Patents by Inventor Yuseph Montasser

Yuseph Montasser 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).

  • Process for the reduction of biofouling using electric fields
    Patent number: 7931813
    Abstract: A process to reduce or prevent biofouling, by destroying or deactivating microbiological content of feedwater, or other liquid, prior to its entrance into membranes or process equipment, such as heat transfer equipment. The process comprises the use of electrical discharge and/or electric fields to destroy microbes that result in the biofouling of surfaces. By destroying the microbiological content of the water the microbiology no longer is able to create a restricting biofilm upon or within said process equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thangavelu Asokan, Setu Chokshi, Yuseph Montasser, David M. Polizzotti, Yatin Tayalia
  • PROCESS FOR THE REDUCTION OF BIOFOULING USING ELECTRIC FIELDS
    Publication number: 20090152207
    Abstract: A process to reduce or prevent biofouling, by destroying or deactivating microbiological content of feedwater, or other liquid, prior to its entrance into membranes or process equipment, such as heat transfer equipment. The process comprises the use of electrical discharge and/or electric fields to destroy microbes that result in the biofouling of surfaces. By destroying the microbiological content of the water the microbiology no longer is able to create a restricting biofilm upon or within said process equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Thangavelu ASOKAN, Setu Chokshi, Yuseph Montasser, David M. Polizzotti, Yatin Tayalia