Patents by Inventor Kai Chung Szeto

Kai Chung Szeto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240116043
    Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst material, includes: (a) providing a support material having surface hydroxyl (OH) groups, the support material is ceria (CeO2), zirconia (ZrO2) or a combination, and the support material contains between 0.3 and 2.0 mmol OH groups/g of the support material; (b) reacting the support material with at least one of: (b1) a compound containing at least one alkoxy or phenoxy group bound though its oxygen atom to a metal element from Group 5 (V, Nb, Ta) or Group 6 (Cr, Mo, W); (b2) a compound containing at least one hydrocarbon group bound though a carbon atom to a metal element from Group 5 or 6; (b3) a compound containing at least one hydrocarbon group bound though a carbon atom to a metal element which is copper (Cu); and (c) calcining the product obtained in step (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE PHYSIQUE ELECTRONIQUE DE LYON
    Inventors: Phuc Hai NGUYEN, Nicolas MERLE, Marc-Olivier CHARLIN, Kai Chung SZETO, Mostafa TAOUFIK
  • Publication number: 20220305480
    Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst material, includes: (a) providing a support material having surface hydroxyl (OH) groups, the support material is ceria (CeO2), zirconia (ZrO2) or a combination, and the support material contains between 0.3 and 2.0 mmol OH groups/g of the support material; (b) reacting the support material with at least one of: (b1) a compound containing at least one alkoxy or phenoxy group bound though its oxygen atom to a metal element from Group 5 (V, Nb, Ta) or Group 6 (Cr, Mo, W); (b2) a compound containing at least one hydrocarbon group bound though a carbon atom to a metal element from Group 5 or 6; (b3) a compound containing at least one hydrocarbon group bound though a carbon atom to a metal element which is copper (Cu); and (c) calcining the product obtained in step (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE PHYSIQUE ELECTRONIQUE DE LYON
    Inventors: Phuc Hai NGUYEN, Nicolas MERLE, Marc-Olivier CHARLIN, Kai Chung SZETO, Mostafa TAOUFIK
  • Publication number: 20220305464
    Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst material, includes the steps of: (a) providing a support material having surface hydroxyl (OH) groups, wherein the support material is ceria (CeO2), zirconia (ZrO2) or a combination of thereof; (b) reacting the support material having surface hydroxyl (OH) groups of step (a) with a precursor containing two transition metal atoms, each chosen independently from the group consisting of: W, Mo, Cr, Ta, Nb, V, Mn; (c) calcining the product obtained in step (b) in order to provide a catalyst material showing dual site surface species containing pairs of transition metal atoms derived from the precursor that are present in oxide form on the support material. Additionally, a catalyst material is obtained by the process set out above, and the catalyst material is used as an ammonia selective catalytic reduction (NH3-SCR) catalyst for nitrogen oxides (NOx) reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE PHYSIQUE ELECTRONIQUE DE LYON
    Inventors: Phuc Hai NGUYEN, Marc-Olivier CHARLIN, Cherif LARABI, Kai Chung SZETO, Mostafa TAOUFIK
  • Publication number: 20200254429
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a catalyst and/or a precatalyst, in particular a single site catalyst and/or a single site precatalyst, for the oxidation and/or ammoxidation of olefins to produce aldehydes and/or nitriles, methods of preparing a corresponding catalyst and/or precatalyst, in particular single site catalyst and/or single site precatalyst, and methods of using said catalyst and/or precatalyst, in particular said single site catalyst and/or single site precatalyst, to produce aldehydes and/or nitriles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Samir BARMAN, Manoja Kumar SAMANTARAY, Youssef SAIH, Jean Marie BASSET, Edy ABOU HAMMAD, Mostafa TAOUFIK, Nicolas MERLE, Kai Chung SZETO, Frederic LE QUEMENER, Aimery DE MALLMANN
  • Publication number: 20200181041
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a process for the dimerization of conjugated diene compounds by a heterogeneous catalytic process using a supported palladium catalyst in the presence of at least one palladium activator and at least one palladium coordinating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE PHYSIQUE ELECTRONIQUE DE LYON
    Inventors: Mostafa TAOUFIK, Kai Chung SZETO, Cesar RIOS NEYRA, Stéphans KRESSMAN
  • Patent number: 10647631
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a selective head-to-head dimerization of conjugated diene compounds by a catalytic process in a reaction medium without solvent or with solvent comprising hydrocarbons, in the presence of a specific additive of the phenol type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: Total Raffinage Chimie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite Claude Bernard Lyon, Ecole Superieure de Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon
    Inventors: Cesar Rios Neyra, Kai Chung Szeto, Mostafa Taoufik
  • Publication number: 20190084903
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a process for obtaining alpha-olefins by heterogeneous catalytic ethenolysis of optionally-functionalized unsaturated, in particular mono-unsaturated, olefins. The disclosure also relates to new supported catalysts that can be used in the process and to a method for preparing the supported catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE PHYSIQUE ELECTRONIQUE DE LYON
    Inventors: Mostafa TAOUFIK, Régis GAUVIN, Laurent DELEVOYE, Pascal ROUGE, Kai Chung SZETO, Yassine BOUHOUTE, Henri STRUB
  • Publication number: 20180002251
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a selective head-to-head dimerization of conjugated diene compounds by a catalytic process in a reaction medium without solvent or with solvent comprising hydrocarbons, in the presence of a specific additive of the phenol type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicants: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE(CNRS), UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE PHYSIQUE ELECTRONIQUE DE LYON
    Inventors: Cesar RIOS NEYRA, Kai Chung SZETO, Mostafa TAOUFIK
  • Publication number: 20080306315
    Abstract: The invention relates to a porous heterogeneous catalyst material comprising frameworks of inorganic cornerstones connected by organic bridges, characterized in that as organic bridges are used ligands having a complexed catalytically active metal. The metals are preferably palladium and platinum. The ligands preferably contain nitrogen donor groups for complexing the catalytically active metal and carboxylate groups connecting to the inorganic cornerstones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: UNIVERSITETET I OSLO
    Inventors: Karl-Petter Lillerud, Mats Tilset, Unni Olsbye, Kai Chung Szeto, Morten Bjorgen, Kjell Ove Kongshaug, Silvia Bordiga, Jasmina Hafizovic, Alexander Krivokapic, Soren Jakobsen