Patents by Inventor Michael Mier

Michael Mier 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: 11951190
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of radiopharmaceuticals and their use in nuclear medicine as tracers, imaging agents and for the treatment of various disease states of prostate cancer. Thus, the present invention concerns compounds that are represented by the general Formulae (Ia) or (Ib).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Matthias Eder, Klaus Kopka, Martin Schäfer, Ulrike Bauder-Wüst, Michael Eisenhut, Walter Mier, Martina Benesova
  • Patent number: 11931430
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of radiopharmaceuticals and their use in nuclear medicine as tracers, imaging agents and for the treatment of various disease states of prostate cancer. Thus, the present invention concerns compounds that are represented by the general Formulae (Ia) or (Ib).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Matthias Eder, Klaus Kopka, Martin Schäfer, Ulrike Bauder-Wüst, Michael Eisenhut, Walter Mier, Martina Benesova
  • Patent number: 9782758
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a formed catalyst can comprise: a Ge-ZSM-5 zeolite; a binder comprising silica with 1 to less than 5 wt % non-silica oxides; less than or equal to 0.1 wt % residual carbon; 0.4 to 1.5 wt % platinum; and 4.0 to 4.8 wt % Cs; wherein the weight percentages are based upon a total weight of the catalyst. In one embodiment, a method of making a formed catalyst can comprise: mixing an uncalcined Ge-ZSM-5 zeolite and a binder to form a mixture; forming the mixture into a formed zeolite; calcining the formed zeolite to result in the formed zeolite having less than or equal to 0.1 wt % of residual carbon; ion-exchanging the formed zeolite with cesium; depositing platinum on the formed zeolite; and heating the formed zeolite to result in a final catalyst; wherein the final catalyst comprises 4.0 to 4.8 wt % cesium and 0.4 to 1.5 wt % platinum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ashim Kumar Ghosh, Scott Stevenson, Meghan Simmons, Michael Mier
  • Patent number: 9446389
    Abstract: A method for forming a catalyst can comprise: heating a Ge-ZSM-5 zeolite powder at a temperature of 400 to 600° C.; ion-exchanging the heat-treated zeolite powder with an alkali metal and impregnating the heat-treated zeolite powder with noble metal; heating the ion-exchanged, impregnated zeolite powder to a temperature of 250 to 350° C.; mixing the second heat-treated zeolite powder with a solid silica binder and a colloidal silica binder to form a mixture, wherein if the solid silica has a purity of less than or equal to 66 wt % of silica oxide based on the total weight of the solid silica, then the mixture is free of an extrusion aide and the colloidal silica has a particle size of less than 20 nm as measured along a major axis; forming the mixture into a shaped body; and heating the shaped body to 100 to 350° C. to result in the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ashim Kumar Ghosh, Scott Stevenson, David Sullivan, Corina Mihut, Neeta Kulkarni, Meghann Simmons, Michael Mier
  • Publication number: 20150165424
    Abstract: A method for forming a catalyst can comprise: heating a Ge-ZSM-5 zeolite powder at a temperature of 400 to 600° C.; ion-exchanging the heat-treated zeolite powder with an alkali metal and impregnating the heat-treated zeolite powder with noble metal; heating the ion-exchanged, impregnated zeolite powder to a temperature of 250 to 350° C.; mixing the second heat-treated zeolite powder with a solid silica binder and a colloidal silica binder to form a mixture, wherein if the solid silica has a purity of less than or equal to 66 wt % of silica oxide based on the total weight of the solid silica, then the mixture is free of an extrusion aide and the colloidal silica has a particle size of less than 20 nm as measured along a major axis; forming the mixture into a shaped body; and heating the shaped body to 100 to 350° C. to result in the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Ashim Kumar Ghosh, Scott Stevenson, David Sullivan, Corina Mihut, Neeta Kulkarni, Meghann Simmons, Michael Mier
  • Publication number: 20140316179
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a formed catalyst can comprise: a Ge-ZSM-5 zeolite; a binder comprising silica with 1 to less than 5 wt % non-silica oxides; less than or equal to 0.1 wt % residual carbon; 0.4 to 1.5 wt % platinum; and 4.0 to 4.8 wt % Cs; wherein the weight percentages are based upon a total weight of the catalyst. In one embodiment, a method of making a formed catalyst can comprise: mixing an uncalcined Ge-ZSM-5 zeolite and a binder to form a mixture; forming the mixture into a formed zeolite; calcining the formed zeolite to result in the formed zeolite having less than or equal to 0.1 wt % of residual carbon; ion-exchanging the formed zeolite with cesium; depositing platinum on the formed zeolite; and heating the formed zeolite to result in a final catalyst; wherein the final catalyst comprises 4.0 to 4.8 wt % cesium and 0.4 to 1.5 wt % platinum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Ashim Kumar Ghosh, Scott Stevenson, Meghann Simmons, Michael Mier
  • Patent number: 8273931
