Patents by Inventor Guy Tourigny

Guy Tourigny 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).

  • Patent number: 7754931
    Abstract: A method is taught for producing diesel fuels of high cetane value from a triglyceride feedstock, comprising pretreating the triglyceride feedstock by thermal cracking to partially convert the triglycerides and produce a middle distillates stream, and catalytically hydrotreating the middle distillate fraction to produce high cetane value diesel fuels. A biomass-derived diesel fuel is also taught having sulphur content below 10 ppm, a cetane-value of at least 70, a cloud point below 0° C. and a pour point of less than ?4° C. A blended diesel fuel is also taught comprising 5 to 20 vol. % of the biomass-derived diesel fuel of the present invention and 80 to 95 vol. % of a petroleum diesel, based on total volume of the blended diesel fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources
    Inventors: Jacques Monnier, Michio Ikura, Guy Tourigny
  • Publication number: 20070170091
    Abstract: A method is taught for producing diesel fuels of high cetane value from a triglyceride feedstock, comprising pretreating the triglyceride feedstock by thermal cracking or rapid pyrolysis to partially convert the triglycerides and produce a middle distillates stream, and catalytically hydrotreating the middle distillate fraction to produce high cetane value diesel fuels. A biomass-derived diesel fuel is also taught having sulphur content below 10 ppm, a cetane-value of at least 70, a cloud point below 0° C. and a pour point of less than ?4° C. A blended diesel fuel is also taught comprising 5 to 20 vol. % of the biomass-derived diesel fuel of the present invention and 80 to 95 vol. % of a petroleum diesel, based on total volume of the blended diesel fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Jacques Monnier, Michio Ikura, Guy Tourigny
  • Publication number: 20070068848
    Abstract: A method is taught for producing diesel fuels of high cetane value from a triglyceride feedstock, comprising pretreating the triglyceride feedstock by thermal cracking to partially convert the triglycerides and produce a middle distillates stream, and catalytically hydrotreating the middle distillate fraction to produce high cetane value diesel fuels. A biomass-derived diesel fuel is also taught having sulphur content below 10 ppm, a cetane-value of at least 70, a cloud point below 0° C. and a pour point of less than ?4° C. A blended diesel fuel is also taught comprising 5 to 20 vol. % of the biomass-derived diesel fuel of the present invention and 80 to 95 vol. % of a petroleum diesel, based on total volume of the blended diesel fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Jacques Monnier, Michio Ikura, Guy Tourigny
  • Patent number: 5705722
    Abstract: A process is described for producing additives for diesel fuels having high cetane numbers and serving as fuel ignition improvers. In the process, biomass feedstock selected from (a) tall oil containing less than 0.5 wt % ash, less than 25 wt % unsaponifiables, up to 50 wt % diterpenic acids and 30 to 60 wt % unsaturated fatty acids, (b) wood oils from the pulping of hardwood species, (c) animal fats and (d) blends of said tall oil with plant or vegetable oil containing substantial amounts of unsaturated fatty acids or animal fats, is subjected to hydroprocessing by contacting the feedstock with gaseous hydrogen under hydroprocessing conditions in the presence of a hydroprocessing catalyst to obtain a product mixture. This product mixture is then separated and fractionated to obtain a hydrocarbon product boiling in the diesel fuel boiling range, this product being the high cetane number additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Natural Resources Canada
    Inventors: Jacques Monnier, Guy Tourigny, Douglas W. Soveran, Alfred Wong, Edmund N. Hogan, Mark Stumborg
  • Patent number: 5208026
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a novel bioherbicide and its use to control Plantago major plantain. More specifically, the invention is concerned with Colletotrichum sp. G1 having the identifying characteristics of culture deposit No. ATCC 20980. The present invention is also concerned with a method for suppressing growth of plants of plantain in turfed and agricultural areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning
    Inventors: Alan K. Watson, Guy Tourigny, Richard S. Winder
  • Patent number: 4990499
    Abstract: 5-alkoxymethyl-2'-deoxycytidines, particularly 5-methoxymethyl-2'-deoxycytidine, are useful in the treatment of infections caused by Herpes simplex virus and the treatment of neoplasms in which Herpes simplex virus is implicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1991
    Assignee: University of Saskatchewan
    Inventors: Vidya S. Gupta, Guy Tourigny, Philip J. Aduma, Allan L. Stuart