Patents by Inventor Ashfaq Shaikh

Ashfaq Shaikh 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: 20140024843
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA). The process comprises oxidizing at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising FDCA, removing impurities from a crude carboxylic acid slurry in a liquid displacement zone to form a low impurity slurry stream. The low impurity slurry stream is further treated in a secondary oxidation zone to produce a secondary oxidation slurry stream which is routed to a crystallization zone to form a crystallized slurry stream. The crystallized slurry stream is cooled in a cooling zone and the resulting cooled crystallized slurry stream is routed to a solid-liquid separation zone to generate a purified wet cake stream comprising FDCA that is dried in a drying zone to generate a dry carboxylic acid product stream comprising purified FDCA (pFDCA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Paula Moody, Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Bradford Russell Bowers, Michael Charles Morrow
  • Publication number: 20130345447
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process to produce a purified vapor comprising dialkyl-furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (DAFD). Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and an alcohol in an esterification zone to generate a crude diester stream containing dialkyl furan dicarboxylate (DAFD), unreacted alcohol, 5-(alkoxycarbonyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid (ACFC), and alkyl furan-2-carboxylate (AFC). The crude diester stream is fed to a flash evaporation zone to produce a vapor alcohol composition and a first liquid DAFD rich composition. At least a portion of the remaining alcohol can be separated from the first liquid DAFD rich composition to produce a second alcohol vapor and a second liquid DAFD rich composition, followed by separating AFC from the second liquid DAFD rich composition to product an AFC vapor and a partially purified DAFD rich composition, followed by separating a portion of the DAFD from the partially purified DAFD rich composition to produce a purified DAFD vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker
  • Publication number: 20130345449
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of dialkyl furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (DAFD) vapor composition by feeding furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (“FDCA”) to an esterification reactor and in the presence of an alcohol compound such as methanol, conducting an esterification reaction to form an esterification vapor containing DAFD, unreacted alcohol compound, 5-(alkoxycarbonyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid (ACFC), and water, and continuously passing the esterification vapor through an ACFC condensing zone, that can be integral with the esterification reactor, in which at least a portion of the ACFC in the esterification vapor is converted to a liquid phase condensate, and continuously discharging the esterification vapor from the ACFC condensing zone as a DAFD vapor. There is also a DAFD vapor composition containing DAFD, water, unreacted alcohol, and by-products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Lee Reynolds Partin, Ashfaq Shaikh, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker
  • Publication number: 20130345448
    Abstract: A process to produce a purified dimethyl-furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (DMFD) by feeding furan dicarboxylic acid and methanol to an esterification zone to generate a crude diester composition, and purifying the crude diester composition with a physical separation process followed by crystallization, solid liquid separation, and optionally drying to produce a purified DMFD composition. A portion of the stream generated by solid liquid separation can be dissolved and subjected to crystallization and solid liquid separation repeatedly. The process is useful to produce a purified DMFD composition having a low b*, at least 98 wt. % DAFD solids, and a low concentration of 5-(methoxycarbonyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid (MCFC) and methyl 5-formylfuran-2-carboxylate (MFFC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ashfaq Shaikh, Kenny Randolph Parker, Lee Reynolds Partin, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka
  • Patent number: 8541616
    Abstract: An MHT reactor is added to a DMT process to eliminate the majority of the DMT/MHT recycle back to the DMT reactor, allowing for an increase in capacity to the DMT reactors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Laura Ellen Bustamante, William Lee Cook, Brent Alan Tennant, Ashfaq Shaikh, Joseph Luther Parker, Richard Andrew Virost, Michael Visneski
  • Publication number: 20120302773
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, David Milton Lange, Michael C. Morrow, Bradford Russell Bowers, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Charles Edwan Sumner, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120302772
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ashfaq Shaikh, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, David Milton Lange, Michael C. Morrow, Bradford Russell Bowers, Kenny Randolph Parker, Lee Reynolds Partin, Jason Christopher Jenkins, Paula Moody, Thomas Elbert Shanks, Charles Edwan Sumner, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120302768
