Top Inventors for class "Liquid purification or separation" |
Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps in this class |
1 | Robert W. Childers | US | Trinity, FL | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296757 - Sterilization Container Capable Of Providing An Indication Regarding Whether Or Not Surgical Instruments Sterilized In The Container Were Properly Sterilized | 36 |
2 | Joseph A. King | US | Wayzata, MN | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220298036 - Free Chlorine Maintained System | 26 |
3 | John R. Hacker | US | Minneapolis, MN | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220274038 - SPIN-ON FILTER WITH EXTERNAL THREADS AND METHODS | 25 |
4 | Martin T. Gerber | US | Maple Grove, MN | Nov 04, 2021 / 20210338912 - FLUID CIRCUITS FOR SORBENT CARTRIDGES WITH SENSORS | 25 |
5 | Rodolfo Roger | US | Clearwater, FL | May 19, 2016 / 20160136345 - DIALYSIS SYSTEM HAVING AN AUTOCONNECTION MECHANISM | 21 |
6 | Vance D. Fiegel | US | Shakopee, MN | Mar 19, 2020 / 20200087182 - REMOVAL AND INHIBITION OF SCALE AND INHIBITION OF CORROSION BY USE OF MOSS | 21 |
7 | Christopher A. Pohl | US | Union City, CA | Jun 30, 2022 / 20220205942 - Electrochemical Cell Configured To Have A Dynamically Renewed Electrode | 20 |
8 | Bryant J. Pudil | US | Plymouth, MN | Nov 04, 2021 / 20210338912 - FLUID CIRCUITS FOR SORBENT CARTRIDGES WITH SENSORS | 20 |
9 | Thomas E. Meyer | US | Stillwater, MN | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296794 - SINGLE CONTAINER PREPARATION OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS FLUID | 20 |
10 | David R. Knighton | US | Minneapolis, MN | Sep 24, 2015 / 20150266760 - METHODS OF INHIBITING MICROORGANISM GROWTH USING MOSS | 20 |
11 | Meng H. Lean | US | Santa Clara, CA | Oct 23, 2014 / 20140311958 - TRAPPING STRUCTURES FOR A PARTICLE SEPARATION CELL | 19 |
12 | Barry M. Verdegan | US | Stoughton, WI | Jul 01, 2021 / 20210199079 - ELECTRONIC FILTER DETECTION FEATURE FOR LIQUID FILTRATION SYSTEMS | 19 |
13 | Laurence W. Bassett | US | Killingworth, CT | Dec 29, 2016 / 20160377302 - FLEXIBLE LIQUID DESICCANT HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER PANELS WITH A HYDROPHILIC LAYER | 19 |
14 | Pierre Lucien Cote | CA | Dundas | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160184777 - NON-BRAIDED, TEXTILE-REINFORCED HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE | 19 |
15 | Sung-Soo Han | KR | Hwaseong-Si | Oct 13, 2016 / 20160296891 - ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRID MEMBRANE FOR FOULING RESISTANCE, METHOD OF PREPARING MEMBRANE FOR FOULING RESISTANCE, AND WATER TREATMENT DEVICE INCLUDING SAID MEMBRANE | 19 |
16 | David B. Lura | US | Maple Grove, MN | Nov 04, 2021 / 20210338912 - FLUID CIRCUITS FOR SORBENT CARTRIDGES WITH SENSORS | 18 |
17 | Gerard Malgorn | FR | Quimper | Mar 31, 2022 / 20220096970 - Vented Filter Cartridge Integrated into the Upper Flange and Filtration | 18 |
18 | Chong Kyu Shin | KR | Daejeon | Jul 21, 2022 / 20220226785 - COMPOSITION FOR FORMING SEPARATION MEMBRANE ACTIVE LAYER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEPARATION MEMBRANE, SEPARATION MEMBRANE, AND WATER TREATMENT MODULE | 18 |
