Patents by Inventor Timothy N. Milner

Timothy N. Milner 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).

  • Encapsulation method for maintaining biodecontamination activity
    Patent number: 7026146
    Abstract: A method for maintaining the viability and subsequent activity of microorganisms utilized in a variety of environments to promote biodecontamination of surfaces. One application involves the decontamination of concrete surfaces. Encapsulation of microbial influenced degradation (MID) microorganisms has shown that MID activity is effectively maintained under passive conditions, that is, without manual addition of moisture or nutrients, for an extended period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Robert D. Rogers, Melinda A. Hamilton, Lee O. Nelson, Jennifer Benson, Martin J. Green, Timothy N. Milner
  • Encapsulation method for maintaining biodecontamination activity
    Publication number: 20020192803
    Abstract: A method for maintaining the viability and subsequent activity of microorganisms utilized in a variety of environments to promote biodecontamination of surfaces. One application involves the decontamination of concrete surfaces. Encapsulation of microbial influenced degradation (MID) microorganisms has shown that MID activity is effectively maintained under passive conditions, that is, without manual addition of moisture or nutrients, for an extended period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Robert D. Rogers, Melinda A. Hamilton, Lee O. Nelson, Jennifer Benson, Martin J. Green, Timothy N. Milner
  • Encapsulation method for maintaining biodecontamination activity
    Patent number: 6465706
    Abstract: A method for maintaining the viability and subsequent activity of microorganisms utilized in a variety of environments to promote biodecontamination of surfaces. One application involves the decontamination of concrete surfaces. Encapsulation of microbial influenced degradation (MID) microorganisms has shown that MID activity is effectively maintained under passive conditions, that is, without manual addition of moisture or nutrients, for an extended period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC
    Inventors: Robert D. Rogers, Melinda A. Hamilton, Lee O. Nelson, Jennifer Benson, Martin J. Green, Timothy N. Milner
  • Decontamination processes
    Patent number: 5523513
    Abstract: A method of decontaminating the surface of a body carrying radioactive contaminants which comprises treating the surface with a decontaminant comprising a solution of tetrafluoroboric acid HBF.sub.4, treating the resultant liquor comprising decontaminant and dissolved species removed from the body surface with a first chemical agent which on reacting with dissolved species yields insoluble compounds and regenerated decontaminant solution, and characterized in that the regenerated decontaminant solution is further treated to cause removal of the first chemical agent from the decontaminant solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: British Nuclear Fuels plc
    Inventor: Timothy N. Milner