Patents by Inventor Kenneth Kar

Kenneth Kar 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: 10647925
    Abstract: Fuels and/or fuel blending components can be formed from hydroprocessing of high lift deasphalted oil. The high lift deasphalting can correspond to solvent deasphalting to produce a yield of deasphalted oil of at least 50 wt %, or at least 65 wt %, or at least 75 wt %. The resulting fuels and/or fuel blending components formed by hydroprocessing of the deasphalted oil can have unexpectedly high naphthene content and/or density. Additionally or alternately, deasphalted oil generated from high lift deasphalting represents a disadvantaged feed that can be converted into a fuel and/or fuel blending components with unexpected compositions. Additionally or alternately, the resulting fuels and/or fuel blending components can have unexpectedly beneficial cold flow properties, such as cloud point, pour point, and/or freeze point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Sheryl B. Rubin-Pitel, Kenneth Kar, Kendall S. Fruchey
  • Patent number: 10550335
    Abstract: Deasphalter rock from high lift deasphalting can be combined with a flux to form a fuel oil blending component. The high lift deasphalting can correspond to solvent deasphalting to produce a yield of deasphalted oil of at least 50 wt %, or at least 65 wt %, or at least 75 wt %. The feed used for the solvent deasphalting can be a resid-containing feed. The resulting fuel oil blendstock made by fluxing of high lift deasphalter rock can have unexpectedly beneficial properties when used as a blendstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Sheryl B. Rubin-Pitel, Kenneth Kar, Kendall S. Fruchey
  • Publication number: 20170183571
    Abstract: Deasphalter rock from high lift deasphalting can be combined with a flux to form a fuel oil blending component. The high lift deasphalting can correspond to solvent deasphalting to produce a yield of deasphalted oil of at least 50 wt %, or at least 65 wt %, or at least 75 wt %. The feed used for the solvent deasphalting can be a resid-containing feed. The resulting fuel oil blendstock made by fluxing of high lift deasphalter rock can have unexpectedly beneficial properties when used as a blendstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Sheryl B. Rubin-Pitel, Kenneth KAR, Kendall S. Fruchey
  • Publication number: 20170183575
    Abstract: Fuels and/or fuel blending components can be formed from hydroprocessing of high lift deasphalted oil. The high lift deasphalting can correspond to solvent deasphalting to produce a yield of deasphalted oil of at least 50 wt %, or at least 65 wt %, or at least 75 wt %. The resulting fuels and/or fuel blending components formed by hydroprocessing of the deasphalted oil can have unexpectedly high naphthene content and/or density. Additionally or alternately, deasphalted oil generated from high lift deasphalting represents a disadvantaged feed that can be converted into a fuel and/or fuel blending components with unexpected compositions. Additionally or alternately, the resulting fuels and/or fuel blending components can have unexpectedly beneficial cold flow properties, such as cloud point, pour point, and/or freeze point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Sheryl B. Rubin-Pitel, Kenneth KAR, Kendall S. Fruchey
  • Patent number: 8589084
    Abstract: Ethanol emissions from a direct ignition spark ignition are measured using mass spectrometry. The method exploits specific fragment ions from ethanol. Ethanol contributes ions of mass number 31, and no other gas species produces ions at this mass number. The method and a device for implementing the method can be used for online detection of ethanol in emissions from engines burning E85 or other ethanol/gasoline mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kenneth Kar, Wai K. Cheng
  • Publication number: 20120089343
    Abstract: Ethanol emissions from a direct ignition spark ignition are measured using mass spectrometry. The method exploits specific fragment ions from ethanol. Ethanol contributes ions of mass number 31, and no other gas species produces ions at this mass number. The method and a device for implementing the method can be used for online detection of ethanol in emissions from engines burning E85 or other ethanol/gasoline mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Kenneth Kar, Wai K. Cheng
  • Patent number: 7160970
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for preparing multi-functional emulsion polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Marianne Patricia Creamer, Lester William Greene, Jr., Ari Kenneth Kar, Miao Wang
  • Publication number: 20040258648
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to multi-functional emulsion polymers for modifying hair, said polymers having an excellent balance of humidity resistance versus water sensitivity, polymers having good color stability, good water stabilities, polymers that are non-flaking after application, and polymers that are compatible with certain thickeners, providing clear, non-hazy formulations having stable viscosities over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Marianne Patricia Creamer, Lester William Greene, Ari Kenneth Kar, Miao Wang