Patents by Inventor Lynn Christine Maxwell

Lynn Christine Maxwell 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).

  • Methods for Producing Hydrocarbon Products from Bio-Oils and/or Coal-Oils
    Publication number: 20130184505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a hydrocarbon product from coal and/or biomass comprising the following steps: converting the coal to a coal-oil and/or converting the biomass to bio-oil, optionally processing the coal-oil and/or bio-oil in a hydroprocessing reaction to remove one or more of oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur from hydrocarbon compounds in the coal-oil and/or bio-oil; and using at least a portion of the coal-oil and/or bio-oil as a feedstock in a cracking reaction to convert hydrocarbon compounds in the feedstock into a mixture of smaller hydrocarbon compounds comprising the hydrocarbon product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: IGNITE ENERGY RESOURCES LIMITED
    Inventor: Lynn Christine Maxwell