Patents by Inventor Mark D. Cox

Mark D. Cox 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED INORGANIC CONTAMINANT REMOVAL FROM HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCK
    Publication number: 20230340340
    Abstract: Systems and methods to enhance the removal of inorganic contaminants, including metals, from hydrocarbon feedstocks at a refinery. One or more embodiments of such systems and methods may be used to provide a renewable hydrocarbon feedstock having a reduced amount of metal contaminants. The reduction of metal contaminants in the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock mitigates catalyst fouling and/or deactivation during downstream refinery processing of the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Mark D. Cox
  • Systems and methods for enhanced inorganic contaminant removal from hydrocarbon feedstock
    Patent number: 11725151
    Abstract: Systems and methods to enhance the removal of inorganic contaminants, including metals, from hydrocarbon feedstocks at a refinery. One or more embodiments of such systems and methods may be used to provide a renewable hydrocarbon feedstock having a reduced amount of metal contaminants. The reduction of metal contaminants in the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock mitigates catalyst fouling and/or deactivation during downstream refinery processing of the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
    Inventor: Mark D. Cox
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED INORGANIC CONTAMINANT REMOVAL FROM HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCK
    Publication number: 20220275290
    Abstract: Systems and methods to enhance the removal of inorganic contaminants, including metals, from hydrocarbon feedstocks at a refinery. One or more embodiments of such systems and methods may be used to provide a renewable hydrocarbon feedstock having a reduced amount of metal contaminants. The reduction of metal contaminants in the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock mitigates catalyst fouling and/or deactivation during downstream refinery processing of the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
    Inventor: Mark D. Cox
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED INORGANIC CONTAMINANT REMOVAL FROM HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCK
    Publication number: 20220195317
    Abstract: Systems and methods to enhance the removal of inorganic contaminants, including metals, from hydrocarbon feedstocks at a refinery. One or more embodiments of such systems and methods may be used to provide a renewable hydrocarbon feedstock having a reduced amount of metal contaminants. The reduction of metal contaminants in the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock mitigates catalyst fouling and/or deactivation during downstream refinery processing of the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
    Inventor: Mark D. Cox
  • Systems and methods for enhanced inorganic contaminant removal from hydrocarbon feedstock
    Patent number: 11352570
    Abstract: Systems and methods to enhance the removal of inorganic contaminants, including metals, from hydrocarbon feedstocks at a refinery. One or more embodiments of such systems and methods may be used to provide a renewable hydrocarbon feedstock having a reduced amount of metal contaminants. The reduction of metal contaminants in the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock mitigates catalyst fouling and/or deactivation during downstream refinery processing of the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
    Inventor: Mark D. Cox
  • Systems and methods for enhanced inorganic contaminant removal from hydrocarbon feedstock
    Patent number: 11306260
    Abstract: Systems and methods to enhance the removal of inorganic contaminants, including metals, from hydrocarbon feedstocks at a refinery. One or more embodiments of such systems and methods may be used to provide a renewable hydrocarbon feedstock having a reduced amount of metal contaminants. The reduction of metal contaminants in the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock mitigates catalyst fouling and/or deactivation during downstream refinery processing of the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
    Inventor: Mark D. Cox
  • Orientation control method and system for object in motion
    Patent number: 8090484
    Abstract: An object in motion has a force applied thereto at a point of application. By moving the point of application such that the distance between the object's center-of-mass and the point of application is changed, the object's orientation can be changed/adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Whorton, John W. Redmon, Jr., Mark D. Cox