Patents by Inventor Evan Cooper
Evan Cooper 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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Publication number: 20230252835Abstract: A system is provided that includes an event site device having a display and an imaging device. The event site device is configured to capture an image of a user's face for identification. The system further includes a server configured to associate ticketing information with an identity of the user, receive the image of the user's face from the event site device, determine the identity of the user based on facial feature information stored for the user, retrieve the ticketing information associated with the user, and transmit the ticketing information to the event site device for presentation on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: John P. Weston, Brian Stein, David Garrett, Jason Scalese, Evan Cooper, Robert Allen Walker, Austin Brian Nelson, Lonnie Hanlon, Anthony Pyros
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Patent number: 11640739Abstract: A system is provided that includes an event site device having a display and an imaging device. The event site device is configured to capture an image of a user's face for identification. The system further includes a server configured to associate ticketing information with an identity of the user, receive the image of the user's face from the event site device, determine the identity of the user based on facial feature information stored for the user, retrieve the ticketing information associated with the user, and transmit the ticketing information to the event site device for presentation on the display.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: HOSPITALITY ENGAGEMENT CORPORATIONInventors: John P. Weston, Brian Stein, David Garrett, Jason Scalese, Evan Cooper, Robert Allen Walker, Austin Brian Nelson, Lonnie Hanlon, Anthony Pyros
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Publication number: 20210074102Abstract: A system is provided that includes an event site device having a display and an imaging device. The event site device is configured to capture an image of a user's face for identification. The system further includes a server configured to associate ticketing information with an identity of the user, receive the image of the user's face from the event site device, determine the identity of the user based on facial feature information stored for the user, retrieve the ticketing information associated with the user, and transmit the ticketing information to the event site device for presentation on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: John P. Weston, Brian Stein, David Garrett, Jason Scalese, Evan Cooper, Robert Allen Walker, Austin Brian Nelson, Lonnie Hanlon, Anthony Pyros
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Patent number: 10846963Abstract: A system is provided that includes an event site device having a display and an imaging device. The event site device is configured to capture an image of a user's face for identification. The system further includes a server configured to associate ticketing information with an identity of the user, receive the image of the user's face from the event site device, determine the identity of the user based on facial feature information stored for the user, retrieve the ticketing information associated with the user, and transmit the ticketing information to the event site device for presentation on the display.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Hospitality Engagement CorporationInventors: John P. Weston, Brian Stein, David Garrett, Jason Scalese, Evan Cooper, Robert Allen Walker, Austin Brian Nelson, Lonnie Hanlon, Anthony Pyros
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Patent number: 10633962Abstract: Method and system for separation of produced water into a water fraction, a solids fraction and a hydrocarbon fraction, comprising feeding produced water into a collapsible flexible bag maintained subsea by a protection structure; operating the flexible bag at an overpressure and thereby providing a predefined geometry of the flexible bag; maintaining the produced water in the flexible bag to allow for gravitational separation of the solids fraction with a higher density than water in a lower section and optionally separation of the hydrocarbon fraction with a lower density than water in an upper section; removing the water fraction from a section above the lower section; optionally removing hydrocarbons from the upper section and replacing the flexible bag to remove the solids fraction.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignees: NOV SUBSEA PRODUCTS AS, CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.Inventors: Eirik Bjerve Sund, Jan-Otto Reimers, Gudmund Roger Totland, Christopher John Kalli, Russell Evan Cooper
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Patent number: 10179879Abstract: A method is provided for recovering mercury from a crude oil into an alkaline ammonium sulfide contacting solution. Soluble mercury complexes in the contacting solution are converted to particulate mercury. The particulate mercury can be recovered by filtering, and the ammonium sulfide in the contacting solution recycled to the aqueous contacting solution.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Dennis John O'Rear, Russell Evan Cooper, Shabbir Husain
