Patents by Inventor Wilmot P. Reid

Wilmot P. Reid 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).

  • Detecting fluorite in a solid rock sample
    Patent number: 3957438
    Abstract: A method of detecting fluorite in an ore body comprising the steps of activating and dissociating the fluorite by the application of a cation exchange resin reagent, substituting the sodium ions of the activated and solubilized fluorite with a rare earth mineral and reacting the substituted rare earth mineral with an alizarin complexone to colour stain the fluorite whereby the presence of the fluorite may be readily detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: Lost River Mining Corporation Limited
    Inventor: Wilmot P. Reid