Patents by Inventor EUGENE SHIN MING BEH
EUGENE SHIN MING BEH 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: 11944933Abstract: A primary amine polymer aerogel comprising greater than 5 wt. % of primary amine monomers covalently bound to cross-linking monomers, wherein the primary amine monomers are selected from vinyl amine. A secondary amine polymer aerogel comprising secondary amine monomers covalently bound to cross-linking monomers, the secondary amine monomers being a result of substituting a hydrogen atom from a primary amine polymer aerogel, the primary amine polymer aerogel comprising vinyl amine monomers covalently bound to the cross-linking monomers. A tertiary amine polymer aerogel comprising tertiary amine monomers covalently bound to cross-linking monomers, the tertiary amine monomers being a result of substituting hydrogen atoms from a primary amine polymer aerogel, the primary amine polymer aerogel comprising vinyl amine monomers covalently bound to the cross-linking monomers.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Mahati Chintapalli, Stephen Meckler, Gabriel Iftime, Rahul Pandey, Mary Louie, Eugene Shin Ming Beh
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Patent number: 11787987Abstract: A pair of bonded substrates having a first substrate of a first material, a second substrate of the first material, and an adhesive bonding the first substrate to the second substrate, wherein the adhesive has chemically linked compatibilizing particles compatible with the first and second substrates. A composition of matter has an adhesive having a chemically linked particle network forming a bond between a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein compatibilizing particles in the particle network are compatible with the first and second substrates. A method of joining two structures of identical materials includes preparing first and second structures to expose bare material, applying an adhesive to the bare material on the first and second structures, the adhesive containing compatibilizing particles compatible with the material and the preparing allows interaction between the material and the compatibilizing particles, and curing the adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Gabriel Iftime, Jessica Louis Baker Rivest, David Mathew Johnson, Junhua Wei, Eugene Shin Ming Beh
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Patent number: 11692231Abstract: A method for producing a homogenous molten composition and a fluid product is disclosed. For example, the method includes producing a first molten metal composition in an enclosed volume, contacting a hydrocarbon reactant with the first molten metal composition, decomposing the hydrocarbon reactant into at least one fluid product and carbon, forming a metal alloy from a mixture of the carbon and the first molten metal composition, and separating a homogenous second molten composition from the metal alloy.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Divyaraj Desai, Jessica Louis Baker Rivest, Dane Andrew Boysen, Rahul Pandey, Eugene Shin Ming Beh
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Patent number: 11680299Abstract: A method for producing a homogenous molten composition and a fluid product is disclosed. For example, the method includes producing a first molten metal composition in an enclosed volume, contacting a hydrocarbon reactant with the first molten metal composition, decomposing the hydrocarbon reactant into at least one fluid product and carbon, forming a metal alloy from a mixture of the carbon and the first molten metal composition, and separating a homogenous second molten composition from the metal alloy.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Divyaraj Desai, Jessica Louis Baker Rivest, Dane Andrew Boysen, Rahul Pandey, Eugene Shin Ming Beh
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Publication number: 20230149849Abstract: A method of fabrication of a porous polymer aerogel amine material includes preparing a solution comprising at least a solvent, amine monomers having protecting groups, one or more crosslinkers, and one or more radical initiators, heating the solution to promote polymerization and to produce a polymerized material, performing solvent exchange with the polymerized material, causing a deprotection reaction in the polymerized material to remove the protecting groups to produce a deprotected material, soaking and rinsing the deprotected material to remove excess reagents and any byproducts of the deprotection reaction, and drying the deprotecting material to produce the amine sorbent. A system to separate CO2 from other gases has a polymer porous aerogel sorbent having greater than 5 wt % of amine containing vinyl monomers integrated into a polymer backbone, and the amine containing vinyl monomers may have a molecular weight of less than 100 g/mol.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Mahati Chintapalli, Stephen Meckler, Gabriel Iftime, Rahul Pandey, Mary Louie, Eugene Shin Ming Beh
