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VALE INCO LTD

Overview
  • Total Patents
    66
About

VALE INCO LTD has a total of 66 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 2003. It filed its patents most often in Canada, Brazil and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets materials and metallurgy, environmental technology and electrical machinery and energy are SVENSKA RAYON AB, DYNATEC CORP and MATTHEY RUSTENBURG REFINES.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing VALE INCO LTDs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Mendes Flavia Dutra 19
#2 Vahed Ahmed 17
#3 Osborne Geoffrey Edwin 12
#4 Marcuson Samuel Walton 12
#5 Buarzaiga Mohamed 10
#6 Berni Tiago Valentim 7
#7 Love Bruce John 6
#8 Paventi Joe 5
#9 Devuyst Eric 5
#10 Rishea Marc Murray 5

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
AU2013211472A1 System and method for extracting base metal values from oxide ores
JP2012087399A Process for producing prefluxed metal oxide from metal hydroxide and metal carbonate precursor
WO2009127053A1 Process for production of nickel and cobalt using metal hydroxide, metal oxide and/or metal carbonate
AP201005375A0 Process for manufacturing prefluxed metal oxide from metal hydroxide and metal carbonate precursors
US2009180945A1 Liquid and solid effluent treatment process
AU2008302965A1 Producing nickel hydroxide suitable for pelletization with iron-containing ore and for stainless steel manufacture
EP2195470A1 System and method for extracting base metal values from oxide ores
US2009056502A1 Hydrometallurgical process for recovery of nickel and cobalt
US2009056501A1 Hydrometallurgical process using resin-neutralized-solution of a heap leaching effluent
US2009056500A1 Resin-in-leach process to recover nickel and/or cobalt in ore leaching pulps
US2009297709A1 Carbon encapsulated metal particles and method of manufacturing the same
US2009194747A1 Method for improving environmental stability of cathode materials for lithium batteries
US2008203032A1 Method for removing manganese from nickel laterite waste liquors
CA2624715A1 High porosity metal biporous foam