Patents by Inventor Jean-François Joly

Jean-François Joly 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: 11899205
    Abstract: Described are various embodiments of a digital display device to render an image for viewing by a viewer having reduced visual acuity, the device comprising: a digital display medium for rendering the image based on pixel data related thereto; a complementary light field display portion; and a hardware processor operable on said pixel data for a selected portion of the image to be rendered via said complementary light field display portion so to produce vision-corrected pixel data corresponding thereto to at least partially address the viewer's reduced visual acuity when viewing said selected portion as rendered in accordance with said vision-corrected pixel data by said complementary light field display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: EVOLUTION OPTIKS LIMITED
    Inventors: Raul Mihali, Andre Michel Daniel Merizzi, Jean-François Joly, Joseph Ivar Etigson
  • Publication number: 20230374555
    Abstract: Device and process for the conversion of a feedstock of aromatic compounds, in which the feedstock is treated notably by means of a fractionation train (4-7), a xylene separation unit (10) and an isomerization unit (11), and in which a pyrolysis unit (13) treats a second hydrocarbon feedstock, produces a pyrolysis effluent feeding the feedstock, and produces a pyrolysis gas comprising CO, CO2 and H2; a reverse water gas shift RWGS reaction section (50) treats the pyrolysis gas and produces an RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water; a fermentation reaction section (52) treats the RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water, and produces ethanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-François JOLY, Frédéric FEUGNET
  • Patent number: 11781078
    Abstract: Device and process for converting a feedstock of aromatic compounds, in which the feedstock is notably treated using a fractionation train (4-7), a xylenes separating unit (10) and an isomerization unit (11), and in which a pyrolysis unit (13) treats a second hydrocarbon-based feedstock, produces a pyrolysis effluent feeding the feedstock, and produces a pyrolysis gas comprising CO, CO2 and H2; an RWGS reverse water gas shift reaction section (51) treats the pyrolysis gas and produces an RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water; a fermentation reaction section (52) treats the RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water and produces ethanol; and an aromatization reaction section (14) converts the ethanol into a mixture of aromatic and paraffinic compounds feeding the feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Joly, Frederic Feugnet
  • Patent number: 11702602
    Abstract: Device and process for converting a feedstock of aromatic compounds, in which the feedstock is notably treated using a fractionation train (4-7), a xylenes separating unit (10) and an isomerization unit (11), and in which a pyrolysis unit (13) treats a second hydrocarbon-based feedstock, produces a pyrolysis effluent feeding the feedstock, and produces a pyrolysis gas comprising CO, CO2 and H2; a WGS water gas shift reaction section (50) suitable for treating the pyrolysis gas and for producing a WGS gas enriched in CO2 and in hydrogen; a CO2 aromatization reaction section (52) suitable for: at least partly treating the WGS gas to produce a hydrocarbon effluent comprising aromatic compounds, and feeding the feedstock with the hydrocarbon effluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Joly, Catherine Laroche, Frederic Feugnet
  • Publication number: 20230221550
    Abstract: Described are various embodiments of a digital display device to render an image for viewing by a viewer having reduced visual acuity, the device comprising: a digital display medium for rendering the image based on pixel data related thereto; a complementary light field display portion; and a hardware processor operable on said pixel data for a selected portion of the image to be rendered via said complementary light field display portion so to produce vision-corrected pixel data corresponding thereto to at least partially address the viewer's reduced visual acuity when viewing said selected portion as rendered in accordance with said vision-corrected pixel data by said complementary light field display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Raul Mihali, Andre Michel Daniel MERIZZI, Jean-François Joly, Joseph Ivar ETIGSON
  • Patent number: 11692206
    Abstract: Device and process for the conversion of a feedstock of aromatic compounds, in which the feedstock is treated notably by means of a fractionation train (4-7), a xylene separation unit (10) and an isomerization unit (11), and in which a pyrolysis unit (13) treats a second hydrocarbon feedstock, produces a pyrolysis effluent feeding the feedstock, and produces a pyrolysis gas comprising CO, CO2 and H2; a reverse water gas shift RWGS reaction section (50) treats the pyrolysis gas and produces an RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water; a fermentation reaction section (52) treats the RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water, to produce ethanol and recycle the ethanol to the inlet of the pyrolysis unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Joly, Frederic Feugnet
  • Patent number: 11635617
    Abstract: Described are various embodiments of a digital display device to render an image for viewing by a viewer having reduced visual acuity, the device comprising: a digital display medium for rendering the image based on pixel data related thereto; a complementary light field display portion; and a hardware processor operable on said pixel data for a selected portion of the image to be rendered via said complementary light field display portion so to produce vision-corrected pixel data corresponding thereto to at least partially address the viewer's reduced visual acuity when viewing said selected portion as rendered in accordance with said vision-corrected pixel data by said complementary light field display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: EVOLUTION OPTIKS LIMITED
