Patents by Inventor Elizabeth A. Carter
Elizabeth A. Carter 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: 11772966Abstract: A bio-renewable conversion process for making fuel from bio-renewable feedstocks is combined with a hydrogen production process that includes recovery of CO2. The integrated process uses a purge gas stream comprising hydrogen from the bio-renewable hydrocarbon production process in the hydrogen production process.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: William Cady, Elizabeth Carter, Bradley Russell, James T. Wexler, Addison Cruz, Erick J. Bennett, III, Kurt Kraus, Stefano Bietto, Kyle Cuellar, Oluwaseyi Kayode, Suryanarayana Murthy Konda Naga Venkata
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Publication number: 20230202841Abstract: A bio-renewable conversion process for making fuel from bio-renewable feedstocks is combined with a hydrogen production process that includes recovery of CO2. The integrated process uses a purge gas stream comprising hydrogen from the bio-renewable hydrocarbon production process in the hydrogen production process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: William Cady, Elizabeth Carter, Bradley Russell, James T. Wexler, Addison Cruz, Erick J. Bennett, III, Kurt Kraus, Stefano Bietto, Kyle Cuellar, Oluwaseyi Kayode, Suryanarayana Murthy Konda Naga Venkata
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Patent number: 11572511Abstract: A process for converting pyrolysis effluent stream into hydrocarbon products. Waste plastics are pyrolyzed at high temperature in a pyrolysis reactor to obtain a plastic pyrolysis effluent stream. The plastic pyrolysis effluent stream is further sent to a steam cracking unit for the separation of plastic pyrolysis effluent stream into a C5+ hydrocarbon stream and a C4 hydrocarbon stream. The pyrolysis reactor is operated at a to obtain hydrocarbon products of high value.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Robert Tsai, Michael S. Allegro, II, Elizabeth Carter, Joseph Montalbano, Matthew Griffiths, John Goodman, Thuy Vu, Andrea Bozzano
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Publication number: 20220380681Abstract: A process for converting pyrolysis effluent stream into hydrocarbon products. Waste plastics are pyrolyzed at high temperature in a pyrolysis reactor to obtain a plastic pyrolysis effluent stream. The plastic pyrolysis effluent stream is further sent to a steam cracking unit for the separation of plastic pyrolysis effluent stream into a C5+ hydrocarbon stream and a C4 hydrocarbon stream. The pyrolysis reactor is operated at a to obtain hydrocarbon products of high value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Robert Tsai, Michael S. Allegro, II, Elizabeth Carter, Joseph Montalbano, Matthew Griffiths, John Goodman, Thuy Vu, Andrea Bozzano
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Patent number: 11471238Abstract: Disclosed is a waste container comprising a port in communication with a tube where the port is configured to receive a fluid from an implement and the tube is configured to direct the fluid from the implement toward an absorbent material within the waste container.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Wake Forest University Health SciencesInventors: Michael L. Cannon, Elizabeth Carter
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Publication number: 20220306468Abstract: A bio-renewable conversion process for making fuel from bio-renewable feedstocks is combined with a hydrogen production process that includes recovery of CO2. The integrated process uses a purge gas stream comprising hydrogen from the bio-renewable hydrocarbon production process in the hydrogen production process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: William Cady, Elizabeth Carter, Bradley Russell, James T. Wexler, Addison Cruz, Erick J. Bennett, III, Kurt Kraus, Stefano Bietto, Kyle Cuellar, Oluwaseyi Kayode, Suryanarayana Murthy Konda Naga Venkata
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Patent number: 10888857Abstract: Processes for regenerating ionic liquid catalyst by contacting the ionic liquid catalyst with hydrogen gas in a regeneration reactor. The amount of hydrogen is less than 550 SCF/BBL (97.96 m3/m3) of spent ionic liquid catalyst, or less than 500 SCF/BBL (89.05 m3/m3) of spent ionic liquid catalyst, or between 550 and 45 SCF/BBL (97.96 and 8.015 m3/m3) of spent ionic liquid catalyst, or between 500 and 50 SCF/BBL (89.05 and 8.905 m3/m3) of spent ionic liquid catalyst. Alkylation processes are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Elizabeth Carter, Douglas A. Nafis, Bong-Kyu Chang, Hye Kyung Timken, Huping Luo, Michael Girgis
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Patent number: 10726676Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming system including a gaming machine. In response to a triggering event, the gaming system initiates play of a feature game including a plurality of standard symbols and value symbols, the value symbols being associated with one or more values. Value symbols adjacent to one another are combined into a larger composite symbol and held in place on a display device, the standard symbols then replaced with replacement symbols randomly selected from the standard and value symbols. When the replacement symbols include another value symbol adjacent to the composite symbol, the new value symbol is also combined with the composite symbol, increasing its size. At the conclusion of the feature game, a reel associated with the composite symbol is displayed and spun to select an award from a set of possible awards based on the size of the composite symbol.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: SG Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Qin You, Yanhua Yin, Peter Wilkins, Elizabeth Carter, Jack Chesworth, Ross Malcolm Gilbertson