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Patent number: 10179880Abstract: Particulate mercury, in the form of metacinnabar, is removed from crude oil by thermally treating the crude oil at temperatures in a range from 150° C. to 350° C. and at a pressure sufficient to limit the amount of crude vaporizing to no more than 10 wt. %. In the thermal treatment, the particulate mercury is converted into elemental mercury, which can be removed by directly adsorption from the crude onto a support. In one embodiment, the elemental mercury can be removed by stripping the crude with a gas, and then adsorbing the mercury onto a support. The crude oil can be optionally treated prior to stabilization and contains 0.1 wt. % or more of C4-hydrocarbons. Following the thermal treatment, the treated crude is cooled and the pressure is reduced. The C4-hydrocarbons then vaporize from the crude and carry the elemental mercury with them. The elemental mercury in this hydrocarbon gas stream may then be removed by a solid adsorbent.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Dennis John O'Rear, Russell Evan Cooper
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Publication number: 20180350171Abstract: A system is provided that includes an event site device having a display and an imaging device. The event site device is configured to capture an image of a user's face for identification. The system further includes a server configured to associate ticketing information with an identity of the user, receive the image of the user's face from the event site device, determine the identity of the user based on facial feature information stored for the user, retrieve the ticketing information associated with the user, and transmit the ticketing information to the event site device for presentation on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: JOHN P. WESTON, BRIAN STEIN, DAVID GARRETT, JASON SCALESE, EVAN COOPER, ROBERT ALLEN WALKER, AUSTIN BRIAN NELSON, LONNIE HANLON, ANTHONY PYROS
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Publication number: 20180251688Abstract: Particulate mercury is removed from crude oil by thermally treating the crude oil or condensate at temperatures in a range from 150° C. to 350° C. and at a sufficient pressure with subsequent cooling under maintenance of pressure to provide irreversible conversion to elemental mercury, which may be preferentially removed in a mercury removal unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Dennis John O'Rear, Russell Evan Cooper, Daniel Chinn, Tapan K. Das
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Patent number: 9926775Abstract: A predictive tool is provided for estimating the mercury content of hydrocarbons to be produced from a wellbore in a newly investigated subterranean hydrocarbon producing formation based on the mercury content of an inorganic sample recovered from the wellbore. The mercaptans content of liquid hydrocarbons and/or the hydrogen sulfide content of natural gas produced from the formation may also be used to enhance the prediction. Based on the predicted value, a mercury mitigation treatment may be provided to mitigate the mercury content of hydrocarbons produced from the formation.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Dennis John O'Rear, Russell Evan Cooper, Wei Wang, Sujin Yean
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Patent number: 9901863Abstract: A process and system for separating CO2 from a flue gas stream is disclosed. The process involves (a) contacting a flue gas stream containing water vapor and CO2 with an ionic absorbent under absorption conditions to absorb at least a portion of the CO2 from the flue gas stream and form a CO2-absorbent complex; wherein the ionic absorbent comprises a cation and an anion comprising an amine moiety; and (b) recovering a gaseous product having a reduced CO2 content.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignees: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., University of South AlabamaInventors: Daniel Chinn, Russell Evan Cooper, Zunqing He, James H. Davis, Jr., Kevin N. West, Hye Kyung Timken, Michael S. Driver
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Patent number: 9751044Abstract: An aqueous ionic absorbent solution is disclosed containing (a) about 15 wt. % to about 80 wt. % of one or more diluents, based on the total weight of the aqueous ionic absorbent solution; and (b) an ionic absorbent containing a cation and an anion comprising an amine moiety.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignees: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., University of South AlabamaInventors: Daniel Chinn, Rusell Evan Cooper, Zunqing He, James H. Davis, Jr., Kevin N. West, Hye Kyung Timken, Michael S. Driver
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Patent number: 9523043Abstract: Mercury in distilled products from a distillation column is removed and extracted as soluble mercury compounds with the injection of a complexing agent into the overhead sections of the column. Examples of complexing agents include polysulfides such as sodium polysulfide or ammonium polysulfide. In one embodiment, the complexing agent is injected into the inlet pipe just before the overhead condenser, converting the volatile elemental mercury into a species that is soluble in the sour water stream that collected in the overhead sections.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Dennis John O'Rear, Russell Evan Cooper
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Publication number: 20160319652Abstract: A subsea storage unit (SSU) with a flexible bag (flexible bladder or expandable skin) is used for produced water storage. The use of the SSU allows the solids to settle out in the storage vessel that would otherwise have settled out and accumulated on underwater surfaces, removal of hydrocarbons and the smoothing out of variations in water quality resulting from process upsets. Solids that remain in suspension and exit the SSU will then disperse without any appreciable settlement to be completely dispersed. Accumulated solids can be retrieved with the expandable skin, which can then be replaced for continued service.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Christopher John Kalli, Russell Evan Cooper
