Patents by Inventor Jeff Braden

Jeff Braden 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: 11033877
    Abstract: Embodiments provided herein are compositions directed to porous iron oxides, which are suitable for removing hydrogen sulfide and other sulfur-containing organic contaminants from hydrocarbon streams, and in which the iron oxide component of the composition contains both maghemite and hematite phases, with maghemite forming the greater portion of these phases. In some embodiments, magnetite, aluminum oxide, alumina silicate, and a binder comprised of an organic substance are homogenized, followed by calcining which burns away the organic and converts magnetite to a mix of maghemite and hematite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Clariant international, Ltd
    Inventors: Valéria Perfeito Vicentini, Chandra Ratnasamy, Jeff Braden, Matthew R. Purcell, Marc Kemper Born, Marco Antonio Logli
  • Publication number: 20180071713
    Abstract: Embodiments provided herein are compositions directed to porous iron oxides, which are suitable for removing hydrogen sulfide and other sulfur-containing organic contaminants from hydrocarbon streams, and in which the iron oxide component of the composition contains both maghemite and hematite phases, with maghemite forming the greater portion of these phases. In some embodiments, magnetite, aluminum oxide, alumina silicate, and a binder comprised of an organic substance are homogenized, followed by calcining which burns away the organic and converts magnetite to a mix of maghemite and hematite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Valéria Perfeito Vicentini, Chandra Ratnasamy, Jeff Braden, Matthew R. Purcell, Marc Kemper Born, Marco Antonio Logli
  • Patent number: 7179766
    Abstract: The present development relates to a process for enrobing active catalytic materials with a protective coating to form pastilles, and to an apparatus for making the pastilles. The process comprises mixing an active catalyst powder with a hydrocarbon material in a low-shear jacketed blender at a temperature slightly above the congealing point of the hydrocarbon, and then making pastilles from the catalyst/hydrocarbon mixture while cooling the mixture to temperature below the congealing point of the hydrocarbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Sud-Chemie Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Wolfe, Paul D. Schneider, Robert O'Brien, X. D. Hu, Jeff Braden, Patrick McLaughlin, Joe Stack
  • Patent number: 6979663
    Abstract: The present development relates to a process for enrobing active catalytic materials with a protective coating to form pastilles, and to an apparatus for making the pastilles. The process comprises mixing an active catalyst powder with a hydrocarbon material in a low-shear jacketed blender at a temperature slightly above the congealing point of the hydrocarbon, and then making pastilles from the catalyst/hydrocarbon mixture while cooling the mixture to temperature below the congealing point of the hydrocarbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Süd-Chemie Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Wolfe, Paul D. Schneider, Robert O'Brien, X. D. Hu, Jeff Braden, Patrick McLaughlin, Joe Stack
  • Publication number: 20040157731
    Abstract: The present development relates to a process for enrobing active catalytic materials with a protective coating to form pastilles, and to an apparatus for making the pastilles. The process comprises mixing an active catalyst powder with a hydrocarbon material in a low-shear jacketed blender at a temperature slightly above the congealing point of the hydrocarbon, and then making pastilles from the catalyst/hydrocarbon mixture while cooling the mixture to temperature below the congealing point of the hydrocarbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: David C. Wolfe, Paul D. Schneider, Robert O'Brien, X.D. Hu, Jeff Braden, Patrick McLaughlin, Joe Stack
  • Publication number: 20040121901
    Abstract: The present development relates to a process for enrobing active catalytic materials with a protective coating to form pastilles, and to an apparatus for making the pastilles. The process comprises mixing an active catalyst powder with a hydrocarbon material in a low-shear jacketed blender at a temperature slightly above the congealing point of the hydrocarbon, and then making pastilles from the catalyst/hydrocarbon mixture while cooling the mixture to temperature below the congealing point of the hydrocarbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: David C. Wolfe, Paul D. Schneider, Robert O'Brien, X.D. Hu, Jeff Braden, Patrick McLaughlin, Joe Stack