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BILLITON SA LTD

Overview
  • Total Patents
    54
About

BILLITON SA LTD has a total of 54 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1998. It filed its patents most often in Peru, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Australia. Its main competitors in its focus markets environmental technology, materials and metallurgy and machines are NICOSEP ASSOCIATES, Canadus Chemical LLC and STOEV.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing BILLITON SA LTDs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Dew David William 10
#2 Tunley Trevor Hugh 10
#3 Craven Peter Michael 9
#4 Batty John De Klerk 7
#5 Norton Alan 7
#6 Schaekers Jozef Marie 7
#7 Stander Frances 5
#8 Ahern Noelene 5
#9 Du Plessis Chris 4
#10 Colf Jacobus Cornelius Gideon 4

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
ZA200301837B Heat transfer in heap leaching of sulphide ores.
WO03068999A1 Delivery system for heap bioleaching
WO02101182A2 Solvent extraction mixture comprising substituted imidazole or benzimidazole for the separation of groups of base metals
WO02101101A2 Solvent extraction mixture comprising substituted imidazole or benzimidazole for the purification of base metals
ZA200201534B Base metal recovery from a tailings dump by bacterial oxidation.
AU2028402A Bioproduct production
AU1352202A Heap leaching of sulphide ores
AU7391600A Base metal recovery from a tailings dump by bacterial oxidation
AU6804900A Silver recovery from acidic brine solution by cementation
AU4884599A Copper and nickel recovery
CA2282848A1 Copper and nickel recovery
ZA9905892B Copper and nickel recovery.
ZA9904634B Smelting of manganese.
ZA9903300B Biological oxidation plant.
ZA9902506B Upgrading of nickel laterite ores.
ZA9807161B Production of titanium slag
US5997606A Production of titanium slag
AU6998598A Biological oxidation of sulfide minerals
AU5964798A Recovery of copper