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Examiner: Lithgow, Thomas M.


Primary examiner statistics: 1103 patents; average approval time: 1102 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 322 patents; average approval time: 599 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7462278 Hose clasp for a pool cleaner filter bag
7461745 Flotation of sulfide mineral species with oils
7458467 Stator for a flotation cell
7459078 Filter device
7445710 Filtration module including unitary filter cartridge-bowl constru...
7445709 Installation for treating water by floatation
7445708 Plant for purifying water contaminated by droplets of hydrocarbon...
7442300 Filter installation for liquids
7441662 Stator for a flotation cell
7442301 Filter housing apparatus with rotating filter replacement mechani...
7438808 Sand catcher
7438189 Bituminous froth inclined plate separator and hydrocarbon cyclone...
7438807 Bituminous froth inclined plate separator and hydrocarbon cyclone...
7438809 Single-cell mechanical flotation system
7438810 Sieve device
7438811 Water purification apparatus
7435346 Strengthening construction for depressing cap of water filter
7435351 Filter apparatus backwash removal device and backwash removal met...
7435345 Element replacement type filter
7435344 Device for separating impurities from liquids
7435347 Filter device and parts thereof and a method for operating of the...
7431165 Liquid/solids waste separator
7427355 Water treatment unit for bottle or pitcher
7416664 Water-conditioning cartridge
7416670 Dual-cell mechanical flotation system with intermittent skimming
7416661 Mechanical flotation device for reduction of oil, alkalinity and ...
7413668 Quick change filter and bracket system with key system and univer...
7404894 Portable water cleaner
7404895 Filter apparatus for separating particles from a liquid
7402244 Portable water filtering assembly
7398886 Press for dewatering a humid substance, in particular residual re...
7393462 Process and reagent for separating finely divided titaniferrous i...
7390407 Liquid filter
7389881 Flotation
7390406 Fluid treatment system and radiation sources module for use there...
7387725 One-touch fitting type single or multiple adapter, filter assembl...
7387726 Liquid filter system
7384547 Replaceable filter element with integral annular trap
7378017 Disposable fluid separation device and manifold assembly design w...
7374689 System and method of gas energy management for particle flotation...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5578198 Device for automatic regulation of the process of separating frot...
5368166 Device for automatically controlling the process of separating fr...
5230797 Centrifuge bowl with attached cast inner liner
5227047 Wet process for fly ash beneficiation
5205926 Froth flotation machine
5203965 Utilization of sawdust for pulp production
5202019 Device for the mechanical separation of insoluble solids from a l...
5192423 Apparatus and method for separation of wet particles
5192422 Oil shale beneficiation process using a spiral separator
5188726 Method of operating a plurality of minerals separation flotation ...
5186834 Scraper filter system
5186820 Process for separating bitumen from tar sands
5183568 Self-cleaning strainer
5182014 Method and apparatus for increasing flotation cell recovery and g...
5182039 Synergistic fluorinated ore flotation aids
5180511 Flotation aid and process for removal of impurities from silicate...
5178758 Biochemical water filter
5176822 Flotation machine for deinking
5176835 Apparatus for continuous purification of liquids
5173179 Removal of contaminants and recovery of metals from waste solutio...
5173177 Anti-plugging adjustable orifice for gas sparged hydrocyclone
5173176 Dialkylated aryl monosulfonate collectors useful in the flotation...
5171428 Flotation separation of arsenopyrite from pyrite
5171427 Sulfonated and carboxylate collector compositions useful in the ...
5167805 Pool skimmer
5167806 Gas dissolving and releasing liquid treatment system
5167798 Apparatus and process for the separation of hydrophobic and hydro...
5160610 Radial header for dissolved air flotation systems
5160616 Filtering apparatus
5158678 Water clarification method and apparatus
5156778 Mixing device
5156735 Self-cleaning filter particularly for high-viscosity pasty fluids
5152891 Self-cleaning strainer
5151177 Method and apparatus for dissolved air flotation with aeration
5151188 Supercritical fluid extraction enhancer
5147528 Phosphate beneficiation process
5147046 Gravity separation method using iron powder
5147572 Flotation composition using a mixture of collectors
5143599 Process for refining kaolin
5143600 Apparatus for feeding air into a flotation cell
 
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