Engineering cleaner air, backed by a patent.
BENEMES Nigeria Limited is the company behind the Air Pollution Strainers (APS) an invention registered under the Federal Republic of Nigeria's Patents and Designs Act, built to solve a real environmental problem out of Rivers State.
A registered inventor, not just a registered business.
BENEMES Nigeria Limited operates out of Ada House, 34 Nta Road, Choba Ozouba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the same address on file with the Federal Government for the company's patent grant. The certificate was sealed on 20th September 2019, formally recognising the Air Pollution Strainers (APS) as an original invention under CAP 344 of the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990.
That protection matters in practice: for the twenty-year term of the patent, BENEMES holds the sole right to make, use, and commercialise the APS invention in Nigeria. It is the legal foundation the company builds its engineering and environmental work on.
PATENT
- Invention
- Air Pollution Strainers (APS)
- Patentee
- BENEMES NIGERIA LTD
- RP Number
- NG/PT/NC//2019/4013
- Date of Patent
- 17/09/2019
- Date of Sealing
- 20/09/2019
- Registrar
- S. O. Ezenduka
The engineer behind the patent.
Founder & Inventor
Bernard Emeka Eme
Bernard Emeka Eme is a petrochemical engineer and inventor holding five patent rights, including the Air Pollution Strainers (APS) registered to BENEMES Nigeria Limited. His work sits at the intersection of engineering discipline and environmental problem-solving, and it has been recognised repeatedly at national and international level.
Bernard is also the author of a certified research paper published by the Africa Journal on Research (AJOR), examining the effect of electromagnetic fields on surface microbes. He previously served at the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) in Bayelsa State, as Administrator of the Technology Innovation and Incubation Centre (TIIC), and continues to research and develop his portfolio of patented inventions today.
Every certificate on this page is a matter of public record with the Federal Government of Nigeria. It's the standard BENEMES Nigeria Limited holds itself to engineering that is original, protected, and built to serve a public good.