Patents by Inventor Bradford Russell Bowers
Bradford Russell Bowers 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).
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Patent number: 10882032Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Kevin John Fontenot, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Charles Edwan Sumner, Jr., Shane Kipley Kirk, Paula Moody, Bradford Russell Bowers, Michael Charles Morrow
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Publication number: 20180290994Abstract: 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 selected from the following group: 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-HMF), 5-HMF esters (5-R(CO)OCH2-furfural where R=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), 5-HMF ethers (5-R?OCH2-furfural, where R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), 5-alkyl furfurals (5-R?-furfural, where R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF esters and mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF ethers and mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-alkyl furfurals 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYInventors: MESFIN EJERSSA JANKA, KENNY RANDOLPH PARKER, PAULA MOODY, ASHFAQ SHAHANAWAZ SHAIKH, LEE REYNOLDS PARTIN, BRADFORD RUSSELL BOWERS, MICHAEL CHARLES MORROW
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Patent number: 10011579Abstract: 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 selected from the following group: 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-HMF), 5-HMF esters (5-R(CO)OCH2-furfural where R is alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl), 5-HMF ethers (5-R?OCH2-furfural where R? is alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl), 5-alkyl furfurals (5-R?-furfural where R? is alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl), mixed feedstocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF esters, mixed feedstocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF ethers, and mixed feedstocks of 5-HMF and 5-alkyl furfurals to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising FDCA.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Paula Moody, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Bradford Russell Bowers, Michael Charles Morrow
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Publication number: 20170260154Abstract: 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 selected from the following group: 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-HMF), 5-HMF esters (5-R(CO)OCH2-furfural where R=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), 5-HMF ethers (5-R?OCH2-furfural, where R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), 5-alkyl furfurals (5-R?-furfural, where R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF esters and mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF ethers and mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-alkyl furfurals 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Mesfin Ejerssa JANKA, Kenny Randolph PARKER, Paula MOODY, Ashfaq Shahanawaz SHAIKH, Lee Reynolds PARTIN, Bradford Russell BOWERS, Michael Charles MORROW
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Patent number: 9676740Abstract: 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 selected from the following group: 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-HMF), 5-HMF esters (5-R(CO)OCH2-furfural where R is alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl), 5-HMF ethers (5-R?OCH2-furfural where R? is alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl), 5-alkyl furfurals (5-R?-furfural where R? is alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl), mixed feedstocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF esters, mixed feedstocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF ethers, and mixed feedstocks of 5-HMF and 5-alkyl furfurals to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising FDCA.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Paula Moody, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Bradford Russell Bowers, Michael Charles Morrow
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Publication number: 20160332979Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYInventors: Kevin John Fontenot, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Charles Edwan Sumner, JR., Shane Kipley Kirk, Paula Moody, Bradford Russell Bowers, Michael Charles Morrow
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Publication number: 20160130244Abstract: 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 selected from the following group: 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-HMF), 5-HMF esters (5-R(CO)OCH2-furfural where R=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), 5-HMF ethers (5-R?OCH2-furfural, where R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), 5-alkyl furfurals (5-R?-furfural, where R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF esters and mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF ethers and mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-alkyl furfurals 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Paula Moody, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Bradford Russell Bowers, Michael Charles Morrow
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Patent number: 9266850Abstract: 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 selected from the following group: 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-HMF), 5-HMF esters (5-R(CO)OCH2-furfural where R is alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl), 5-HMF ethers (5-R?OCH2-furfural where R? is alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl), 5-alkyl furfurals (5-R?-furfural where R? is alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl), mixed feedstocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF esters, mixed feedstocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF ethers, and mixed feedstocks of 5-HMF and 5-alkyl furfurals to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising FDCA.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Paula Moody, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Bradford Russell Bowers, Michael Charles Morrow
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Patent number: 9199958Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, David Lange, Michael C. Morrow, Bradford Russell Bowers, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Charles Sumner
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Publication number: 20150225360Abstract: 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 selected from the following group: 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-HMF), 5-HMF esters (5-R(CO)OCH2-furfural where R=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), 5-HMF ethers (5-R?OCH2-furfural, where R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), 5-alkyl furfurals (5-R?-furfural, where R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF esters and mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF ethers and mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-alkyl furfurals 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Mesfin Ejerssa JANKA, Kenny Randolph PARKER, Paula MOODY, Ashfaq Shahanawaz SHAIKH, Lee Reynolds PARTIN, Bradford Russell BOWERS, Michael Charles MORROW
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Patent number: 9029580Abstract: 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 selected from the following group: 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-HMF), 5-HMF esters (5-R(CO)OCH2-furfural were R alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), 5-HMF ethers (5-R?OCH2-furfural, where R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), 5-alkyl furfurals (5-R?-furfural, where R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF esters and mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF ethers and mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-alkyl furfurals to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising FDCA.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Paula Moody, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Bradford Russell Bowers, Michael Charles Morrow
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Publication number: 20150051412Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, David Lange, Michael C. Morrow, Bradford Russell Bowers, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Charles Sumner
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Patent number: 8846960Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, David Milton Lange, Michael C. Morrow, Bradford Russell Bowers, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Charles Edwan Sumner, Jr.
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Patent number: 8809556Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Paula Moody, Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Bradford Russell Bowers, Michael Charles Morrow
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Patent number: 8796477Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: 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.
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Patent number: 8791278Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: 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.
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Patent number: 8791277Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, David Milton Lange, Michael C. Morrow, Bradford Russell Bowers, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Charles Edwan Sumner, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140024843Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYInventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Paula Moody, Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Bradford Russell Bowers, Michael Charles Morrow
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Publication number: 20140024844Abstract: 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 selected from the following group: 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-HMF), 5-HMF esters (5-R(CO)OCH2-furfural were R alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), 5-HMF ethers (5-R?OCH2-furfural, where R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), 5-alkyl furfurals (5-R?-furfural, where R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF esters and mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF ethers and mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-alkyl furfurals to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising FDCA.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Paula Moody, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Bradford Russell Bowers, Michael Charies Morrow
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Publication number: 20120302769Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYInventors: 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.