DeCaf Co. to License
Patented Inexpensive Removal of MTBE From Polluted Drinking
Water
September 27, 2005
The DeCaf Co. LLC, the emerging leader in the development of
Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPS), announced commencement of
the licensing of its patent for the removal of MTBE from
contaminated water.
Estimates of the costs to remediate America's MTBE-contaminated
drinking water run in the billions. Present remediation methods
are complicated, expensive, time-consuming and inefficient, but
DeCaf Co.’s patented polymer beads remove MTBE by running water
over them.
The patented method is simple. Inexpensive polymer beads are
molecularly imprinted to match the physical shape of MTBE
molecules. When contaminated water comes in contact with the
molecularly imprinted polymer beads (MIPS), the MTBE molecules
adhere to the MIPS removing MTBE from the water.
"This is an economical alternative to present remediation
methods. It is environmentally friendly, using cheap polymer
beads rather than charcoal that requires the killing and burning
of countless trees. We are proud to introduce it to America,"
said DeCaf Co. CEO Mel Stuckey.
"We are looking forward to taking this extraordinary patent
to market. Inexpensive technology is here and benefiting the
environment, economy and America's drinking water," said
PatentBridge CEO Mark Holmes.
The Decaf Co. LLC (California) is an advanced polymers
research and prototype company that has invented and patented
high-tech polymers. DeCaf is the owner of U.S. Patent 6,783,686.
PatentBridge LLC, a privately held technology transfer firm
based in Silicon Valley, specializes in select patents covering
extraordinary scientific and industrial breakthroughs.
Source: PatentBridge LLC September
27, 2005 |