Patents by Inventor James Shih

James Shih 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).

  • Publication number: 20260118053
    Abstract: A natural gas liquid plant is retrofitted with a bolt-on unit that includes an absorber that is coupled to an existing demethanizer by refrigeration produced at least in part by compression and expansion of the residue gas, wherein ethane recovery can be increased to at least 99% and propane recovery is at least 99%, and where a lower ethane recovery of 96% is required, the bolt-on unit does not require the absorber, which could be optimum solution for revamping an existing facility. Contemplated configurations are especially advantageous to be used as bolt-on upgrades to existing plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: John MAK, Sabrina DEVONE, James SHIH, Curt GRAHAM
  • Patent number: 12433213
    Abstract: An offshore system for growing and harvesting seaweed. In some instances, the offshore system for growing and harvesting seaweed includes an existing non-producing offshore platform. In addition, in some instances, the offshore system for growing and harvesting seaweed includes a seaweed support system coupled to the platform and configured to support the subsea growth of seaweed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: Fluor Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip Nguyen, James Shih, Aditya Hariharan
  • Patent number: 12222158
    Abstract: A natural gas liquid plant is retrofitted with a bolt-on unit that includes an absorber that is coupled to an existing demethanizer by refrigeration produced at least in part by compression and expansion of the residue gas, wherein ethane recovery can be increased to at least 99% and propane recovery is at least 99%, and where a lower ethane recovery of 96% is required, the bolt-on unit does not require the absorber, which could be optimum solution for revamping an existing facility. Contemplated configurations are especially advantageous to be used as bolt-on upgrades to existing plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: FLUOR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Mak, Sabrina Devone, James Shih, Curt Graham
  • Publication number: 20230349633
    Abstract: A natural gas liquid plant is retrofitted with a bolt-on unit that includes an absorber that is coupled to an existing demethanizer by refrigeration produced at least in part by compression and expansion of the residue gas, wherein ethane recovery can be increased to at least 99% and propane recovery is at least 99%, and where a lower ethane recovery of 96% is required, the bolt-on unit does not require the absorber, which could be optimum solution for revamping an existing facility. Contemplated configurations are especially advantageous to be used as bolt-on upgrades to existing plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: John MAK, Sabrina DEVONE, James SHIH, Curt GRAHAM
  • Patent number: 11725879
    Abstract: A natural gas liquid plant is retrofitted with a bolt-on unit that includes an absorber that is coupled to an existing demethanizer by refrigeration produced at least in part by compression and expansion of the residue gas, wherein ethane recovery can be increased to at least 99% and propane recovery is at least 99%, and where a lower ethane recovery of 96% is required, the bolt-on unit does not require the absorber, which could be optimum solution for revamping an existing facility. Contemplated configurations are especially advantageous to be used as bolt-on upgrades to existing plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Fluor Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John Mak, Sabrina Devone, James Shih, Curt Graham
  • Publication number: 20220361427
    Abstract: An offshore system for growing and harvesting seaweed includes an existing non-producing offshore platform. In addition, the offshore system includes a seaweed support system coupled to the platform and configured to support the subsea growth of seaweed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Phillip NGUYEN, James SHIH, Aditya HARIHARAN
  • Publication number: 20210095921
    Abstract: A natural gas liquids (NGL) plant, the NGL plant comprising an absorber configured to provide an absorber overhead and an absorber bottoms, a stripper configured to produce a stripper overhead and a stripper bottoms, wherein the stripper is positioned downstream from the absorber and fluidly connected therewith such that the absorber bottoms can be introduced into the stripper, and a multi-pass heat exchanger configured to provide at least one reflux stream to the absorber, wherein the absorber and stripper are configured, in an ethane rejection arrangement, to provide the stripper overhead to a top of the absorber, and wherein the absorber and stripper are configured, in an ethane recovery arrangement, to provide the stripper overhead to a bottom of the absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Fluor Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John MAK, James SHIH, Dave SCHULTE
  • Publication number: 20200141639
    Abstract: A natural gas liquid plant is retrofitted with a bolt-on unit that includes an absorber that is coupled to an existing demethanizer by refrigeration produced at least in part by compression and expansion of the residue gas, wherein ethane recovery can be increased to at least 99% and propane recovery is at least 99%, and where a lower ethane recovery of 96% is required, the bolt-on unit does not require the absorber, which could be optimum solution for revamping an existing facility. Contemplated configurations are especially advantageous to be used as bolt-on upgrades to existing plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Fluor Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John MAK, Sabrina DEVONE, James SHIH, Curt GRAHAM
  • Publication number: 20200060365
    Abstract: A pair of waterproof and breathable sea fishing trousers having a titanium alloy heat insulation layer essentially includes: an outer layer, a breathable membrane layer, a titanium alloy heat insulation layer, and an inner layer. The titanium alloy heat insulation layer is made of titanium alloy, tin, or aluminum alloy rubber, disposed between the breathable membrane layer and the inner layer, and can reflect body heat of the user. The user's body heat is accumulated in the inner layer and is released again to the user's body to keep the user warm, thereby avoiding the fisherman's temperature loss. Besides, the pair of fishing trousers is breathable and waterproof, making the fisherman feel comfortable to wear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: James SHIH
  • Publication number: 20200008497
    Abstract: The waterborne bonding layer structure between sea fishing trouser legs and shoes or boots includes a waterproof fabric layer, a bonding layer, and a fabric layer. The waterborne bonding layer bonds the waterproof fabric layer and the fabric layer together into one body. Besides, the bonding layer includes a plurality of foaming holes, each of which is smaller than the diameter of general liquid molecules and larger than that of general gas molecule, so that when an angler wears the fishing trousers, water droplets do not infiltrate into the inside of the fishing trousers while air can pass through the forming holes, thus reducing the occurrence of dew condensation and preventing uncomfortable wet and cold caused therefrom, achieving excellent waterproof and ventilating effects, and maintaining the wearing dryness for a long time, which greatly improves the comfort of the angler when wearing the sea fishing trousers of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventor: James SHIH
  • Patent number: 6455249
    Abstract: Detection of probe fragment products of basepair mismatch cleavage indicate the presence and sequence of target DNA. Detection of the target is enhanced by amplification through recycling targets by maintaining an assay temperature between the melting point of the target/probe DNA duplex and that of the target/product complex, in the presence of an amplifier comprising ammonium acetate or an amine derivative (for example, diethylamine, piperidine or ammonium carbonate). Cleavage reduces the size of the duplex, and thus lowering its melting point. The amplifier releases the target from the complex, thereby permitting further catalysis of cleavage and effectively amplifying the signal to be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignees: National Institutes of Health, University of Maryland Baltimore
    Inventors: Ih-Chang Hsu, William E. Highsmith, Jr., James Shih