    Inventors: Raul Mihali, Andre Michel Daniel Merizzi, Jean-François Joly, Joseph Ivar Etigson
  • Publication number: 20220394234
    Abstract: Described are various embodiments of a digital display device comprising a light filed display operatively coupled thereto, and vision correction system and method user same. In one embodiment, a system and method are provided for implementing a viewer-specific image perception adjustment within a defined view zone (e.g. field of view zone).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph Ivar Etigson, Raul MIHALI, Jean-François JOLY
  • Patent number: 11407696
    Abstract: Apparatus and process for converting aromatic compounds, comprising/using: a fractionating train (4-7) suitable for extracting at least one benzene-comprising fraction (22), one toluene-comprising fraction (23) and one fraction (24) comprising xylenes and ethylbenzene from the feedstock (2); a xylene separating unit (10) suitable for treating the fraction comprising xylenes and ethylbenzene and producing a para-xylene-comprising extract (39) and a raffinate (40) comprising ortho-xylene, meta-xylene and ethylbenzene; an isomerizing unit (11) for treating the raffinate and producing a para-xylene-enriched isomerizate (42), which is sent to the fractionated train; and an alkylating reaction section (13) for treating at least part of the benzene-comprising fraction with an ethanol source (30) and producing an alkylation effluent (31) comprising ethylbenzene, which is sent to the isomerizing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Joly, Frederic Feugnet
  • Publication number: 20220240772
    Abstract: Described are various embodiments of a digital vision correction system to at least partially address a user's reduced visual acuity. In some embodiments, the system comprises a user mobile device and a distinct electronic display device comprising a light field display and a network interface operable to interface with the user mobile device to access a vision correction parameter therefrom. In a same or other embodiment, a digital display device is provided to render an input image for viewing by a viewer having reduced visual acuity that varies as a function of a current viewing condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Raul Mihali, Jean-François Joly, Andre Michel Daniel MERIZZI, Joseph Ivar ETIGSON
  • Publication number: 20220197023
    Abstract: Described are various embodiments of a digital display device to render an image for viewing by a viewer having reduced visual acuity, the device comprising: a digital display medium for rendering the image based on pixel data related thereto; a complementary light field display portion; and a hardware processor operable on said pixel data for a selected portion of the image to be rendered via said complementary light field display portion so to produce vision-corrected pixel data corresponding thereto to at least partially address the viewer's reduced visual acuity when viewing said selected portion as rendered in accordance with said vision-corrected pixel data by said complementary light field display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Raul Mihali, Andre Michel Daniel MERIZZI, Jean-François Joly, Joseph Ivar ETIGSON
  • Patent number: 11365362
    Abstract: A device and process for the conversion of aromatic compounds, includes/uses: a unit for the separation of the xylenes suitable for treating a cut comprising xylenes and ethylbenzene and producing an extract comprising para-xylene and a raffinate; an isomerization unit suitable for treating the raffinate and producing an isomerate enriched in para-xylene which is sent to a fractionation train; a pyrolysis unit suitable for treating biomass, producing a pyrolysis effluent feeding, at least partially, the feedstock, and producing a pyrolysis gas comprising CO and H2; a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction section suitable for treating, at least in part, the pyrolysis gas, producing a synthesis effluent sent, at least in part, to the pyrolysis unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Joly, Frederic Feugnet
  • Publication number: 20220098498
    Abstract: Device and process for converting a feedstock of aromatic compounds, in which the feedstock is notably treated using a fractionation train (4-7), a xylenes separating unit (10) and an isomerization unit (11), and in which a pyrolysis unit (13) treats a second hydrocarbon-based feedstock, produces a pyrolysis effluent feeding the feedstock, and produces a pyrolysis gas comprising CO, CO2 and H2; an RWGS reverse water gas shift reaction section (51) treats the pyrolysis gas and produces an RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water; a fermentation reaction section (52) treats the RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water and produces ethanol; and an aromatization reaction section (14) converts the ethanol into a mixture of aromatic and paraffinic compounds feeding the feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Francois JOLY, Frederic FEUGNET
  • Publication number: 20220098499
