Patents by Inventor James S. Meyer

James S. Meyer 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).

  • Rapid hydropyrolysis of carbonaceous solids
    Patent number: 4326944
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for recovering liquids and gases by a rapid hydropyrolysis of carbonaceous solids which comprises subjecting the carbonaceous material in a stream of carrier gas to a first pressure and a first temperature below the decomposition temperature of the carbonaceous material; reducing substantially in a single step the pressure on the stream of carbonaceous material from the first pressure to a second pressure, the ratio of the first pressure to the second pressure being at least 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1982
    Assignee: Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
    Inventors: James S. Meyer, Ken K. Robinson, John M. Forgac, David F. Tatterson