Patents by Inventor John A. Kivlen

John A. Kivlen 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).

  • Cracking of hydrocarbons
    Publication number: 20030209469
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon cracking process and apparatus for recovering ethylene from hydrocarbon raw material streams. More particularly, the hydrocarbon cracking process and apparatus of this invention utilizes a furnace with a convection section and a radiant section in which the hydrocarbon feedstream is cracked by heating it to a particular temperature and then is self-quenched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: Westlake Technology Corporation
    Inventor: John A. Kivlen
  • Hydrocarbon mixture analysis
    Patent number: 4904604
    Abstract: A method and/or system for rapidly determining the average composition and characteristics of a hydrocarbon mixture comprising thermally cracking the mixture to form a gaseous product, measuring the ratios or proportions of the individual components in the gaseous product, and comparing the ratios of the components present in the gaseous products with a known property of the hydrocarbon feed mixture and obtaining the average composition and intrinsic properties of the hydrocarbon feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Inventor: John A. Kivlen