Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Arnold

Christopher A. Arnold 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).

  • Beneficiation of hydrocarbons from mineral matrices
    Patent number: 10876048
    Abstract: Methods for liberating organic carbonaceous products from mineral matrices such as oil shale and the products liberated by the present methods inter alia, the invention in a preferred embodiment subjects oil shale to resonance disintegration including inter alia rapid pressure and directional changes to essentially instantaneously vary forces acting thereon. Oil shale processed by non-impact processing according to the invention liberates kerogen from the mineral matrix to permit subsequent conversion to shale oil or other utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Micronizing Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James P. Yates, Charles A. Arnold, Christopher A. Arnold, William E. Hahn, Melva Hahn