19 | Charles W. Hawkins | US | Sparta, TN | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297033 - REPLACEABLE SPIN-ON FILTER WITH DIE CASTED UNITARY ENDPLATE | 18 |
20 | Michael D. Leach | US | Warsaw, IN | Oct 28, 2021 / 20210330873 - PLASMA/CELL CONCENTRATOR APPARATUS AND METHODS | 17 |
21 | Jeffrey A. Husband | US | Cookeville, TN | Jan 09, 2014 / 20140008286 - REPLACEABLE FILTER ELEMENTS INCLUDING PLURAL FILTER MEDIA AND RELATED FILTRATION SYSTEMS, TECHNIQUES AND METHODS | 17 |
22 | Moo-Seok Lee | KR | Seoul | Mar 17, 2016 / 20160079616 - HOLLOW FIBER MODULE | 17 |
23 | Thomas D. Kelly | US | Highland Park, IL | Jul 21, 2022 / 20220226551 - HEMODIALYSIS SYSTEM INCLUDING A DISPOABLE SET AND A DIALYSIS INSTRUMENT | 17 |
24 | Ismail C. Bagci | US | Cookeville, TN | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297033 - REPLACEABLE SPIN-ON FILTER WITH DIE CASTED UNITARY ENDPLATE | 17 |
25 | Matthew R. Linford | US | Orem, UT | Jun 09, 2016 / 20160158728 - MODIFIED DIAMOND PARTICLES | 17 |
26 | Hideyuki Tsuji | JP | Yokohama-Shi | May 22, 2014 / 20140138956 - OSMOTIC PRESSURE ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION METHOD, OSMOTIC PRESSURE ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION APPARATUS AND OSMOTIC PRESSURE GENERATOR USED THEREFOR | 16 |
27 | Marcus G. Theodore | US | Salt Lake City, UT | Jul 21, 2022 / 20220227643 - Method and Apparatus to Reduce Wastewater Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Nitrogen and Phosphorous Without Bioreactor Processing | 16 |
28 | Nobuyuki Ashikaga | JP | Kawasaki-Shi | Sep 26, 2013 / 20130248432 - WATER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT | 16 |
29 | Kevin C. South | US | Cookeville, TN | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297033 - REPLACEABLE SPIN-ON FILTER WITH DIE CASTED UNITARY ENDPLATE | 16 |
30 | Justin Rohde | US | Des Plaines, IL | Feb 04, 2016 / 20160030653 - INTEGRATED WATER TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRA-LOW TOTAL CHLORINE DETECTION | 16 |
31 | Bernd Krause | DE | Rangendingen | Jul 07, 2022 / 20220211579 - Dual Container System for Product Reconstitution | 16 |
32 | Shahid Din | US | Palm Harbor, FL | Apr 21, 2016 / 20160106901 - RENAL FAILURE THERAPY MACHINES AND METHODS INCLUDING CONVECTIVE AND DIFFUSIVE CLEARANCE | 16 |
33 | Kevin L. Grant | US | Litchfield, NH | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220282721 - LIQUID PUMPING CASSETTES AND ASSOCIATED PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD AND RELATED METHODS | 15 |
34 | Zemin Jiang | US | Cookeville, TN | Jun 17, 2021 / 20210178309 - VARIABLE EFFICIENCY FILTRATION MEDIA | 15 |
35 | Terry Wright | US | Rochester, NY | Jun 07, 2018 / 20180153990 - PCA1 PROTEIN AND METHODS OF TREATING PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA INFECTION | 15 |
36 | Juan Carlos Josse | US | Mission Viejo, CA | Jun 15, 2017 / 20170166930 - SYNGAS BIOMETHANATION PROCESS AND ANAEROBIC DIGESTION SYSTEM | 15 |
37 | Yasuhiro Uda | JP | Osaka | Jun 11, 2015 / 20150157984 - SPIRAL-WOUND FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE ELEMENT AND FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE MODULE | 14 |
