Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Godbold

Thomas M. Godbold 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).

  • Method of removing pyritic sulfur from coal
    Patent number: 4681598
    Abstract: Pyritic sulfur is removed from coal to concentrate gas fraction collecting a gas fraction at decomposition temperatures within the range from 375.degree. to 550.degree. C. The collected fraction contains at least 60% of the total composable sulfur and not over 40% of the evolvable gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Thomas M. Godbold, William R. Baker