Patents by Inventor Vittorio Luca

Vittorio Luca 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).

  • Inorganic ion exchangers for removing contaminant metal ions from liquid streams
    Patent number: 7311840
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes and compositions for at least partially removing cations of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of caesium, strontium, lead, silver, transition metals, lanthanides and actinides from a liquid containing the cations. The process comprises contacting the liquid with a sorbent material in an amount and for a time sufficient to at least reduce the concentration of the cations, wherein the sorbent material is a metal oxide composition having the empirical formula Ax/n[ByM1-yO3+?]x.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Inventor: Vittorio Luca
  • Inorganic ion exchangers for removing contaminant metal ions from liquid streams
    Publication number: 20060249461
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes and compositions for at least partially removing cations of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of caesium, strontium, lead, silver, transition metals, lanthanides and actinides from a liquid containing the cations. The process comprises contacting the liquid with a sorbent material in an amount and for a time sufficient to at least reduce the concentration of the cations, wherein the sorbent material is a metal oxide composition having the empirical formula Ax/n[ByM1-yO3+?]x.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation
    Inventor: Vittorio Luca