Patents by Inventor Charles Gardner Coe
Charles Gardner Coe 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: 9925514Abstract: An adsorbent having a composition comprising at least 90% chabazite where the chabazite is a single phase chabazite having an Si/Al ratio of 1.2 to 1.8, the chabazite includes a mixture of at least two types of cations, and each of the at least two types of cations are in a molar ratio relative to Al of at least 0.05.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Charles Gardner Coe, Christopher Robert Bongo, Geoffrey John Ochs, Marissa Ann Bonanno, Garret Chi-Ho Lau, William Jack Casteel, Jr., Qiao Zhao, Roger Dean Whitley, Erin Marie Sorensen
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Publication number: 20170239641Abstract: A method for preparing an adsorbent is disclosed that includes mixing an NaY zeolite, aqueous Al(OH)3, and aqueous KOH, and then heating the resultant mixture for an allotted amount of time to achieve a composition comprising at least 90% single phase chabazite having an Si/Al ratio of 1.0 to 2.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Charles Gardner Coe, Geoffrey John Ochs, Marissa Ann Bonanno, Christopher Robert Bongo, William Jack Casteel, JR., Garret Chi-Ho Lau, Qiao Zhao, Roger Dean Whitley, Erin Marie Sorensen
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Publication number: 20170239640Abstract: An adsorbent having a composition comprising at least 90% chabazite where the chabazite is a single phase chabazite having an Si/Al ratio of 1.2 to 1.8, the chabazite includes a mixture of at least two types of cations, and each of the at least two types of cations are in a molar ratio relative to Al of at least 0.05.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Charles Gardner Coe, Christopher Robert Bongo, Geoffrey John Ochs, Marissa Ann Bonanno, Garret Chi-Ho Lau, William Jack Casteel, JR., Qiao Zhao, Roger Dean Whitley, Erin Marie Sorensen
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Patent number: 9669349Abstract: A method of separating oxygen from an oxygen-containing fluid stream is disclosed, the method including the step of contacting the oxygen-containing fluid stream with an oxygen-selective zeolite adsorbent comprising at least 90% chabazite, wherein the chabazite is a single phase chabazite having an Si/Al ratio of 1.2 to 1.8. The single phase chabazite may comprise a mixture of at least two types of cations.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Garret Chi-Ho Lau, Qiao Zhao, Roger Dean Whitley, Erin Marie Sorensen, Charles Gardner Coe, William Jack Casteel, Jr., Geoffrey John Ochs, Christopher Robert Bongo, Marissa Ann Bonanno
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Patent number: 8206676Abstract: The method described herein provides a method for preparing a chlorinated silane at least one end product comprising SiH3Cl, SiH2Cl2, and combinations thereof in molar yields of 50% or greater with respect to silane in the feed stream. The method described herein therefore provides an end product comprising the one or more chlorinated silanes by contacting reaction mixture comprising silane and hydrogen chloride with a catalyst at a temperature and time sufficient to provide the end product.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Rajiv K. Agarwal, John Francis Lehmann, Charles Gardner Coe, Daniel Joseph Tempel
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Publication number: 20110113628Abstract: The method described herein provides a method for preparing a chlorinated silane at least one end product comprising SiH3Cl, SiH2Cl2, and combinations thereof in molar yields of 50% or greater with respect to silane in the feed stream. The method described herein therefore provides an end product comprising the one or more chlorinated silanes by contacting reaction mixture comprising silane and hydrogen chloride with a catalyst at a temperature and time sufficient to provide the end product.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Rajiv K. Agarwal, John Francis Lehmann, Charles Gardner Coe, Daniel Joseph Tempel
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Patent number: 7421885Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining pore size distribution and/or the presence of at least one killer pore in at least a portion of a porous film deposited upon a substrate are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for determining pore size distribution comprising: providing the substrate having the film deposited thereupon wherein the film comprises pores and wherein the pores have a first volume; exposing the film to an adsorbate at a temperature and a pressure sufficient to provide condensation of the adsorbate in pores and wherein the pores after the exposing step have a second volume; and measuring the difference between the first and the second volume using a volumetric technique; and calculating the pore size and pore volume using the change in the first and the second volume, the pressure, and a model that relates pressure to pore diameter.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2005Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Joseph Kitzhoffer, Scott Jeffrey Weigel, Charles Gardner Coe, Michael Francis Kimak, James Edward MacDougall, John Francis Kirner
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Publication number: 20060005608Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining pore size distribution and/or the presence of at least one killer pore in at least a portion of a porous film deposited upon a substrate are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for determining pore size distribution comprising: providing the substrate having the film deposited thereupon wherein the film comprises pores and wherein the pores have a first volume; exposing the film to an adsorbate at a temperature and a pressure sufficient to provide condensation of the adsorbate in pores and wherein the pores after the exposing step have a second volume; and measuring the difference between the first and the second volume using a volumetric technique; and calculating the pore size and pore volume using the change in the first and the second volume, the pressure, and a model that relates pressure to pore diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2005Publication date: January 12, 2006Inventors: Ronald Joseph Kitzhoffer, Scott Jeffrey Weigel, Charles Gardner Coe, Michael Francis Kimak, James Edward MacDougall, John Francis Kirner