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, David Milton Lange, Michael C. Morrow, Bradford Russell Bowers, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Jason Christopher Jenkins, Paula Moody, Thomas Elbert Shanks, Charles Edwan Sumner, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120302770
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, David Milton Lange, Michael C. Morrow, Bradford Russell Bowers, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Charles Edwan Sumner, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120302769
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, David Milton Lange, Michael C. Morrow, Bradford Russell Bowers, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Jason Christopher Jenkins, Paula Moody, Thomas Elbert Shanks, Charles Edwan Sumner, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120302771
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, David Milton Lange, Michael C. Morrow, Bradford Russell Bowers, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Charles Edwan Sumner, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120068111
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for introducing a gas into the reaction zone of a reactor. Such methods and apparatus can more evenly distribute the gas throughout the reaction zone. Spargers for introducing a gas into the reaction zone of a reactor can be employed in systems and methods for carrying out the liquid-phase oxidation of an oxidizable compound, such as para-xylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventor: Ashfaq Shaikh
  • Publication number: 20110190537
    Abstract: Disclosed are process and apparatus for vertical splitting of the oxygen supply to a post-oxidation reactor. Further disclosed are process and apparatus for supplying reaction medium to a post-oxidation reactor at a mid-level inlet. Such apparatus and process can assist in reducing oxygen pinch throughout the post-oxidation reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ashfaq Shaikh, Alan George Wonders
  • Publication number: 20110190536
    Abstract: Disclosed are process and apparatus for vertical splitting of the oxygen supply to a post-oxidation reactor. Further disclosed are process and apparatus for supplying reaction medium to a post-oxidation reactor at a mid-level inlet. Such apparatus and process can assist in reducing oxygen pinch throughout the post-oxidation reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ashfaq Shaikh, Alan George Wonders, David Lange
  • Publication number: 20110190538
    Abstract: Disclosed are process and apparatus for vertical splitting of the oxygen supply to a post-oxidation reactor. Further disclosed are process and apparatus for supplying reaction medium to a post-oxidation reactor at a mid-level inlet. Such apparatus and process can assist in reducing oxygen pinch throughout the post-oxidation reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ashfaq Shaikh, David Lange
  • Publication number: 20100210867
    Abstract: An MHT reactor is added to a DMT process to eliminate the majority of the DMT/MHT recycle back to the DMT reactor, allowing for an increase in capacity to the DMT reactors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Laura Ellen Bustamante, William Lee Cook, Brent Alan Tennant, Ashfaq Shaikh, Joseph Luther Parker, Richard Andrew Virost, Michael Visneski
  • Patent number: 7411415
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, systems and/or devices associated with a bus termination scheme are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventors: Ashfaq Shaikh, Ting Ku, Huabo Chen
  • Publication number: 20050265064
    Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus for training a phase shift circuit to provide a phase shift for improved data recovery. A specific embodiment of the present invention provides a variable delay cell. A delay through the variable delay cell is changed while training patterns are received. The presence of errors in the received data pattern is tracked, and from the presence or absence of errors a preferred delay is selected and used for receiving data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: NVIDIA corporation
    Inventors: Ting-Sheng Ku, Ashfaq Shaikh
  • Publication number: 20050240744
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses that enable memory devices to inform graphical processing systems about the results of WRITE de-skew training. A WRITE-TRAINING mode is added to a memory device. When the WRITE-TRAINING mode is asserted the memory data mask (DM) pin is converted to an output port. Incoming WRITE data is strobed-into the memory device and the resulting data pattern is compared to a desired pattern. If the incoming WRITE data and strobed-in data match, that result is sent to the graphical processing system by setting the DM pin HIGH. If the incoming WRITE data and the strobed-in data do not match, that result is sent to the graphical processing system by setting the DM pin LOW. Beneficially, the incoming data and the desired pattern are derived from pseudo random bit sequence (PRBS) sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Ashfaq Shaikh, Barry Wagner
  • Publication number: 20050218927
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, systems and/or devices associated with a bus termination scheme are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Ashfaq Shaikh, Ting Ku, Huabo Chen