Patents by Inventor Berend Smit

Berend Smit 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).

  • Degradation Of Plastic Materials Into Terephthalic Acid (TPA), Ethylene Glycol And/Or Other Monomers That Form The Plastic Materials
    Publication number: 20220153674
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for degradation of plastic materials into terephthalic acid (TPA) and/or ethylene glycol and/or other monomers that form the plastic materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Samantha Lynn ANDERSON, Christopher Patrick IRELAND, Berend SMIT, Kyriakos STYLIANOU
  • Method for predicting adsorbent performance
    Patent number: 9719028
    Abstract: A method for predicting selective performance of an adsorbent is disclosed. The adsorbent is selected from a list of metals and/or metal cations for use in removing contaminants as thiophene derivatives in hydrocarbon feed. The metals or metal cations are identified from a list having a positive value for Erel, wherein the metal or metal cation having the largest value for Erel is the most selective adsorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Alexis T. Bell, Manju Sharma, Berend Smit, Bi-Zeng Zhan, Alice Zunqing He
  • METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK ADSORBENTS FOR COMPOSITE GAS SEPARATION
    Publication number: 20140061540
    Abstract: Metal-organic frameworks of the family M2 (2,5-dioxido-1,4-benzenedicarboxylate) wherein M=Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Ni or Zn are a group of porous crystalline materials formed of metal cations or clusters joined by multitopic organic linkers that can be used to isolate individual gases from a stream of combined gases. This group of adsorbant materials incorporates a high density of coordinatively-unsaturated MII centers lining the pore surfaces. These adsorbents are particularly suited for selective carbon dioxide/monoxide adsorption via pressure swing adsorption near temperatures of 313 K since they selectively adsorb carbon dioxide at high pressures in the presence of hydrogen, and desorb carbon dioxide upon a pressure decrease. The redox-active FeII centers in Fe2(dobdc) can be used for the separation of O2 from N2 and other separations based on selective, reversible electron transfer reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Long, Zoey R. Herm, Joseph A. Swisher, Berend Smit, Rajamani Krishna, Eric Bloch, Leslie Murray
  • METHOD FOR PREDICTING ADSORBENT PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20120232863
    Abstract: A method for predicting selective performance of an adsorbent is disclosed. The adsorbent is selected from a list of metals and/or metal cations for use in removing contaminants as thiophene derivatives in hydrocarbon feed. The metals or metal cations are identified from a list having a positive value for Erel, wherein the metal or metal cation having the largest value for Erel is the most selective adsorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicants: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Alexis T. BELL, Manju Sharma, Berend Smit, Bi-Zeng Zhan, Alice Zunqing He
  • Hydrocarbon conversion using molecular sieve SSZ-75
    Patent number: 8177961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-75 prepared using a tetramethylene-1,4-bis-(N-methylpyrrolidinium) dication as a structure-directing agent, and its use in catalysts for hydrocarbon conversion reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Stacey Zones, Allen Burton, Theodorus Ludovicus Michael Maesen, Berend Smit, Edith Beerdsen
  • Hydrocarbon conversion using molecular sieve SSZ-75
    Patent number: 7906698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-75 prepared using a tetramethylene-1,4-bis-(N-methylpyrrolidinium) dication as a structure-directing agent, and its use in catalysts for hydrocarbon conversion reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Stacey Zones, Allen Burton, Theodorus Ludovicus Michael Maesen, Berend Smit, Edith Beerdsen
  • HYDROCARBON CONVERSION USING MOLECULAR SIEVE SSZ-75
    Publication number: 20100121122
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-75 prepared using a tetramethylene-1,4-bis-(N-methylpyrrolidinium) dication as a structure-directing agent, and its use in catalysts for hydrocarbon conversion reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Stacey I. Zones, Allen W. Burton, JR., Theodorus Ludovicus Michael Maesen, Berend Smit, Edith Beerdsen
  • HYDROCARBON CONVERSION USING MOLECULAR SIEVE SSZ-75
    Publication number: 20100121124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-75 prepared using a tetramethylene-1,4-bis-(N-methylpyrrolidinium) dication as a structure-directing agent, and its use in catalysts for hydrocarbon conversion reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Stacey I. Zones, Allen W. Burton, JR., Theodorus Ludovicus Michael, Berend Smit, Edith Beerdsen
  • Hydrocarbon conversion using molecular sieve SSZ-75
    Patent number: 7651603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-75 prepared using a tetramethylene-1,4-bis-(N-methylpyrrolidinium) dication as a structure-directing agent, and its use in catalysts for hydrocarbon conversion reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Stacey I. Zones, Allen W. Burton, Jr., Theodorus Ludovicus Michael Maesen, Berend Smit, Edith Beerdsen
  • HYDROCARBON CONVERSION USING MOLECULAR SIEVE SSZ-75
    Publication number: 20070284284
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new crystalline molecular sieve SSZ-75 prepared using a tetramethylene-1,4-bis-(N-methylpyrrolidinium)dication as a structure-directing agent, and its use in catalysts for hydrocarbon conversion reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Stacey I. Zones, Allen W. Burton, Theodorus Ludovicus Michael Maesen, Berend Smit, Edith Beerdsen
  • Dewaxing process using zeolites MTT and GON
    Publication number: 20070029229
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a combination of zeolites having the MTT and GON framework topologies defined by the connectivity of their tetrahedral atoms as a catalyst in a process for dewaxing hydrocarbon feedstocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Theodorus Maesen, Berend Smit, Edith Beerdsen