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Publication number: 20230126616Abstract: A primary amine polymer aerogel comprising greater than 5 wt. % of primary amine monomers covalently bound to cross-linking monomers, wherein the primary amine monomers are selected from vinyl amine. A secondary amine polymer aerogel comprising secondary amine monomers covalently bound to cross-linking monomers, the secondary amine monomers being a result of substituting a hydrogen atom from a primary amine polymer aerogel, the primary amine polymer aerogel comprising vinyl amine monomers covalently bound to the cross-linking monomers. A tertiary amine polymer aerogel comprising tertiary amine monomers covalently bound to cross-linking monomers, the tertiary amine monomers being a result of substituting hydrogen atoms from a primary amine polymer aerogel, the primary amine polymer aerogel comprising vinyl amine monomers covalently bound to the cross-linking monomers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Mahati Chintapalli, Stephen Meckler, Gabriel Iftime, Rahul Pandey, Mary Louie, Eugene Shin Ming Beh
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Patent number: 11612852Abstract: A porous polymer aerogel, wherein the aerogel has greater than 5 wt % of amine containing vinyl monomers integrated into a polymer backbone. A method of fabrication of a porous polymer aerogel amine material, includes preparing a solution comprising at least a solvent, amine monomers having protected amino groups, one or more crosslinkers, one or more radical initiators, and a nitroxide mediator, removing oxygen from the solution, heating the solution to promote polymerization and to produce a polymerized material, performing solvent exchange with the polymerized material, causing a deprotection reaction in the polymerized material to remove groups protecting the amino groups, soaking and rinsing the material to remove excess reagents and any byproducts of the deprotection reaction, and drying the material to produce the amine sorbent.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATEDInventors: Mahati Chintapalli, Stephen Meckler, Gabriel Iftime, Rahul Pandey, Mary Louie, Eugene Shin Ming Beh
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Publication number: 20220275466Abstract: A method for producing a homogenous molten composition and a fluid product is disclosed. For example, the method includes producing a first molten metal composition in an enclosed volume, contacting a hydrocarbon reactant with the first molten metal composition, decomposing the hydrocarbon reactant into at least one fluid product and carbon, forming a metal alloy from a mixture of the carbon and the first molten metal composition, and separating a homogenous second molten composition from the metal alloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Divyaraj Desai, Jessica Louis Baker Rivest, Dane Andrew Boysen, Rahul Pandey, Eugene Shin Ming Beh
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Patent number: 11207643Abstract: A method of removing carbon dioxide from an atmosphere and generating hydrogen includes capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in an alkaline capture solution, sending the alkaline capture solution to a series of electrolyzers in a CO2-rich path, wherein each electrolyzer cell raises the acidity of the input CO2-rich solution to produce an acidified CO2-rich solution, removing carbon dioxide from the acidified CO2-rich solution at a carbon dioxide removal unit operation to produce a CO2-poor solution, sending the CO2-poor solution to the series of electrolyzers in a return path, wherein each electrolyzer raises the alkalinity of the return CO2-poor solution to produce a basified CO2-poor solution, wherein a difference in pH between the CO2-rich solution and the CO2-poor solution within each electrolyzer is less than 3, and returning the basified CO2-poor solution to the carbon dioxide capture unit operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATEDInventors: Francisco E. Torres, Eugene Shin Ming Beh, Jessica Louis Baker Rivest
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Publication number: 20210370226Abstract: A porous polymer aerogel, wherein the aerogel has greater than 5 wt % of amine containing vinyl monomers integrated into a polymer backbone. A method of fabrication of a porous polymer aerogel amine material, includes preparing a solution comprising at least a solvent, amine monomers having protected amino groups, one or more crosslinkers, one or more radical initiators, and a nitroxide mediator, removing oxygen from the solution, heating the solution to promote polymerization and to produce a polymerized material, performing solvent exchange with the polymerized material, causing a deprotection reaction in the polymerized material to remove groups protecting the amino groups, soaking and rinsing the material to remove excess reagents and any byproducts of the deprotection reaction, and drying the material to produce the amine sorbent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Mahati Chintapalli, Stephen Meckler, Gabriel Iftime, Rahul Pandey, Mary Louie, Eugene Shin Ming Beh
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Patent number: 10981114Abstract: A system has an alkaline capture stream as an input, an alkaline depleted stream as an output, a carbon dioxide removal unit operation having a return stream as an output, and a series of electrolyzers, each electrolyzer to receive a CO2-rich input stream and produce an acidified output stream that is more acidic than the CO2-rich input stream, and to receive a return stream and produce a basified output stream that is more alkaline than the input return stream. A method of removing carbon dioxide from an atmosphere and generating hydrogen includes capturing carbon dioxide from an atmosphere in an alkaline capture solution, sending the alkaline solution as a CO2-rich input solution to a series of electrolyzers in a CO2-rich path, removing carbon dioxide from the acidified CO2-rich solution at a removal unit to produce a CO2-poor solution, sending the CO2-poor solution to the series of electrolyzers in a return path, and returning the return solution to the alkaline capture stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATEDInventors: Francisco E. Torres, Eugene Shin Ming Beh, Jessica Louis Baker Rivest
