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Name of Intellectual Property: Non-Toxic, Catalytic Method For Destroying Chemical Warfare Agents, Insecticides And Pesticides
Submitter: Duncan Jones, Executive Director, OnSETT (The Ontario Society for Excellence in Technology Transfer)
Inventor Information: Stan Brown, PhD, Professor and former head, Department of Chemistry at Queen’s University, winner of multiple awards (most recent include: Canadian Chemistry Society Alfred Bader Award (2004) and R.U. Lemieux Award (2007), Canada Council for the Arts Killam Research Fellowship (2006-2008), a two-year time-release fellowship).
Alexei Neverov, PhD, Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry at Queen’s University.
The inventors have developed, characterized and tested the method over more than five years in their laboratory and have published twelve peer-reviewed papers on the technology.
Non-Confidential Technology Summary: Inventors at Queen’s University have developed a novel method for the decontamination of toxic chemical warfare agents, insecticides and pesticides.
The process is fast, catalytic, produces non-toxic products, and occurs at room temperature and under neutral, non-corrosive conditions. It is broadly suitable for decomposing neutral organophosphorous compounds, including chemical warfare agents (e.g., G-, V- and VX-agents) and pesticides.
In testing on live chemical warfare agents by two independent research organizations, the method far exceeds all NATO and U.S. requirements. Full decontamination of both G- and V-agents is achieved in solution within 30 seconds. In testing of surface decontamination, >99% decontamination is achieved within 10 minutes, the shortest time period tested.
Why is this important or intriguing? Advantages over existing technologies are:
- Catalytic, allowing high loading of agent
- Extremely fast, with full decomposition in less than 30 seconds at standard challenge levels compared to a benchmark of 30 minutes
- Non-toxic products
- Occurs under neutral, non-corrosive conditions
Synopsis of Business Opportunity: The method has many applications, including:
- Demilitarization of chemical weapon stockpiles
- Decontamination of military equipment, including sensitive equipment
- Homeland security applications, including clean-up of contaminated sites, buildings or civilian areas
- Soil decontamination and remediation
- Military and civilian emergency preparedness
Ownership: The IP is owned by Queen’s University. PARTEQ Innovations, the technology transfer office of Queen’s University, is seeking a development partner and licensee for the technology.
Patent Status: U.S. Patent No. 7,214,836 issued on May 8, 2007. Corresponding international and additional U.S. patent applications are pending.
Contact Information:
Davis E. Hill
Manager, Commercial Development
PARTEQ Innovations
Queen’s University, Biosciences Complex, Suite 1625
Kingston
Ontario CANADA
E-mail: dhill@parteqinnovations.com
Phone: +1 613 533 2342
Posted January 27th, 2009 under Chemistry, Hot IP. [ Comments: none ]
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