    Abstract: Device and process for converting a feedstock of aromatic compounds, in which the feedstock is notably treated using a fractionation train (4-7), a xylenes separating unit (10) and an isomerization unit (11), and in which a pyrolysis unit (13) treats a second hydrocarbon-based feedstock, produces a pyrolysis effluent feeding the feedstock, and produces a pyrolysis gas comprising CO, CO2 and H2; a WGS water gas shift reaction section (50) suitable for treating the pyrolysis gas and for producing a WGS gas enriched in CO2 and in hydrogen; a CO2 aromatization reaction section (52) suitable for: at least partly treating the WGS gas to produce a hydrocarbon effluent comprising aromatic compounds, and feeding the feedstock with the hydrocarbon effluent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Francois JOLY, Catherine LAROCHE, Frederic FEUGNET
  • Publication number: 20220098624
    Abstract: Device and process for the conversion of a feedstock of aromatic compounds, in which the feedstock is treated notably by means of a fractionation train (4-7), a xylene separation unit (10) and an isomerization unit (11), and in which a pyrolysis unit (13) treats a second hydrocarbon feedstock, produces a pyrolysis effluent feeding the feedstock, and produces a pyrolysis gas comprising CO, CO2 and H2; a reverse water gas shift RWGS reaction section (50) treats the pyrolysis gas and produces an RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water; a fermentation reaction section (52) treats the RWGS gas enriched in CO and in water, to produce ethanol and recycle the ethanol to the inlet of the pyrolysis unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Francois JOLY, Frederic FEUGNET
  • Patent number: 11247950
    Abstract: Apparatus and process for converting aromatic compounds, comprising/using: a fractionating train (4-7) suitable for extracting at least one benzene-comprising fraction (22), one toluene-comprising fraction (23) and one fraction (24) comprising xylenes and ethylbenzene from the feedstock (2); a xylene separating unit (10) suitable for treating the fraction comprising xylenes and ethylbenzene and producing a para-xylene-comprising extract (39) and a raffinate (40) comprising ortho-xylene, meta-xylene and ethylbenzene; an isomerizing unit (11) for treating the raffinate and producing a para-xylene-enriched isomerizate (42), which is sent to the fractionating train; and an alkylating reaction section (13) for treating at least part of the benzene-comprising fraction with an ethylene source (30) and producing an alkylation effluent (31) comprising ethylbenzene, which is sent to the isomerizing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Joly, Frederic Feugnet
  • Publication number: 20220041943
    Abstract: A device and process for the conversion of aromatic compounds, includes/uses: a unit for the separation of the xylenes suitable for treating a cut comprising xylenes and ethylbenzene and producing an extract comprising para-xylene and a raffinate; an isomerization unit suitable for treating the raffinate and producing an isomerate enriched in para-xylene which is sent to a fractionation train; a pyrolysis unit suitable for treating biomass, producing a pyrolysis effluent feeding, at least partially, the feedstock, and producing a pyrolysis gas comprising CO and H2; a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction section suitable for treating, at least in part, the pyrolysis gas, producing a synthesis effluent sent, at least in part, to the pyrolysis unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jean-Francois JOLY, Frederic FEUGNET
  • Patent number: 11242301
    Abstract: The invention relates to a selective hydrogenolysis method for treating a feed rich in aromatic compounds having more than 8 carbon atoms, comprising transforming at least one alkyl group with at least two carbon atoms (ethyl, propyl, butyl, isopropyl, etc.) attached to a benzene ring into at least one methyl group. The invention also relates to the integration of the hydrogenolysis unit into an aromatic complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Alexandre Pagot, Denis Uzio, Jean-Francois Joly, Anne-Claire Dubreuil
  • Publication number: 20210179517
    Abstract: Apparatus and process for converting aromatic compounds, comprising/using: a fractionating train (4-7) suitable for extracting at least one benzene-comprising fraction (22), one toluene-comprising fraction (23) and one fraction (24) comprising xylenes and ethylbenzene from the feedstock (2); a xylene separating unit (10) suitable for treating the fraction comprising xylenes and ethylbenzene and producing a para-xylene-comprising extract (39) and a raffinate (40) comprising ortho-xylene, meta-xylene and ethylbenzene; an isomerizing unit (11) for treating the raffinate and producing a para-xylene-enriched isomerizate (42), which is sent to the fractionating train; and an alkylating reaction section (13) for treating at least part of the benzene-comprising fraction with an ethylene source (30) and producing an alkylation effluent (31) comprising ethylbenzene, which is sent to the isomerizing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Francois JOLY, Frederic FEUGNET
  • Publication number: 20210179513
    Abstract: Apparatus and process for converting aromatic compounds, comprising/using: a fractionating train (4-7) suitable for extracting at least one benzene-comprising fraction (22), one toluene-comprising fraction (23) and one fraction (24) comprising xylenes and ethylbenzene from the feedstock (2); a xylene separating unit (10) suitable for treating the fraction comprising xylenes and ethylbenzene and producing a para-xylene-comprising extract (39) and a raffinate (40) comprising ortho-xylene, meta-xylene and ethylbenzene; an isomerizing unit (11) for treating the raffinate and producing a para-xylene-enriched isomerizate (42), which is sent to the fractionated train; and an alkylating reaction section (13) for treating at least part of the benzene-comprising fraction with an ethanol source (30) and producing an alkylation effluent (31) comprising ethylbenzene, which is sent to the isomerizing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Francois JOLY, Frederic FEUGNET