Patents by Inventor Yiannis PONTIKES

Yiannis PONTIKES 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).

  • Non-fired monoliths
    Patent number: 11111179
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for manufacturing an inorganic polymer object from a precursor wherein the precursor consists of one or more or comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of gibbsite-containing bauxite, gibbsite containing residue of the Bayer process, thermally processed gibbsite-containing bauxite, and thermally processed gibbsite-containing residue of the Bayer process, the method comprising the steps of alkaline-activating said precursor, mixing the precursor, shaping the mixed precursor and hydrothermally curing the shaped precursor at a temperature between 70° C. and 350° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Inventors: Tobias Hertel, Yiannis Pontikes
  • NON-FIRED MONOLITHS
    Publication number: 20210198144
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for manufacturing an inorganic polymer object from a precursor wherein the precursor consists of one or more or comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of gibbsite-containing bauxite, gibbsite containing residue of the Bayer process, thermally processed gibbsite-containing bauxite, and thermally processed gibbsite-containing residue of the Bayer process, the method comprising the steps of alkaline-activating said precursor, mixing the precursor, shaping the mixed precursor and hydrothermally curing the shaped precursor at a temperature between 70° C. and 350° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
    Inventors: Tobias HERTEL, Yiannis PONTIKES