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Patent number: 6136069Abstract: A method of separating a more strongly adsorbable component from one or more less strongly adsorbable components residing in a gaseous mixture comprising contacting the gaseous mixture at elevated pressure with a composition and adsorbing the more strongly adsorbed gas specie on the composition, wherein the composition is represented by the formulaM.sup.n+.sub.(2x+y)/n [Si.sub.(2-x-y) Al.sub.(y) Zn.sub.(x) ]O.sub.4 ;whereinM is cation selected from Groups 1, 2, 7, 10, 11, 12 and the f block elements as defined by thePeriodic Table of the elements as adopted by IUPAC;n is the valence of the selected cation; M;x is greater than or equal to 0.02 but less than or equal to 1;y is a value less than or equal to 0.98; and2x+y is greater than or equal to 0.80;wherein the composition of matter has a FAU structure and zinc resides in.sub.-- tetrahedral positions in the framework of the FAU structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1999Date of Patent: October 24, 2000Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: James Edward MacDougall, Thomas Albert Braymer, Charles Gardner Coe
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Patent number: 6103214Abstract: A composition of matter represented by the formulaM.sup.n+.sub.z/n [Si.sub.(2-x-y) Al.sub.(y) Zn.sub.(x) ]O.sub.4 .multidot..cndot.wH.sub.2 OwhereinM is a cation selected from Groups 1, 2, 7, 10, 11, 12 and the f block elements as defined by the Periodic Table of the elements as adopted by IUPAC; n is the valence of the selected cation, M; x is greater than or equal to 0.02 but less than or equal to 1;y is less than or equal to 0.98; z>0.54; and w ranges from 0 to about 8;provided that when z.gtoreq.0.80, then 2x+y does not equal z;which composition of matter has the FAU structure with zinc residing in tetrahedral positions in the framework of the FAU structure;and whereupon such composition of matter is converted to a hydrated sodium form, the hydrated sodium form of the composition of matter exhibits a lattice constant (a.sub.0)wherein ##EQU1## where R represents the Si/Al molar ratio of the composition of matter.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1999Date of Patent: August 15, 2000Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: James Edward MacDougall, Thomas Albert Braymer, Charles Gardner Coe
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Patent number: 5997841Abstract: A composition of matter represented by the formulaM.sup.n+.sub.(2x+y)/n [Si.sub.(2-x-y) Al.sub.(y) Zn.sub.(x) ]O.sub.4 ;whereinM is cation selected from Groups 1, 2, 7, 10, 11, 12 and the f block elements as defined by the Periodic Table of the elements as adopted by IUPAC; n is the valence of the selected cation; M; x is greater than or equal to 0.02 but less than or equal to 1;y is a value less than or equal to 0.98; and 2x+y is greater than or equal to 0.80;wherein the composition of matter has the FAU structure. The compositions have utility as gas separation adsorbents in processes for separating oxygen from nitrogen in air.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 1997Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: James Edward Mac Dougall, Thomas Albert Braymer, Charles Gardner Coe
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Patent number: 5882625Abstract: A faujasite aluminosilicate with a Si/Al ratio in the range of 1.05 to 1.26 having an non-uniform aluminum distribution, synthesized by crystallizing the zeolite from a mixture of alkali metal aluminate and alkali metal silicate wherein the mixture has an alkali metal oxide to silica ratio of at least 1.6 and a water to alkali metal oxide ratio of at least 37. The X-zeolite has utility as a gas separation adsorbent such as separating oxygen from nitrogen in air.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 1997Date of Patent: March 16, 1999Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: James Edward Mac Dougall, Thomas Albert Braymer, Charles Gardner Coe, Thomas Richard Gaffney, Brian Keith Peterson
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Patent number: 5810910Abstract: An improved adsorbent for ozone comprises a crystalline aluminosilicate in which at least 90% of the exchangeable cation content is in the acid form and further which contains between 0.5 and 20 wt % of one or more adsorbed components which are non-reactive with ozone. Preferably the adsorbed component is water, and the total non-framework metal content expressed as metal oxide is less than 0.4 mole %.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1995Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Keith Alan Ludwig, Charles Gardner Coe, James Edward MacDougall, Arne Baumgartl
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Patent number: 5779766Abstract: The present invention is a method of selective adsorptively separating nitrogen from oxygen using a crystalline metallosilicate having a ZSM-2 structure with a Si/Al ratio less than 2.0 and a lithium cation exchange of at least 50%, wherein the composition has the chemical formula:M.sub.2/n O:X.sub.2 O.sub.3 :(2.0 to <4.0)SiO.sub.2wherein M=one or more metal cations having a valence of n, and X is selected from the group consisting of aluminum, gallium and boron, preferably aluminum. The method is conducted at a bed temperature in the range of approximately -100.degree. C. to 100.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1996Date of Patent: July 14, 1998Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Scott Jeffrey Weigel, James Edward MacDougall, Charles Gardner Coe, Yan Liang Xiong, Johan Adriaan Martens, Pierre A. Jacobs, Paul Anthony Webley