Patents by Inventor Nick G. Vidonic

Nick G. Vidonic 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).

  • Process and apparatus for cracking hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid to improve vapor yield from vapor/liquid separation
    Patent number: 7553460
    Abstract: A process for cracking hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid comprising: heating the feedstock, mixing the heated feedstock with a fluid and/or a primary dilution steam stream to form a mixture, flashing the mixture to form a vapor phase and a liquid phase which collect as bottoms and removing the liquid phase, separating and cracking the vapor phase, and cooling the product effluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Stell, Jennifer L. Bancroft, Arthur R. Dinicolantonio, Subramanian Annamalai, James N. McCoy, Paul F. Keusenkothen, George Stephens, John R. Messinger, James Mitchell Frye, Nick G. Vidonic, George J. Balinsky
  • Process and apparatus for cracking hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid to improve vapor yield from vapor/liquid separation
    Patent number: 7193123
    Abstract: A process for cracking hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid comprising: heating the feedstock, mixing the heated feedstock with a fluid and/or a primary dilution steam stream to form a mixture, flashing the mixture to form a vapor phase and a liquid phase which collect as bottoms and removing the liquid phase, separating and cracking the vapor phase, and cooling the product effluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Stell, Jennifer L. Bancroft, Arthur R. DiNicolantonio, Subramanian Annamalai, James N. McCoy, Paul F. Keusenkothen, George Stephens, John R. Messinger, James Mitchell Frye, Nick G. Vidonic, George J. Balinsky