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Patent Number File/Issue Date Patent Title 5,009,786 04/23/1991 Selenate Removal from Waste Water 5,271,831 12/21/1993 Selenate Removal from Waste Water 5,404,946 04/11/1995 Wireline-Powered Inflatable-Packer System for Deep Wells 5,656,144 08/12/1997 Ion Emplacement in Soil with Chim Electrodes 5,693,894 12/02/1997 Fluid Controlled Isokinetic Fluid Sampler 5,783,155 07/21/1998 Sheet Flow Fluid Sampling Apparatus 5,804,743 09/08/1998 Downhole Passive Water Sampler and Method of Sampling 5,811,696 09/22/1998 Isokinetic Fluid Sampling Method 5,863,422 01/26/1999 Apparatus for Carbon Dioxide Pretreatment Accelerated Limestone - Dissolution for Treatment of Acidified Water 5,914,046 06/22/1999 Process and Apparatus for Carbon Dioxide Pretreatment and - Accelerated Limestone Dissolution for Treatment of Acidified Water 6,013,254 01/11/2000 Method for Enhancing Oxidation of Methyl Bromide - with Strain IMB-1 (ATCC202197) During Agricultural Fumigations 6,021,664 02/08/2000 Automated Groundwater Monitoring System and Method 6,129,843 10/10/2000 Device for the Removal and Concentration of Neutral - Mercury Species from Air and Water 6,131,451 10/17/2000 Well Flowmeter and Down-Hole Sampler 6,164,127 12/26/2000 Well Flowmeter and Down-Hole Sampler 6,216,549 B1 04/17/2001 Collapsible Bag Sediment/Water Quality Flow-Weighted Sampler 6,236,211 B1 05/22/2001 Induced Polarization Method Using Towed Cable Carrying - Transmitters and Receivers for Identifying Minerals on the Ocean - Floor 6,296,760 B1 10/02/2001 Device for the Removal and Concentration of Ionic Metal - Species from Water 6,354,384 B1 03/12/2002 Surface Effect Drilling Craft for Obtaining Continuous Core Samples 6,379,459 B1 04/30/2002 Crystallization of Powders Having Uniform Particle Sizes by Ostwald - Ripening at Large Levels of Supersaturation 6,428,695 B1 08/06/2002 Aquifer Remediation Barrier for Removal of Inorganic Contaminants 6,458,271 B2 10/01/2002 Deep Aquifier Remediation System 6,467,424 B1 10/02/2002 Submersible System for Analyzing Underwater Habitat Quality 6,478,961 B2 11/12/2002 Device for Sequestration and Concentration of Polar Organic - Chemicals from Water 6,485,696 B1 11/26/2002 Recovery/Removal of Metallic Elements from Waste Water Using - Ozone 6,545,286 B1 04/08/2003 Method and Apparatus for Water Level Determination 6,546,723 B1 04/15/2003 Hydropower Conversion System 6,586,760 B1 07/01/2003 Water Level Measuring Method and System 6,588,370 B1 07/08/2003 Labyrinth Weir and Pool Fishway 6,618,680 B2 09/09/2003 Signal Processor Apparatus for Rotating Water Current Meter 6,680,795 B2 01/20/2004 Underwater Microscope System 6,690,265 B2 02/10/2004 Infrasound Hazard-Warning Method and Device for Alerting Night - Migrating Birds to Obstacles 6,713,764 B2 03/30/2004 Field Based Spectral Radiometer 09/662,507 09/14/2000 Small-Scale Hydrogen-Oxidizing-Denitrifying Bioreactor 6,761,062 B2 07/13/2004 Borehole Testing System 09/756,102 01/09/2001 Easy Read Molecular Tag 09/864,373 06/25/2001 Molecular Tag Reader 6,832,578 B2 12/21/2004 Bio-Hydraulic Turbine Testing System 09/877,786 06/11/2001 Method for Disseminating Large Spatial Data Sets in a - Distributed Form via the Internet 9/881,243 06/08/2001 Automated Self-Calibrating Water Quality Monitoring Sensor Housing - Assembly 10/192,884 05/19/2003 Dialysis Membrane Diffusion Sampler for Water 6,821,442 B2 11/23/2004 Method and Apparatus for Control of Aquatic Vertebrate - and Invertebrate Invasive Species 10/251,696 09/18/2002 Reduction Device for Nitrate Determination 6,729,049 B1 05/04/2004 Mud Walking Shoe 10/402,224 03/31/2003 Sorbant Sequestration and Removal of Toxic Metal Ions 10/402,870 03/31/2003 Device for Preparing and Delivering Constant Concentration - Vapor Phase Mixtures of Respirable Chemicals 10/440,285 05/19/2003 Nylon-Screen Jar Samplers for Water Wells 10/440,294 05/19/2003 Dialysis Membrane Diffusion Sampler for Water 6,823,749 B1 11/30/2004 Sediment Sampler for Aquatic Environs 10/729,265 12/03/2003 Solar Distillation Loop 10/729,267 12/03/2003 Collection of Biological Field Data Using Handheld - Microcomputers 10/794,647 03/08/2004 Pygmy Current Meter with Magnetic Switch 60/477,725 08/14/2003 Measurement of Surface Areas by Polyvinylpyrrolidone Sorption - NC 83846 Rescue of Fish Gametes Compromised by Association with - Viral Agents 10/767,496 01/28/2004 Porous Polyethylene Ground-Water Diffusion Sampler 10/985,065 11/10/2004 Apparatus for Deploying and Retrieving Water Sampler Method for - the Removal of Phosphorous from Wastewaters Using Acid Mine - Drainage Sludge in a Flow Through Contractor Adjustable Floating - Evaporation Pan 6,722,203 B1 04/20/2004 Strong-Motion Seismological Accelerometer System 10/602,456 06/23/2003 The Use of Endophytic Fungi to Treat Plants 10/251,697 09/18/2002 Bioreactor Method, Apparatus and Product Thereby - 2004 Price Type - AA Water - Current Meter Plastic V1 Bucket Wheel - 2004 Adjustable Floating Evaporation Pan - 2004 Method for the Removal of Phosphorous from Wastewaters - Using Acid Mine Drainage Sludge in a Flow Through Contactor