Patents by Inventor Stephen Skill

Stephen Skill 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).

  • Pump
    Patent number: 6398522
    Abstract: A pump has flexible vanes arranged in a helical path in the clearance between the stator and the rotor. In one form, the helically wound vanes are present on the rotor, the stator including at least one can surface to flex the vanes. In another form, the helically wound vanes are present on the stator, the rotor including at least one can surface to flex the vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Photosynthesis (Jersey) Limited
    Inventor: Stephen Skill
  • Photoreaction
    Patent number: 6370815
    Abstract: Photosynthetic organisms are grown in a tube having a gas inlet at one end and a gas outlet at the other. The tube containing a rotor having vanes adapted to wipe the inside surface, the tube being disposed at an angle to the horizontal in a bath containing liquid, the gas inlet being lowermost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Inventors: Stephen Skill, Lee Fisher Robinson
  • Pump
    Publication number: 20010002976
    Abstract: A pump has flexible vanes arranged in a helical path in the clearance between the stator and the rotor. In one form, the helically wound vanes are present on the rotor, the stator including at least one can surface to flex the vanes. In another form, the helically wound vanes are present on the stator, the rotor including at least one can surface to flex the vanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: June 7, 2001
    Inventor: Stephen Skill