Patents by Inventor Sumeet Dharampal Gandhi

Sumeet Dharampal Gandhi 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).

  • Process for producing trichlorosilane
    Patent number: 9796594
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved process to manufacture TCS in a polysilicon plant based upon combining a high temperature FBR process reacting metallurgical grade silicon, hydrogen, and silicon tetrachloride (STC) to make trichlorosilane (TCS) and a high temperature thermal converter to hydrogenate STC to TCS and hydrogen chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Summit Process Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Sumeet Dharampal Gandhi, Bruce Hazeltine
  • Process for Producing Trichlorosilane
    Publication number: 20150158732
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved process to manufacture TCS in a polysilicon plant based upon combining a high temperature FBR process reacting metallurgical grade silicon, hydrogen, and silicon tetrachloride (STC) to make trichlorosilane (TCS) and a high temperature thermal converter to hydrogenate STC to TCS and hydrogen chloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Sumeet Dharampal Gandhi, Bruce Hazeltine