Patents by Inventor T. Dean Gates

T. Dean Gates 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: 7347937
    Abstract: A filtration cartridge having a housing with an inlet and an outlet and a filtration membrane contained within the housing and located between the inlet and the outlet is described. The membrane is sealed in such a manner that all fluid must flow through the membrane between entering the inlet and leaving the outlet of the housing. The entire cartridge, housing, membrane and any other components are all formed of one or more perfluorinated thermoplastic resins. These resins preferably are PFA, MFA, FEP and blends thereof. The membrane may be in the form of hollow fibers, wound fibers such as in a depth filter, or a flat sheet which may be formed into various configurations such as spiral filters, pleated filters, spiral pleated filters, disks and the like. These cartridges provide an inert, high temperature and acid/oxidative chemical resistant filter having properties similar to that of PTFE resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventors: Kwok-Shun Cheng, Cha P. Doh, Larry Y. Yen, Rajnikant B. Patel, T. Dean Gates
  • Patent number: 6977043
    Abstract: Hollow fiber membranes having a skinned surface on one diameter, and a porous surface on the opposite diameter are produced from perfluorinated thermoplastic polymers by extruding a heated solution of the polymer having a low critical solution temperature directly into a cooling bath to form the porous membrane by liquid-liquid phase separation. Extrusion can be conducted either vertically or horizontally. The hollow fiber membranes are useful as ultrafiltration membranes and as membrane contactors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Mykrolis Corporation
    Inventors: Kwok-Shun Cheng, T. Dean Gates, Larry Y. Yen, Rajnikant B. Patel
  • Patent number: 6921482
    Abstract: Hollow fiber membranes having a skinned surface on one diameter, and a porous surface on the opposite diameter arm produced from perfluorinated thermoplastic polymers by extruding a heated solution of the polymer having a lower critical solution temperature directly into a cooling bath to form the porous membrane by liquid-liquid phase separation. Extrusion can be conducted either vertically or horizontally. The hollow fiber membranes are useful as ultrafiltration membranes and as membrane contactors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Mykrolis Corporation
    Inventors: Kwok-Shun Cheng, T. Dean Gates, Larry Y. Yen, Rajnikant B. Patel
  • Patent number: 6802973
    Abstract: High flux porous hollow fiber membranes are produced from perfluorinated thermoplastic polymers by extruding heated solution of the polymer having a lower critical solution temperature directly into a cooling bath to form the porous membrane by liquid-liquid phase separation. Extrusion can be conducted either vertically or horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Mykrolis Corporation
    Inventors: Kwok-Shun Cheng, Rajnikant B. Patel, T. Dean Gates
  • Patent number: 6802972
    Abstract: High flux porous hollow fiber membranes are produced from perfluorinated thermoplastic polymers by extruding a heated solution of the polymer having a lower critical solution temperature directly into a cooling bath to form the porous membrane by liquid-liquid phase separation. Extrusion can be conducted either vertically or horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Mykrolis Corporation
    Inventors: Kwok-Shun Cheng, Rajnikant B. Patel, T. Dean Gates
  • Publication number: 20040154986
    Abstract: Hollow fiber membranes having a skinned surface on one diameter, and a porous surface on the opposite diameter are produced from perfluorinated thermoplastic polymers by extruding a heated solution of the polymer having a low critical solution temperature directly into a cooling bath to form the porous membrane by liquid-liquid phase separation. Extrusion can be conducted either vertically or horizontally. The hollow fiber membranes are useful as ultrafiltration membranes and as membrane contactors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Kwok-Shun Cheng, T. Dean Gates, Larry Y. Yen, Rajnikant B. Patel
  • Publication number: 20030201223
    Abstract: High flux porous hollow fiber membranes are produced from perfluorinated thermoplastic polymers by extruding a heated solution of the polymer having a lower critical solution temperature directly into a cooling bath to form the porous membrane by liquid-liquid phase separation. Extrusion can be conducted either vertically or horizontally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Kwok-Shun Cheng, Rajnikant B. Patel, T. Dean Gates