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Patent number: 9447674Abstract: Methods and systems relate to the in-situ removal of heavy metals such as mercury, arsenic, etc., from produced fluids such as gases and crudes from a subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formation. A sufficient amount of a fixing agent is injected into formation with a dilution fluid. The fixing agent reacts with the heavy metals forming precipitate, or is extracted heavy metals into the dilution fluid as soluble complexes. In one embodiment, the heavy metal precipitates remain in the formation. After the recovery of the produced fluid, the dilution fluid containing the heavy metal complexes is separated from the produced fluid, generating a treated produced fluid having a reduced concentration of heavy metals. In one embodiment, the dilution fluid is water, and the wastewater containing the heavy metal complexes after recovery can be recycled by injection into a reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Sujin Yean, Darrell Lynn Gallup, Lyman Arnold Young, Russell Evan Cooper, Matthew Bernard Zielinski, Mark Anthony Emanuele, Brian Christopher Llewellyn, Dennis John O'Rear
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Patent number: 9447675Abstract: Methods and systems relate to the in-situ removal of heavy metals such as mercury, arsenic, etc., from produced fluids such as gases and crudes from a subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formation. A sufficient amount of a fixing agent is injected into formation with a dilution fluid. The fixing agent reacts with the heavy metals forming precipitate, or is extracted heavy metals into the dilution fluid as soluble complexes. In one embodiment, the heavy metal precipitates remain in the formation. After the recovery of the produced fluid, the dilution fluid containing the heavy metal complexes is separated from the produced fluid, generating a treated produced fluid having a reduced concentration of heavy metals. In one embodiment, the dilution fluid is water, and the wastewater containing the heavy metal complexes after recovery can be recycled by injection into a reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Sujin Yean, Darrell Lynn Gallup, Lyman Arnold Young, Russell Evan Cooper, Matthew Bernard Zielinski, Mark Anthony Emanuele, Brian Christopher Llewellyn, Dennis John O'Rear
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Publication number: 20160251582Abstract: A method is provided for recovering mercury from a crude oil into an alkaline ammonium sulfide contacting solution. Soluble mercury complexes in the contacting solution are converted to particulate mercury. The particulate mercury can be recovered by filtering, and the ammonium sulfide in the contacting solution recycled to the aqueous contacting solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Dennis John O'Rear, Russell Evan Cooper, Shabbir Husain
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Publication number: 20160122658Abstract: Particulate mercury, in the form of metacinnabar, is removed from crude oil by thermally treating the crude oil at temperatures in a range from 150° C. to 350° C. and at a pressure sufficient to limit the amount of crude vaporizing to no more than 10 wt. %. In the thermal treatment, the particulate mercury is converted into elemental mercury, which can be removed by directly adsorption from the crude onto a support. In one embodiment, the elemental mercury can be removed by stripping the crude with a gas, and then adsorbing the mercury onto a support. The crude oil can be optionally treated prior to stabilization and contains 0.1 wt. % or more of C4-hydrocarbons. Following the thermal treatment, the treated crude is cooled and the pressure is reduced. The C4-hydrocarbons then vaporize from the crude and carry the elemental mercury with them. The elemental mercury in this hydrocarbon gas stream may then be removed by a solid adsorbent.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2015Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Dennis John O'Rear, Russell Evan Cooper
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Publication number: 20160016112Abstract: An aqueous ionic absorbent solution is disclosed containing (a) about 15 wt. % to about 80 wt. % of one or more diluents, based on the total weight of the aqueous ionic absorbent solution; and (b) an ionic absorbent containing a cation and an anion comprising an amine moiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Daniel Chinn, Rusell Evan Cooper, Zunqing He, James H. Davis, JR., Kevin N. West, Hye Kyung Timken, Michael S. Driver
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Patent number: 9234141Abstract: Oil is recovered from a mercury containing Hg-containing solids containing abradants by mixing the solids with a sulfidic compound in a molar ratio of sulfur compound to mercury from 5:1 to 5,000:1, and the sulfidic compound when dissolved in water, yields S2-, SH—, Sx2-, or SxH— anions, and optionally a solvent, forming a mixture. The mixture is then separated to recover a first phase containing treated oil in water, and a second phase containing treated abradants having a reduced concentration of mercury. In one embodiment, the treated abradants contain less than 100 ppmw mercury. The abradants are provided by removing at least a portion of a mercury-containing coating from a surface by abradant blasting, laser ablation, laser thermal desorption, and sponge jet blasting.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Dennis John O'Rear, Russell Evan Cooper, Kevin John Grice