Patents by Inventor Marianna F. Asaro

Marianna F. Asaro 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: 8202350
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a method and apparatus for reversibly sorbing a target gas. In one embodiment, an apparatus for reversibly sorbing a target gas is disclosed. The apparatus includes an inlet, a multi-channel monolith coupled to the inlet, the multi-channel monolith including a plurality of channels, each one of the plurality of channels includes one or more walls, wherein at least one of the one or more walls of at least one of the plurality of channels is porous and wherein one or more of the plurality of channels contain a sorbent and an outlet coupled to the multi-channel monolith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Marianna F. Asaro, Yigal Blum
  • Publication number: 20100326272
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a method and apparatus for reversibly sorbing a target gas. In one embodiment, an apparatus for reversibly sorbing a target gas is disclosed. The apparatus includes an inlet, a multi-channel monolith coupled to the inlet, the multi-channel monolith including a plurality of channels, each one of the plurality of channels includes one or more walls, wherein at least one of the one or more walls of at least one of the plurality of channels is porous and wherein one or more of the plurality of channels contain a sorbent and an outlet coupled to the multi-channel monolith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: MARIANNA F. ASARO, Yigal Blum
  • Publication number: 20090143632
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention relates generally to a method for separating olefins from paraffins. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a mixture comprising olefins and paraffins, providing a gas separation agent to associatively, reversibly and selectively bind the olefin and dissociating the olefin from the gas separation agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventor: Marianna F. Asaro
  • Patent number: 6635793
    Abstract: A process is provided for use in the conversion of alkanes into alkylene oxides, having particular utility in the conversion of propane to form propylene oxide, using a lanthanide-promoted, supported, silver catalyst prepared via precipitation. A preferred embodiment uses silver nitrate and lanthanum nitrate to form the catalyst on a BaCO3 support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Guido Mul, Marianna F. Asaro, Albert S. Hirschon, Robert B. Wilson, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20030130552
    Abstract: A process is provided for use in the conversion of alkanes into alkylene oxides, having particular utility in the conversion of propane to form propylene oxide, using a lanthanide-promoted, supported, silver catalyst prepared via precipitation. A preferred embodiment uses silver nitrate and lanthanum nitrate to form the catalyst on a BaCO3 support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Guido Mul, Marianna F. Asaro, Albert S. Hirschon, Robert B. Wilson
  • Patent number: 6509485
    Abstract: A process is provided for use in the conversion of alkanes into alkylene oxides, having particular utility in the conversion of propane to form propylene oxide, using a lanthanide-promoted, supported, silver catalyst prepared via precipitation. A preferred embodiment uses silver nitrate and lanthanum nitrate to form the catalyst on a BaCO3 support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Guido Mul, Marianna F. Asaro, Albert S. Hirschon, Robert B. Wilson, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20020161249
    Abstract: A process is provided for use in the conversion of alkanes into alkylene oxides, having particular utility in the conversion of propane to form propylene oxide, using a lanthanide-promoted, supported, silver catalyst prepared via precipitation. A preferred embodiment uses silver nitrate and lanthanum nitrate to form the catalyst on a BaCO3 support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Guido Mul, Marianna F. Asaro, Albert S. Hirschon, Robert B. Wilson
  • Patent number: 6392066
    Abstract: A process is provided for use in the epoxidation of olefins, having particular utility in the epoxidation of propylene to form propylene oxide, using a lanthanide-promoted, supported, silver catalyst prepared via precipitation. A preferred embodiment uses silver nitrate and lanthanum nitrate to form the catalyst on a BaCO3 support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Guido Mul, Marianna F. Asaro, Albert S. Hirschon, Robert B. Wilson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5744685
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for the separation and recovery of an unsaturated hydrocarbon from its mixture with at least one other material by the selective and reversible complexation of the unsaturated hydrocarbon using a single cubane-type cluster of palladium, molybdenum and sulfur as a complexation agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Robert B. Wilson, Jr., Karen Meyer, Marianna F. Asaro