Patents by Inventor Sandra Trott

Sandra Trott 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: 20090288956
    Abstract: A process for recycling printed circuit boards includes pyrolyzing a number printed circuit boards to from an ash. Metals form the circuit boards are separated from the ash by density separation techniques. The metals are formed into a slurry electrode. The slurry electrode and a deposition electrode are placed in an electrolyte bath and the metals are electrorefined to form bars of metal. The slurry electrode is made by combining powderized metals with carbon powder and an ionic liquid to form an electrode paste. The electrode paste is placed inside a container with a screen to form the slurry electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: James Carl Dills, Dale B. Halling, John S. Wilkes, Sandra Trott
  • Publication number: 20070065540
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of corn steep liquor, which is a co-product of wet corn milling to make fermentation products, which may be used, in animal feeds and fermentation media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Alison Jones, Ting Carlson, Eugene Peters Jr, Michael Porter, Anton Woo, Wade Robey, Sandra Trott