Patents by Inventor Veronique Federici

Veronique Federici 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 separating at least one metal present in a solution by fixation onto a chitosane
    Patent number: 5932107
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating metals present in a solution using chitosane. According to the present invention, chitosane in modified physical form is used which allows faster, more extensive fixation of the metals present in a solution. This purpose is achieved using a method in which the chitosane used is a lyophilizate of chitosane, in particular a lyophilizate of chitosane salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Alain Domard, Estelle Piron, Veronique Federici, Yves Berton
  • Consumable anode, electrodissolution process applied to the decontamination of slightly radioactive liquid effluents and apparatus for performing the process
    Patent number: 5633423
    Abstract: According to the invention, a consumable anode constituted by a metal alloy incorporates between 20 and 70 wt. % iron, between 20 and 40 wt. % cobalt and between 5 and 30 wt. % aluminium. To these basic constituents can optionally be added elements such as nickel and/or titanium and/or copper and/or niobium. The decontamination process involves an electrodissolution of said anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Campagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires
    Inventors: Veronique Federici, Eric Tronche, Germain Lacoste