Inventor · Dundas, CA

Pierre Cote

78Patents
35h-index
48Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 17, 1990 → Jun 20, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5248424A Frameless array of hollow fiber membranes and method of maintaining clean fiber surfaces while filtering a substrate to withdraw a permeate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 191 Expired
US5607593A Installation for making water potable with submerged filtering membranes Chemistry; Metallurgy 156 Expired
US6245239A Cyclic aeration system for submerged membrane modules Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 132 Expired
US6214231A System for operation of multiple membrane filtration assemblies Performing Operations; Transporting 117 Expired
US6375848B1 Water filtration using immersed membranes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 112 Expired
US6325928A Immersed membrane element and module Performing Operations; Transporting 111 Expired
US6550747B2 Cyclic aeration system for submerged membrane modules Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 109 Expired
US5182019A Cartridge of hybrid frameless arrays of hollow fiber membranes and module containing an assembly of cartridges Performing Operations; Transporting 104 Expired
US5104535A Frameless array of hollow fiber membranes and module containing a stack of arrays Performing Operations; Transporting 100 Expired
US6045698A Method for cleaning a filtration installation of the type with immersed membranes Performing Operations; Transporting 100 Expired
US6645374B2 Membrane module for gas transfer and membrane supported biofilm process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 98 Expired
US6706189B2 Cyclic aeration system for submerged membrane modules Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 95 Expired
US6303035A Immersed membrane filtration process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 93 Expired
US6319411A Method of maintaining clean vertical skeins of hollow fiber membranes and system therefor Chemistry; Metallurgy 91 Expired
US6656356B2 Aerated immersed membrane system Chemistry; Metallurgy 88 Expired
US6893568B1 Immersed membrane filtration system and overflow process Performing Operations; Transporting 79 Expired
US6863817B2 Membrane bioreactor, process and aerator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 74 Expired
US6324898A Method and apparatus for testing the integrity of filtering membranes Physics 72 Expired
US6708957B2 Moving aerator for immersed membranes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 71 Expired
US6881343B2 Cyclic aeration system for submerged membrane modules Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 69 Expired
US6899812B2 Water filtration using immersed membranes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US6863823B2 Inverted air box aerator and aeration method for immersed membrane Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US7087173B2 Inverted cavity aerator for membrane module Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 61 Expired
US7052610B2 Immersed membrane filtration system and overflow process Performing Operations; Transporting 60 Expired
US5932099A Installation for biological water treatment for the production of drinkable water Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 60 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.