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MINTEK

Overview
  • Total Patents
    342
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    15,336
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 52.0%
About

MINTEK has a total of 342 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 52.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1989. It filed its patents most often in South Africa, Australia and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets materials and metallurgy, environmental technology and chemical engineering are YUNNAN YUNTONG ZINC CO LTD, ORETEK LTD and DIAZ NOGUEIRA EDUARDO.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing MINTEKs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Hulbert David Gordon 27
#2 Bisaka Kabwika 24
#3 Kotze Martha Hendriette 24
#4 Denton Glen Michael 19
#5 Schoukens Albert Francois Simo 19
#6 Barker Ian James 18
#7 Curr Thomas Robert 17
#8 Pinches Anthony 17
#9 Cortie Michael Bernard 16
#10 Barcza Nicholas Adrian 14

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
WO2021062452A1 Water balance improvement in an effluent treatment process for sulphate removal
WO2021062451A1 Self-regulating simultaneous control of aluminium replenishment and recovery
WO2021062450A1 Simplified sulphate removal for effluent treatment
WO2019227109A1 Froth flotation apparatus
EP3740597A1 Production of high carbon ferromanganese
ZA201808413B Modification of phosphogypsum and improved recovery of rare earth elements
ZA201705324B Carbon activity analyser
AU2017203651A1 Gold elution from guanidine
WO2017197417A1 Method of recovering a target metal
AU2017261416A1 Separation device
CA3022279A1 Processing of iron-rich rare earth bearing ores
CA3015686A1 Coal gasification
WO2017100808A1 Manganese waste slag treatment
CA3005810A1 Improved ilmenite smelting process
ZA201606026B Carbon concentration meter calibration
US2019002312A1 Effluent treatment process for sulphate removal
US2019002311A1 Effluent treatment process—pH refinement for sulphate removal
ZA201601142B Process for the removal of species from solution by silicate encapsulation
CA2917505A1 Gold recovery from carbon
ZA201508349B Dc self-baking electrode