Patents by Inventor Teresa K. H. Pong

Teresa K. H. Pong 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 the production of intermediates useful in the processing of ilmenite and related minerals
    Patent number: 5482691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of metallic titanium, characterized in that the process comprises reducing a titanium-fluorine compound selected from titanium tetrafluoride and any hexafluorotitanate soluble in a molten fluoroaluminate, with metallic aluminum in a molten fluoroaluminate. A process for the production of intermediates useful in the processing ilmenite and related minerals is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: The University of Melbourne
    Inventors: Thomas A. O'Donnell, John Besida, Teresa K. H. Pong, David G. Wood