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Publication number: 20210062279Abstract: A method for producing a homogenous molten composition and a fluid product is disclosed. For example, the method includes producing a first molten metal composition in an enclosed volume, contacting a hydrocarbon reactant with the first molten metal composition, decomposing the hydrocarbon reactant into at least one fluid product and carbon, forming a metal alloy from a mixture of the carbon and the first molten metal composition, and separating a homogenous second molten composition from the metal alloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Divyaraj Desai, Jessica Louis Baker Rivest, Dane Andrew Boysen, Rahul Pandey, Eugene Shin Ming Beh
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Publication number: 20200338498Abstract: A method of removing carbon dioxide from an atmosphere and generating hydrogen includes capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in an alkaline capture solution, sending the alkaline capture solution to a series of electrolyzers in a CO2-rich path, wherein each electrolyzer cell raises the acidity of the input CO2-rich solution to produce an acidified CO2-rich solution, removing carbon dioxide from the acidified CO2-rich solution at a carbon removal unit to produce a CO2-poor solution, sending the CO2-poor solution to the series of electrolyzers in a return path, wherein each electrolyzer raises the alkalinity of the return CO2-poor solution to produce a basified CO2-poor solution, wherein a difference in pH between the CO2-rich solution and the CO2-poor solution within each electrolyzer is less than 3, and returning the basified CO2-poor solution to the carbon dioxide capture unit operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: FRANCISCO E. TORRES, EUGENE SHIN MING BEH, JESSICA LOUIS BAKER RIVEST
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Publication number: 20200198975Abstract: A composition of matter includes a functionalized graphene derivative having at least one functional group bonded through a chemical linker to the graphene surface. A method includes reacting fluorographite with at least one reactant, wherein at least one reactant is one of either a di-functional or a multifunctional reactant, to produce a fluorographite derivative.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: EUGENE SHIN MING BEH, GABRIEL IFTIME, JUNHUA WEI, RAHUL PANDEY, JESSICA LOUIS BAKER RIVEST
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Publication number: 20200024494Abstract: A pair of bonded substrates having a first substrate of a first material, a second substrate of the first material, and an adhesive bonding the first substrate to the second substrate, wherein the adhesive has chemically linked compatibilizing particles compatible with the first and second substrates. A composition of matter has an adhesive having a chemically linked particle network forming a bond between a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein compatibilizing particles in the particle network are compatible with the first and second substrates. A method of joining two structures of identical materials includes preparing first and second structures to expose bare material, applying an adhesive to the bare material on the first and second structures, the adhesive containing compatibilizing particles compatible with the material and the preparing allows interaction between the material and the compatibilizing particles, and curing the adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: GABRIEL IFTIME, JESSICA LOUIS BAKER RIVEST, DAVID MATHEW JOHNSON, JUNHUA WEI, EUGENE SHIN MING BEH
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Publication number: 20190240621Abstract: A system has an alkaline capture stream as an input, an alkaline depleted stream as an output, a carbon dioxide removal unit operation having a return stream as an output, and a series of electrolyzers, each electrolyzer to receive a CO2-rich input stream and produce an acidified output stream that is more acidic than the CO2-rich input stream, and to receive a return stream and produce a basified output stream that is more alkaline than the input return stream. A method of removing carbon dioxide from an atmosphere and generating hydrogen includes capturing carbon dioxide from an atmosphere in an alkaline capture solution, sending the alkaline solution as a CO2-rich input solution to a series of electrolyzers in a CO2-rich path, removing carbon dioxide from the acidified CO2-rich solution at a removal unit to produce a CO2-poor solution, sending the CO2-poor solution to the series of electrolyzers in a return path, and returning the return solution to the alkaline capture stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: FRANCISCO E. TORRES, EUGENE SHIN MING BEH, JESSICA LOUIS BAKER RIVEST