium, germanium, and mixtures thereof, and (c) cooling the gaseous suspension to produce TiO.sub.2 pigment having a coating comprising silica and a second oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Narayanan Sankara Subramanian, Pratibha Laxman Gai, Russell Bertrum Diemer, Jr., Alvin Allen, John Steven Gergely