Patents by Inventor Marvin L. Cadwell

Marvin L. Cadwell 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: 7358414
    Abstract: Processes and apparatus are disclosed for recovery of purified products from a fluid mixture by means of integrated perm-selective separations with purified product recovery operations. More particularly, integrated processes of the invention comprise separations by means of one or more devices using polymeric membranes coupled with recovery of purified products by means of fractional crystallization and/or selective sorption. Processes of the invention are particularly useful for recovery of a very pure aromatic isomer when processing aromatic starting materials, for example, a pure para-xylene product from liquid mixtures even containing ethylbenzene as well as the three xylene isomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Miller, Bo Chen, Craig W. Colling, George A. Huff, Jr., Marvin L. Cadwell