38 | Gary William Yeager | US | Rexford, NY | Dec 10, 2015 / 20150357086 - CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINE, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | 14 |
39 | Chunqing Liu | US | Schaumburg, IL | Dec 20, 2012 / 20120323059 - PROCESS OF SEPARATING GASES USING POLYIMIDE MEMBRANES | 14 |
40 | Jason A. Demers | US | Manchester, NH | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220280706 - MEDICAL TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS USING A PLURALITY OF FLUID LINES | 14 |
41 | Peter K. Herman | US | Stoughton, WI | Jun 30, 2022 / 20220203269 - FILTER ELEMENT WITH SELF-CONTAINED ELECTROSTATIC BUILDUP PROTECTION | 14 |
42 | Don Busby | US | Tampa, FL | Apr 21, 2016 / 20160106901 - RENAL FAILURE THERAPY MACHINES AND METHODS INCLUDING CONVECTIVE AND DIFFUSIVE CLEARANCE | 14 |
43 | Klaus Gebauer | SE | Uppsala | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297031 - A CHROMATOGRAPHY DEVICE | 14 |
44 | Akiko Suzuki | JP | Tokyo | Jun 22, 2017 / 20170173532 - WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND WORKING MEDIUM THEREFOR | 14 |
45 | Guenter Jokschas | DE | Murrhardt | Jan 14, 2021 / 20210008472 - Filter Element and Filter Assembly | 14 |
46 | Thomas Kelly | US | Tampa, FL | Apr 21, 2016 / 20160106901 - RENAL FAILURE THERAPY MACHINES AND METHODS INCLUDING CONVECTIVE AND DIFFUSIVE CLEARANCE | 14 |
47 | Michael J. Wilt | US | Windham, NH | Aug 04, 2022 / 20220241479 - MODULAR ASSEMBLY FOR A PORTABLE HEMODIALYSIS SYSTEM | 13 |
48 | Jeonggi Seo | US | Albany, CA | Oct 23, 2014 / 20140311958 - TRAPPING STRUCTURES FOR A PARTICLE SEPARATION CELL | 13 |
49 | Kyungyoon Min | US | Kildeer, IL | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220280708 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF PLASMA COLLECTION VOLUMES | 13 |
50 | Chad L. Felch | US | Mosinee, WI | Aug 20, 2015 / 20150232358 - SUSPENDED MEDIA MEMBRANE BIOLOGICAL REACTOR SYSTEM INCLUDING MULTIPLE BIOLOGICAL REACTOR ZONES | 13 |
51 | Ismail Bagci | US | Cookeville, TN | Nov 17, 2016 / 20160332101 - Filter including Spring Tube Bypass Assembly | 13 |
52 | Shinichi Chikura | JP | Osaka | Jul 03, 2014 / 20140183126 - END MEMBER FOR SPIRAL SEPARATION MEMBRANE ELEMENT, SPIRAL SEPARATION MEMBRANE ELEMENT AND SEPARATION MEMBRANE MODULE | 13 |
53 | Jeffrey H. Burbank | US | Boxford, MA | Sep 12, 2019 / 20190277716 - Pressure Measurement Devices, Methods, and Systems | 13 |
54 | Masahide Taniguchi | JP | Otsu-Shi | Jun 11, 2015 / 20150158744 - FRESH WATER PRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME | 13 |
55 | Dennis Mcguire | US | Stuart, FL | Oct 15, 2015 / 20150291454 - Apparatus for Treating Fluids | 13 |
56 | David S. Soane | US | Chestnut Hill, MA | Jun 07, 2018 / 20180155614 - SELF-SUSPENDING PROPPANTS | 13 |
57 | Saad A. Al-Jlil | SA | Riyadh | Sep 25, 2014 / 20140284281 - NOVEL ADSORBENT COMPOSITE FROM NATURAL RAW MATERIALS TO REMOVE HEAVY METALS FROM WATER | 13 |
58 | Martin Weindorf | DE | Kornwestheim | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220290640 - Water Drainage Device, Filter Module, and Method | 13 |
