Patents by Inventor Brian Erik Henry

Brian Erik Henry 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 for selectively producing light olefins in a fluid catalytic cracking process
    Patent number: 6069287
    Abstract: A process for selectively producing C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 olefins from a catalytically cracked or thermally cracked naphtha stream. The naphtha stream is contacted with a catalyst containing from about 10 to 50 wt. % of a crystalline zeolite having an average pore diameter less than about 0.7 nanometers at reaction conditions which include temperatures from about 500 to 650.degree. C. and a hydrocarbon partial pressure from about 10 to 40 psia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Paul K. Ladwig, John Ernest Asplin, Gordon F. Stuntz, William A. Wachter, Brian Erik Henry