Patents by Inventor Charles Ian Cutier

Charles Ian Cutier 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).

  • Continuous process for converting natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 8273929
    Abstract: A method comprising: providing an alkyl halide stream; contacting at least some of the alkyl halides with a coupling catalyst to form a product stream comprising higher hydrocarbons and hydrogen halide; contacting the product stream with a solid reactant to remove at least a portion of the hydrogen halide from the product stream; and reacting the solid reactant with a source of oxygen to generate a corresponding halogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: GRT, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Stoimenov, Charles Ian Cutier, Jihong Cheng, Charles J. Coronelia, Krishna Janmanchi, Zachary J. A. Komon, Saydul Amin Sardar, Vivek Julka, Sagar Gadewar, Philip Grosso, Daniel J. Auerbach, Jean Wheeler
  • Continuous Process for Converting Natural Gas to Liquid Hydrocarbons
    Publication number: 20100099930
    Abstract: A method comprising: providing an alkyl halide stream; contacting at least some of the alkyl halides with a coupling catalyst to form a product stream comprising higher hydrocarbons and hydrogen halide; contacting the product stream with a solid reactant to remove at least a portion of the hydrogen halide from the product stream; and reacting the solid reactant with a source of oxygen to generate a corresponding halogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Peter Stoimenov, Charles Ian Cutier, Jihong Cheng, Charles J. Coronelia, Krishna Janmanchi, Zachary J.A. Komon, Saydul Amin Sardar, Vivek Julka, Sagar Gadewar, Philip Grosso, Daniel J. Auerbach, Jean Wheeler