59 | Hongqiang Ren | CN | Nanjing | Nov 18, 2021 / 20210354086 - METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY REMOVING HIGH-LOAD SULFUR DIOXIDE AND NITROGEN OXIDE IN WASTE GAS | 13 |
60 | Masahiro Kimura | JP | Otsu-Shi | Nov 12, 2015 / 20150321148 - SEPARATION MEMBRANE AND SEPARATION MEMBRANE ELEMENT | 13 |
61 | Wolfgang Stausberg | DE | Morsbach | Jul 01, 2021 / 20210199188 - HYDRAULIC OIL FILTER SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSION | 13 |
62 | Wenjun Liu | US | Wayne, PA | Dec 18, 2014 / 20140367330 - WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS THAT UTILIZES GRANULAR SLUDGE TO REDUCE COD CONCENTRATION IN WASTEWATER | 13 |
63 | Jeffrey T. Borenstein | US | Newton, MA | Apr 16, 2020 / 20200115668 - SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING A MICROFLUIDIC ELECTROPORATION DEVICE FOR CELL TREATMENT | 12 |
64 | Fufang Zha | AU | New South Wales | Aug 12, 2010 / 20100200503 - CLEANING METHOD FOR SIMPLE FILTRATION SYSTEMS | 12 |
65 | Barry Neil Fulkerson | US | Longmont, CO | Dec 31, 2020 / 20200406193 - Methods and Systems for Leak Detection in a Dialysis System | 12 |
66 | R. Lee Roberts | US | Rose Valley, PA | Nov 04, 2021 / 20210339173 - DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MOVING, REMOVING AND/OR INSTALLING ONE OR MORE COMPONENTS OF A TREATMENT UNIT | 12 |
67 | Giorgio Girondi | IT | Mantova | Nov 04, 2021 / 20210340942 - FUEL FILTER | 12 |
68 | Mann+hummel Gmbh | DE | Ludwigsburg | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130199986 - ION EXCHANGE EXOSKELETON AND FILTER ASSEMBLY | 12 |
69 | Waleed Mutasem El Sayyid | US | Clifton Park, NY | Oct 22, 2015 / 20150297816 - RENAL THERAPY SYSTEM HAVING PUMP REVERSING FLUID CONTROL | 12 |
70 | Stephen P. Huda | US | Shelton, CT | Dec 23, 2021 / 20210396257 - TELESCOPIC POLE FOR A CLEANING IMPLEMENT | 12 |
71 | Jeffrey R. Ries | US | Metamora, IL | Jul 21, 2022 / 20220226757 - TOP AND BOTTOM LOADED FILTER AND LOCKING MECHANISM | 12 |
72 | Hyo Kang | KR | Seoul | Jun 09, 2016 / 20160159989 - ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRID COMPOUND FOR FOULING RESISTANCE, MEMBRANE FOR FOULING RESISTANCE, AND METHOD OF PREPARING FOULING RESISTANT MEMBRANE | 12 |
73 | Marcus Hoefken | DE | Erlangen | Jan 26, 2017 / 20170021313 - AGITATING MEMBER AND AGITATING DEVICE FOR CREATING A CURRENT IN A WASTEWATER TREATMENT BASIN | 12 |
74 | Sebastien Cirou | FR | Schiltigheim | Jul 23, 2015 / 20150204450 - Circuit For Biological Liquid Comprising A Pinch Valve | 12 |
75 | Armin R. Volkel | US | Mountain View, CA | Nov 18, 2021 / 20210356951 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOLTAGE-BASED REAL-TIME MICRO-OBJECT POSITION CONTROL WITH THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER | 12 |
76 | James M. Brugger | US | Newburyport, MA | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296792 - Fluid Management and Measurement Systems, Devices, and Methods | 12 |
77 | Reginald A. Wiemers | US | Littleton, CO | Mar 31, 2016 / 20160089636 - Oscillatory crossflow membrane separation | 11 |
78 | John R. Herron | US | Corvallis, OR | Dec 17, 2015 / 20150360983 - WATER REUSE SYSTEM AND METHOD | 11 |