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Publication number: 20200179076Abstract: Disclosed is a waste container comprising a port in communication with a tube where the port is configured to receive a fluid from an implement and the tube is configured to direct the fluid from the implement toward an absorbent material within the waste container.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Michael L. Cannon, Elizabeth Carter
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Patent number: 10625252Abstract: Processes for regenerating ionic liquid catalyst in which reaction vessel is operated under conditions sufficient to perform, in the presence of an ionic liquid catalyst, a hydrocarbon conversion reaction and provide a reaction effluent. The reaction effluent is separated into a hydrocarbon phase and a spent ionic liquid catalyst, wherein the spent ionic liquid catalyst includes conjunct polymer. The spent ionic liquid catalyst is contacted with hydrogen in a regeneration zone at conditions sufficient to reduce an amount of conjunct polymer in the spent ionic liquid catalyst to provide a regenerated effluent. The regenerated effluent is separated into a liquid phase comprising regenerated ionic liquid catalyst and a vapor phase comprising hydrogen and hydrogen chloride. The hydrocarbon phase is separated into a plurality of liquid hydrocarbon streams. The vapor phase is isolated from the liquid hydrocarbon streams. Alkylation processes are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Elizabeth Carter, Joel B. Spinner
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Publication number: 20190381494Abstract: Processes for regenerating ionic liquid catalyst in which reaction vessel is operated under conditions sufficient to perform, in the presence of an ionic liquid catalyst, a hydrocarbon conversion reaction and provide a reaction effluent. The reaction effluent is separated into a hydrocarbon phase and a spent ionic liquid catalyst, wherein the spent ionic liquid catalyst includes conjunct polymer. The spent ionic liquid catalyst is contacted with hydrogen in a regeneration zone at conditions sufficient to reduce an amount of conjunct polymer in the spent ionic liquid catalyst to provide a regenerated effluent. The regenerated effluent is separated into a liquid phase comprising regenerated ionic liquid catalyst and a vapor phase comprising hydrogen and hydrogen chloride. The hydrocarbon phase is separated into a plurality of liquid hydrocarbon streams. The vapor phase is isolated from the liquid hydrocarbon streams. Alkylation processes are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2018Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Elizabeth Carter, Joel B. Spinner
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Publication number: 20190381493Abstract: Processes for regenerating ionic liquid catalyst by contacting the ionic liquid catalyst with hydrogen gas in a regeneration reactor. The amount of hydrogen is less than 550 SCF/BBL (97.96 m3/m3) of spent ionic liquid catalyst, or less than 500 SCF/BBL (89.05 m3/m3) of spent ionic liquid catalyst, or between 550 and 45 SCF/BBL (97.96 and 8.015 m3/m3) of spent ionic liquid catalyst, or between 500 and 50 SCF/BBL (89.05 and 8.905 m3/m3) of spent ionic liquid catalyst. Alkylation processes are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2018Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Elizabeth Carter, Douglas A. Nafis, Bong-Kyu Chang, Hye Kyung Timken, Huping Luo, Michael Girgis
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Publication number: 20190340880Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming system including a gaming machine. In response to a triggering event, the gaming system initiates play of a feature game including a plurality of standard symbols and value symbols, the value symbols being associated with one or more values. Value symbols adjacent to one another are combined into a larger composite symbol and held in place on a display device, the standard symbols then replaced with replacement symbols randomly selected from the standard and value symbols. When the replacement symbols include another value symbol adjacent to the composite symbol, the new value symbol is also combined with the composite symbol, increasing its size. At the conclusion of the feature game, a reel associated with the composite symbol is displayed and spun to select an award from a set of possible awards based on the size of the composite symbol.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Qin YOU, Yanhua YIN, Peter WILKINS, Elizabeth CARTER, Jack CHESWORTH, Ross Malcolm GILBERTSON
