VeruTEK has established a strong intellectual property position in chemical solutions and technology processes for environmental remediation and Enhanced Oil Recovery.  The Company has received four patent awards for chemical formulations and processes used in these applications.   VeruTEK has also made extensive application filings for pending patents to ensure its intellectual property rights are protected for new and in-development products and processes.

Key Patent Rights Owned by VeruTEK Include:

• Combined use of surfactants and oxidants for soil remediation, for both simultaneous and sequential application
• Application of Surfactant-enhanced In Situ Chemical Oxidation (S-ISCO) chemistry in situ (injected into the subsurface) and above ground in the process known as VeruTEK Surfactant-enhanced Ex Situ Oxidation (S-ESCO)
• Use of oxidants and surfactants, injected either sequentially or simultaneously,  to recover NAPL, known as the VeruTEK Surfactant Enhanced Product Recovery (SEPR) process
• Laboratory processes to test, evaluate and select surfactants and oxidants for use in soil
• Laboratory processes to select the mass of surfactant and oxidant for use in soil 

Four VeruTEK Patents Issued:

• Methods and compositions for remediation and in place destruction of contaminants from soil and groundwater using surfactant-cosolvent mixtures, surfactant mixtures and oxidants.
• Methods and compositions for removal/extraction of contamination from soil and groundwater using surfactant, surfactant-cosolvent, and oxidant mixtures.
• Use of polymer coated nanoparticles for remediation
• Green synthesis of nanometals using plant extracts

Pending Patent Submissions:

• Stabilized peroxygen systems
• Advanced extraction techniques for contaminant removal
• Advanced hydrocarbon recovery techniques for the Oil & Gas industry
• Mixed valence metal oxides for environmental remediation
• Compositions for time released vapor diffusion of plant based chemicals and oils