79 | Mark Kevin Addison | US | Bear, DE | Mar 12, 2015 / 20150068989 - APPARATUS FOR REMOVING IMPURITIES FROM WATER OR WASTEWATER AND A METHOD OF INSTALLING A FLUID DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THEREIN | 11 |
80 | Masahiro Saito | JP | Tokyo | Mar 10, 2022 / 20220074015 - STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | 11 |
81 | Todd Foret | US | Lafayette, LA | Nov 13, 2014 / 20140334999 - METHOD FOR TREATING A SUBSTANCE WITH WAVE ENERGY FROM AN ELECTRICAL ARC AND A SECOND SOURCE | 11 |
82 | Mark R. Stouffer | US | Middletown, CT | Apr 16, 2020 / 20200115255 - FILTRATION MEDIUM COMPRISING NITROGEN AND SULFUR | 11 |
83 | James R. Curtis | US | Portland, OR | Nov 19, 2015 / 20150328386 - FLUID PURIFICATION SYSTEM | 11 |
84 | Robert E. Astle | US | Middlefield, CT | Dec 27, 2018 / 20180369435 - Disinfecting System with Performance Monitoring | 11 |
85 | Man-Wing Tang | US | Cerritos, CA | Nov 01, 2012 / 20120276300 - POLYMER MEMBRANES PREPARED FROM AROMATIC POLYIMIDE MEMBRANES BY THERMAL TREATING AND UV CROSSLINKING | 11 |
86 | Mikhail Kozlov | US | Belmont, MA | Oct 31, 2013 / 20130284669 - NEGATIVELY CHARGED POROUS MEDIUM FOR REMOVING PROTEIN AGGREGATES | 11 |
87 | Wassem Abdalla | US | Cookeville, TN | Sep 17, 2020 / 20200289966 - FILTER LEAK PATH PREVENTION VIA INTERFERENCE PIN | 11 |
88 | Robert P. Mahoney | US | Newbury, MA | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210379185 - EXCIPIENT COMPOUNDS FOR PROTEIN PROCESSING | 11 |
89 | David A. Potts | US | Killingworth, CT | Mar 24, 2016 / 20160084406 - ALIGNMENT ORIFICE SHIELD | 11 |
90 | Norbert Sann | DE | Riegelsberg | Jul 23, 2015 / 20150202553 - DEVICE FOR THE SUCTION FILTRATION OF FLUIDS | 11 |
91 | Steven J. Merritt | US | Kearney, NE | Jun 08, 2017 / 20170157550 - FILTER MEDIA AND FILTER ELEMENT WITH ADHESIVE REINFORCING | 11 |
92 | Gerard W. Bilski | US | Perrysburg, OH | Aug 27, 2015 / 20150238885 - FLUID FLOW CONTROLLER AND FILTER ASSEMBLY WITH FLUID FLOW CONTROLLER | 11 |
93 | William B. Kerfoot | US | Falmouth, MA | Jun 04, 2015 / 20150151993 - Enhanced Reactive Zone | 11 |
94 | Ginger Elayne Patera | US | St. Joseph, MI | Jun 26, 2014 / 20140175005 - FILTER ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEMS/METHODS OF DISPENSING FROM AND STORING THE FILTER ASSEMBLY | 11 |
95 | Manfred VĂ–lker | DE | Blankenbach | Nov 25, 2021 / 20210362093 - REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBTAINING ULTRAPURE WATER | 11 |
96 | Everett J. Nichols | US | Edmonds, WA | May 19, 2016 / 20160137752 - PACKAGING FORMULATION FOR PREVENTING THE INSOLUBILITY OF CHITOSAN-CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS | 11 |
97 | Tatsuoki Kohno | JP | Tokyo | Sep 26, 2013 / 20130248432 - WATER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT | 11 |
98 | Manfred Weis | DE | St. Wendel | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160184502 - CASSETTE MODULE | 11 |
99 | Micha Kreibig | DE | Rehlingen-Siersburg | Jun 22, 2017 / 20170173503 - FILTER DEVICE | 11 |
100 | Kentaro Takagi | JP | Otsu-Shi | Nov 12, 2015 / 20150321148 - SEPARATION MEMBRANE AND SEPARATION MEMBRANE ELEMENT | 11 |