Patents by Inventor Mark Andrew Taylor

Mark Andrew Taylor 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).

  • Pinned furnace tubes
    Patent number: 10167431
    Abstract: Furnace tubes for cracking hydrocarbons that in an embodiment have a longitudinal array of pins having i) a maximum height from about 2 to about 4.8 cm; ii) a contact surface with the tube, having an area from about 0.1% to about 10% of the tube external cross section area iii) a uniform cross section along the length of the pin. (i.e., they are typically not tapered); and iv) a length to diameter ratio from about 4:1 to about 2:1 have an improved heat transfer over bare fins and reduced stress relative to a fined tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stephen Crowe, Mark Andrew Taylor
  • Pinned furnace tubes
    Patent number: 10000707
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, furnace tubes for cracking hydrocarbons having a longitudinal array of pins having i) a maximum height from 0.5-1.3 cm; ii) a contact surface with the tube, having an area from 0.1%-10% of the tube external surface area iii) a uniform cross section along the length of the pin. (i.e. they are not tapered); and iv) a length to diameter ratio from 1.5:1 to 0.5:1 have an improved heat transfer over bare fins and reduced stress relative to a fined tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stephen Crowe, Mark Andrew Taylor
  • PINNED FURNACE TUBES
    Publication number: 20170107429
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, furnace tubes for cracking hydrocarbons having a longitudinal array of pins having i) a maximum height from 0.5-1.3 cm; ii) a contact surface with the tube, having an area from 0.1%-10% of the tube external surface area iii) a uniform cross section along the length of the pin. (i.e. they are not tapered); and iv) a length to diameter ratio from 1.5:1 to 0.5:1 have an improved heat transfer over bare fins and reduced stress relative to a fined tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stephen Crowe, Mark Andrew Taylor
  • Pinned furnace tubes
    Patent number: 9540570
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, furnace tubes for cracking hydrocarbons having a longitudinal array of pins having i) a maximum height from 0.5-1.3 cm; ii) a contact surface with the tube, having an area from 0.1%-10% of the tube external surface area iii) a uniform cross section along the length of the pin. (i.e. they are not tapered); and iv) a length to diameter ratio from 1.5:1 to 0.5:1 have an improved heat transfer over bare fins and reduced stress relative to a fined tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stephen Crowe, Mark Andrew Taylor
  • PINNED FURNACE TUBES
    Publication number: 20150240168
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, furnace tubes for cracking hydrocarbons having a longitudinal array of pins having i) a maximum height from 0.5-1.3 cm; ii) a contact surface with the tube, having an area from 0.1%-10% of the tube external surface area iii) a uniform cross section along the length of the pin. (i.e. they are not tapered); and iv) a length to diameter ratio from 1.5:1 to 0.5:1 have an improved heat transfer over bare fins and reduced stress relative to a fined tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: NOVA CHEMICALS (INTERNATIONAL) S.A.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stephen Crowe, Mark Andrew Taylor
  • PINNED FURNACE TUBES
    Publication number: 20140374213
    Abstract: Furnace tubes for cracking hydrocarbons that in an embodiment have a longitudinal array of pins having i) a maximum height from about 2 to about 4.8 cm; ii) a contact surface with the tube, having an area from about 0.1% to about 10% of the tube external cross section area iii) a uniform cross section along the length of the pin. (i.e., they are typically not tapered); and iv) a length to diameter ratio from about 4:1 to about 2:1 have an improved heat transfer over bare fins and reduced stress relative to a fined tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stephen Crowe, Mark Andrew Taylor
  • Systemic gene silencing in plants
    Publication number: 20090055963
    Abstract: A novel VIGS vector is described based on pGR106. The vector includes a nucleotide silencing sequence which is homologous or complementary to a target gene of a host cell. The vector can induce gene silencing in whole plants and microplants and is also effective in the tubers of Solanum spp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Christophe Lacomme, Mark Andrew Taylor, Paul Birch
  • Blackcurrant promoters and genes
    Publication number: 20040203053
    Abstract: Promoters and a process for isolating a promoter capable of driving fruit-specific expression of DNA sequences in transgenic blackcurrant and other non-climacteric fruit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: SmithKline Beecham p.l.c.
    Inventors: Mary Rose Woodhead, Mark Andrew Taylor, Rex Michael Brennan
  • Blackcurrant promoters and genes
    Patent number: 6281409
    Abstract: Promoters capable of driving fruit-specific expression of DNA sequences in transgenic blackcurrant and other non-climacteric fruit are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham P.L.C.
    Inventors: Mary Rose Woodhead, Mark Andrew Taylor, Rex Michael Brennan
  • Blackcurrant promoters and genes
    Publication number: 20010016955
    Abstract: Promoters capable of driving fruit-specific expression of DNA sequences in transgenic blackcurrant and other non-climacteric fruit are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Applicant: SmithKline Beecham p.l.c.
    Inventors: Mary Rose Woodhead, Mark Andrew Taylor, Rex Michael Brennan