Material separation
CA 2031663 A1 · Owner: De Beers Industrial Diamond Division (Proprietary) · Inventors: Roos, Edwin Harm
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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Non-magnetic, conductive particles are separated from one another on the basis of their respective electrical conductivities. This is achieved by irradiating the particles with microwave or radio frequency electromagnetic radiation and simultaneously subjecting the particles to a magnetic field. The eddy currents induced in the particles by the electromagnetic irradiation interact with the magnetic field to cause movements of the particles which are dependent on their conductivities.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 6, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 6, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 6, 2012.
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