Patents by Inventor Alan Rodney Sanger

Alan Rodney Sanger 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).

  • Patent number: 8377606
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell in which electricity is generated and a paraffin is converted to an olefin. Between the anode and cathode compartment of the fuel cell is a ceramic membrane of the formula BaCe0.85-eAeLfY0.05-0.25O(3-?) wherein A is selected from the group consisting of Hf and Zr and mixtures thereof, e is from 0.1 to 0.5, L is a lanthanide and f is from 0 to 0.25 and ? is the oxygen deficiency in the ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Governors of the University of Alberta
    Inventors: Jingli Luo, Karl Chuang, Alan Rodney Sanger
  • Patent number: 8039167
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell in which electricity is generated and a paraffin is converted to an olefin. Between the anode and cathode compartment of the fuel cell is a ceramic membrane of the formula BaCe0.85-eLfY0.05-0.25O(3-?) wherein L is a lanthanide and f is from 0 to 0.25 and ? is the oxygen deficiency in the ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Governors of The University of Alberta
    Inventors: Jingli Luo, Karl Chuang, Alan Rodney Sanger
  • Publication number: 20110171560
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell in which electricity is generated and a paraffin is converted to an olefin. Between the anode and cathode compartment of the fuel cell is a ceramic membrane of the formula BaCe0.85-eAe LfY0.05-0.25 O(3-?) wherein A is selected from the group consisting of Hf and Zr and mixtures thereof, e is from 0.1 to 0.5, L is a lanthanide and f is from 0 to 0.25 and ? is the oxygen deficiency in the ceramic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Jingli Luo, Karl Chuang, Alan Rodney Sanger
  • Patent number: 7977006
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell in which electricity is generated and a paraffin is converted to an olefin. Between the anode and cathode compartment of the fuel cell is a ceramic membrane of the formula BaCe0.85-eAeLfY0.05-0.25O(3-?) wherein A is selected from the group consisting of Hf and Zr and mixtures thereof, e is from 0.1 to 0.5, L is a lanthanide and f is from 0 to 0.25 and ? is the oxygen deficiency in the ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: The Governors of the University of Alberta
    Inventors: Jingli Luo, Karl Chuang, Alan Rodney Sanger
  • Publication number: 20100233056
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell in which electricity is generated and a paraffin is converted to an olefin. Between the anode and cathode compartment of the fuel cell is a ceramic membrane of the formula BaCe0.85-eAeLfY0.05-0.25O(3-?) wherein A is selected from the group consisting of Hf and Zr and mixtures thereof, e is from 0.1 to 0.5, L is a lanthanide and f is from 0 to 0.25 and ? is the oxygen deficiency in the ceramic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Jingli Luo, Karl Chuang, Alan Rodney Sanger
  • Publication number: 20080152960
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell in which electricity is generated and a paraffin is converted to an olefin. Between the anode and cathode compartment of the fuel cell is a ceramic membrane of the formula BaCe0.85-eLfY0.05-0.25O(3-?) wherein L is a lanthanide and f is from 0 to 0.25 and ? is the oxygen deficiency in the ceramic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Jingli Luo, Karl Chuang, Alan Rodney Sanger
  • Patent number: 6294068
    Abstract: A process and apparatus are described for producing higher hydrocarbons from lower hydrocarbons, e.g. by gas phase electrocatalytic polymerization of methane. This is done using an electrolysis cell having an anode chamber on one side of a solid electrolyte and a cathode chamber on the other side of the solid electrolyte. According to this process, methane-containing gas is passed through the anode chamber to contact a catalytic anode which is connected to one side of the solid electrolyte, this solid electrolyte comprising a solid proton conducting membrane. An inert gas or oxygen is passed through the cathode chamber to contact a catalytic cathode which is connected to the other side of the proton conducting membrane. The membrane is designed so that H+ is capable of passing through the membrane from the anode chamber to the cathode chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Natural Resources Canada
    Inventors: Slobodan Petrovic, John C. Donini, Surjit Singh Thind, Shimin Tong, Alan Rodney Sanger
  • Patent number: 6013745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the polymerization of one or more alpha olefins in the presence of a transition metal catalyst having either a heterobifunctional ligand, having a phosphorus and a nitrogen atom, or a bis-phosphinimine ligand having two nitrogen atoms, in the presence of an activator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: The Governors of the University of Alberta
    Inventors: Ian McKay, Alison Ciupa, Arpad F. Somogyvari, Beth Lorraine Creed, Alan Rodney Sanger, David John Law, Ronald George Cavell