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BHP MINERALS INT INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    106
About

BHP MINERALS INT INC has a total of 106 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1991. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Australia. Its main competitors in its focus markets materials and metallurgy, environmental technology and machines are MINERA MICHILLA S A, CLANCY METALS PROCESS COMPANY and QS OXYGEN PROCESSES.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing BHP MINERALS INT INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Duyvesteyn Willem P C 75
#2 Neudorf David A 36
#3 Liu Houyuan 32
#4 Weenink Erik M 24
#5 Lastra Manuel R 18
#6 Arroyo J Carlos 17
#7 Budden Julia R 11
#8 Hanson James S 11
#9 Gillaspie James D 10
#10 Davis Michael J 8

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
AU2006100869A5 Heap leaching of nickel containing ore
AU2006100870A5 Method for leaching nickeliferous laterite ores
ZA200207176B Process for organic acid bioleaching of ore.
ZA200203068B Resin-in-pulp method for recovery of nickel and cobalt from oxidic ore leach slurry.
US6395061B1 Process for organic acid bioleaching of ore
WO0100530A1 Processing aqueous titanium solutions to titanium dioxide pigment
US6312500B1 Heap leaching of nickel containing ore
US6340423B1 Hydrometallurgical processing of lead materials using fluotitanate
AU3515400A Recovery of nickel and cobalt from ore
US6350420B1 Resin-in-pulp method for recovery of nickel and cobalt
US6387239B1 Recovery of metals from ore
US6379636B2 Method for leaching nickeliferous laterite ores
US6261527B1 Atmospheric leach process for the recovery of nickel and cobalt from limonite and saprolite ores
US5968349A Extraction of bitumen from bitumen froth and biotreatment of bitumen froth tailings generated from tar sands
US6074558A Biochemical treatment of bitumen froth tailings
US6007709A Extraction of bitumen from bitumen froth generated from tar sands
WO9624555A1 PROCESSING ILMENITE ORE TO TiO2 PIGMENT
US6092090A Management system for documents stored electronically
WO9620291A1 Recovery of nickel and cobalt from laterite ores
US5626648A Recovery of nickel from bioleach solution