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Patent number: 10398467Abstract: A surgical method in one method includes making an opening in the skin of a patient having an orthopedic condition involving a nerve pathology producing pain, positioning an instrument in the opening, the instrument having first and second substantially opposed arcuate arms, each arm having a concave inside surface so that the arms substantially define a rounded space, and a third component located substantially at a periphery of the rounded space, retaining an internal target tissue comprising a nerve on the instrument, causing an emitter to apply an emission signal upon the retained tissue, causing a detector to receive an evaluation signal from the internal target tissue, wherein the evaluation signal is a tissue response to the emission signal, causing a processor to receive the evaluation signal from the detector, receiving an indicia about the nerve from the processor, and retracting the third component in response to the indicia.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Conrad Lee Klotz, Sarah Elizabeth Carter (Stephens)
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Patent number: 10392316Abstract: The present invention relates to minimizing benzene, toluene, and an A9/A10 recycle loop in a zero benzene aromatics complex. More specifically, the present invention relates to a minimizing benzene, toluene, and an A9/A10 recycle loop in a zero benzene aromatics complex wherein the aromatic feed has a low methyl to phenyl ratio, and where the aromatic feed has a high methyl to phenyl ratio.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Elizabeth A. Carter, Deng-Yang Jan, Timur V. Voskoboynikov
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Patent number: 10388112Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming system including a gaming machine primarily dedicated for use in playing at least one regulated casino wagering game. In response to a triggering event, the gaming system initiates play of a feature game including a plurality of standard symbols and value symbols, the value symbols being associated with one or more values. One or more of the value symbols are held in place in a group on a display device, the standard symbols then replaced with respective replacement symbols randomly selected from the plurality of standard and value symbols. In response to the replacement symbols including another value symbol, the value symbol is added to the group and at least one of the values of the symbols previously in the group is modified. An award based on the current cumulative value of the held value symbols is determined at the conclusion of the feature game.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Qin You, Yanhua Yin, Peter Wilkins, Elizabeth Carter, Jack Chesworth, Ross Malcolm Gilbertson
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Patent number: 10360420Abstract: There is provided a system including a wireless tag reader, a first wireless antenna, a wireless tag including an integrated circuit (IC), a conductive element electronically connecting the wireless tag to the first wireless antenna, a non-transitory memory storing an executable code, a hardware processor executing the executable code to transmit an interrogation signal, receive a tag signal from the wireless tag electronically connected to the first wireless antenna in response to the interrogation signal, the tag signal including a wireless tag identification (ID) uniquely identifying the wireless tag, and determine an interaction by a user with the wireless tag based on the tag signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., University of WashingtonInventors: Hanchuan Li, Josh Fromm, Scott Hudson, Eric Brockmeyer, Elizabeth Carter, Shwetak Patel, Alanson Sample
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Patent number: 10308571Abstract: The present invention relates to minimizing benzene, toluene, and an A9/A10 recycle loop in a zero benzene aromatics complex. More specifically, the present invention relates to a minimizing benzene, toluene, and an A9/A10 recycle loop in a zero benzene aromatics complex wherein the aromatic feed has a low methyl to phenyl ratio, and where the aromatic feed has a high methyl to phenyl ratio.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Elizabeth A. Carter, Deng-Yang Jan, Timur V. Voskoboynikov
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Patent number: 10301551Abstract: A crude distillation and refining process and apparatus enables modular supply of the crude distillation column. Crude oil may be heated and then separated into only two liquid products in the crude distillation column. The separation between the light and heavy products may be controlled by the overhead product flow rate. Heat is recovered from an overhead stream and a bottoms stream by pre-heating the incoming crude oil stream by heat exchange with overhead stream and the bottoms stream. In an embodiment, a diesel-range distillate fraction may be condensed from an overhead stream in a first heat exchanger and a naphtha-range fraction may be condensed from the gas stream uncondensed by the first heat exchanger in a second heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Elizabeth A. Carter, Saadet Ulas Acikgoz, Nicholas W. Bridge, Christopher D. Gosling, Gavin P. Towler
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Publication number: 20190106367Abstract: The present invention relates to minimizing benzene, toluene, and an A9/A10 recycle loop in a zero benzene aromatics complex. More specifically, the present invention relates to a minimizing benzene, toluene, and an A9/A10 recycle loop in a zero benzene aromatics complex wherein the aromatic feed has a low methyl to phenyl ratio, and where the aromatic feed has a high methyl to phenyl ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Elizabeth A. Carter, Deng-Yang Jan, Timur V. Voskoboynikov