    Abstract: The present invention is for a catalyst, a process for making the catalyst and a process for using the catalyst in aromatization of alkanes having three to five carbon atoms per molecule, such as propane, to aromatics, such as benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst is an aluminum-silicon zeolite having a silicon to aluminum atomic ratio (Si:Al) greater than 15:1, such as MFI or ZSM-5, on which germanium, aluminum and a noble metal, such as platinum, have been deposited. The catalyst may be bound with magnesia, alumina, titania, zirconia, thoria, silica, boria or mixtures thereof. The aluminum and germanium may be deposited simultaneously on the zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Stevenson, Gopalakrishnan G. Juttu, Michael Mier, Robin J. Bates, Dustin Farmer, Scott Mitchell, Alla K. Khanmamedova
  • Publication number: 20120108875
    Abstract: The present invention is for a catalyst, a process for making the catalyst and a process for using the catalyst in aromatization of alkanes having three to five carbon atoms per molecule, such as propane, to aromatics, such as benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst is an aluminum-silicon zeolite having a silicon to aluminum atomic ratio (Si:Al) greater than 15:1, such as MFI or ZSM-5, on which germanium, aluminum and a noble metal, such as platinum, have been deposited. The catalyst may be bound with magnesia, alumina, titania, zirconia, thoria, silica, boria or mixtures thereof. The aluminum and germanium may be deposited simultaneously on the zeolite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott Stevenson, Gopalakrishnan G. Juttu, Michael Mier, Robin J. Bates, Dustin Farmer, Scott Mitchell, Alla K. Khanmamedova
  • Patent number: 8119551
    Abstract: The present invention is for a catalyst, a process for making the catalyst and a process for using the catalyst in aromatization of alkanes having three to five carbon atoms per molecule, such as propane, to aromatics, such as benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst is an aluminum-silicon zeolite having a silicon to aluminum atomic ratio (Si:Al) greater than 15:1, such as MFI or ZSM-5, on which germanium, aluminum and a noble metal, such as platinum, have been deposited. The catalyst may be bound with magnesia, alumina, titania, zirconia, thoria, silica, boria or mixtures thereof. The aluminum and germanium may be deposited simultaneously on the zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Stevenson, Gopalakrishnam G. Juttu, Michael Mier, Robin J. Bates, Dustin Farmer, Scott Mitchell, Alla K. Khanmamedova
  • Publication number: 20110172479
    Abstract: The present invention is for a catalyst, a process for making the catalyst and a process for using the catalyst in aromatization of alkanes having three to five carbon atoms per molecule, such as propane, to aromatics, such as benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst is an aluminum-silicon zeolite having a silicon to aluminum atomic ratio (Si:Al) greater than 15:1, such as MFI or ZSM-5, on which germanium, aluminum and a noble metal, such as platinum, have been deposited. The catalyst may be bound with magnesia, alumina, titania, zirconia, thoria, silica, boria or mixtures thereof. The aluminum and germanium may be deposited simultaneously on the zeolite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Stevenson, Gopalakrishnan G. Juttu, Michael Mier, Robin J. Bates, Dustin Farmer, Scott Mitchell, Alla K. Khanmamedova
  • Publication number: 20050027134
    Abstract: This invention is for a support for a silver-containing catalyst which can be used in a method of making an alkene oxide from an alkene and an oxygen-containing gas by oxidation of the alkene to the corresponding epoxide, such as propylene to propylene oxide. The support is an alkaline earth metal carbonate, such as calcium carbonate, and the shape of the support is not regular rhombohedral, cubic nor a blend of regular rhombohedral and cubic. Preferably, the shape of the support is scalenohedral, irregular rhombohedral, acicular or prismatic. The catalyst may contain optional promoters, such as potassium, chlorine, molybdenum, rhenium, tungsten, gold, thallium, yttrium, niobium, indium, barium, cobalt or cerium, and the support may contain an additional support material, such as an alkaline earth oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Patricia Hooks, David Sullivan, Michael Mier, Jaap van Hal, Xiankuan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20050027133
    Abstract: This invention is for a method of preparing a supported silver-containing catalyst for use in a process of making an alkene oxide from an alkene and an oxygen-containing gas by oxidation of the alkene to the corresponding epoxide. The catalyst contains metallic silver on a support. The catalyst may also contain small amount of compounds of metals or halides as promoters to improve selectivity, activity, conversion, stability or yield. The catalyst is prepared by forming a slurry of a silver compound, water and one or more organic compounds having at least one functional group of the formula —NX2, —OX or [(?O) (—OX)] wherein X is hydrogen or an alkyl of one to three carbon atoms, X being the same or different, and wherein at least one functional group is bound to a terminal carbon. This slurry is formed before contact with the support material to deposit silver on the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Patricia Hooks, David Sullivan, Michael Mier, Jaap van Hal, Xiankuan Zhang