Patents by Inventor Richard Holdich

Richard Holdich 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).

  • Publication number: 20200368699
    Abstract: There is described a cross-flow apparatus for producing an emulsion or dispersion by dispersing a first phase in a second phase; said cross-flow apparatus comprising: an outer tubular sleeve (2) provided with a first inlet (3) at a first end (4); an emulsion outlet (5); and a second inlet (7), distal from and inclined relative to the first inlet; a tubular membrane provided with a plurality of pores and adapted to be positioned inside the tubular sleeve (2); and optionally an insert adapted to be located inside the tubular membrane, said insert comprising an inlet end and an outlet end, each of the inlet end and an outlet end being provided with chamfered region; the chamfered region is provided with a plurality of orifices and a furcation plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: MICROPORE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
    Inventors: Bruce Williams, Sam Trotter, Richard Holdich, David Palmer, David Hayward
  • Patent number: 10232333
    Abstract: An apparatus for membrane emulsification. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a membrane defining a plurality of apertures connecting a first phase on a first side of the membrane to a second phase on a second, different side of the membrane, such that egression of the first phase into the second phase via the plurality of apertures creates an emulsion, and wherein the membrane is an oscillating cylindrical membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: MICROPORE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Bruce Williams, Richard Holdich, Iain Cumming, Pedro Silva, David Hayward
  • Publication number: 20180015432
    Abstract: An apparatus for membrane emulsification. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a membrane defining a plurality of apertures connecting a first phase on a first side of the membrane to a second phase on a second, different side of the membrane, such that egression of the first phase into the second phase via the plurality of apertures creates an emulsion, and wherein the membrane is an oscillating cylindrical membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Micropore Technologies Ltd
    Inventors: Bruce Williams, Richard Holdich, Iain Cumming, Pedro Silva, David Hayward