Patents by Inventor Nathan Bower
Nathan Bower 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).
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Patent number: 10033772Abstract: There are provided collaborative project management systems and method. Such a system includes a hardware processor, and a system memory having stored therein a collaboration module including a master project application corresponding to a collaborative project, a visual effects application, and a multi-user collaborator application. The hardware processor is configured to execute the collaboration module to process a change data corresponding to an update to the collaborative project, assign control of the master project application to the visual effects application, transform the change data into a visual effect, and produce a modification to the master project application based on the visual effect. The hardware processor is also configured to execute the collaboration module to transfer control of the master project application to the multi-user collaborator application, and to provide a master change data for updating user applications utilized by respective remote users, based on the modification.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Brendan P. Sherlock, Mangesh Pimpalkar, Nathan Bowers, Maged Boctor
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Publication number: 20170078342Abstract: There are provided collaborative project management systems and method. Such a system includes a hardware processor, and a system memory having stored therein a collaboration module including a master project application corresponding to a collaborative project, a visual effects application, and a multi-user collaborator application. The hardware processor is configured to execute the collaboration module to process a change data corresponding to an update to the collaborative project, assign control of the master project application to the visual effects application, transform the change data into a visual effect, and produce a modification to the master project application based on the visual effect. The hardware processor is also configured to execute the collaboration module to transfer control of the master project application to the multi-user collaborator application, and to provide a master change data for updating user applications utilized by respective remote users, based on the modification.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Brendan P. Sherlock, Mangesh Pimpalkar, Nathan Bowers, Maged Boctor
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Patent number: 9328044Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention is to a process for purifying a crude ethanol product. The process comprises the step of hydrogenating acetic acid in a reactor in the presence of a catalyst to form the crude ethanol product. The process further comprises the step of separating at least a portion of the crude ethanol product in a purification zone. The purification zone preferably comprises a first column, which yields a first distillate comprising ethanol, water and ethyl acetate, and a first residue comprising acetic acid. The at least a portion of the crude ethanol product has a residence time from the reactor to the purification zone from 5 minutes to 5 days.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Trinity Horton Hale, Radmila Wollrab, Victor J. Johnston, Tianshu Pan, R. Jay Warner, Heiko Weiner, Nathan Bower, Josefina T. Chapman, Gerald Grusendorf
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Patent number: 8754267Abstract: Purifying and/or recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of crude ethanol mixture are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and remove impurities. In particular, light ends are separated in an acetaldehyde removal column operating at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure to recover acetaldehyde that may be returned to the reactor and reduce acetaldehyde concentrations in an ethyl acetate stream.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Celanese International CorporationInventors: R. Jay Warner, Heiko Weiner, Nathan Bower, Josefina T. Chapman, Gerald Grusendorf, Radmila Jevtic, Victor J. Johnston
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Patent number: 8704014Abstract: Purifying and/or recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of crude ethanol mixture are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and remove impurities. In addition, the process involves returning acetaldehyde separated from the crude ethanol product to the reactor.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Celansese International CorporationInventors: Radmila Wollrab, Nathan Bower, Josefina T. Chapman, Gerald Grusendorf, Victor J. Johnston, Lincoln Sarager, R. Jay Warner, Heiko Weiner
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Publication number: 20140046100Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention is to a process for purifying a crude ethanol product. The process comprises the step of hydrogenating acetic acid in a reactor in the presence of a catalyst to form the crude ethanol product. The process further comprises the step of separating at least a portion of the crude ethanol product in a purification zone. The purification zone preferably comprises a first column, which yields a first distillate comprising ethanol, water and ethyl acetate, and a first residue comprising acetic acid. The at least a portion of the crude ethanol product has a residence time from the reactor to the purification zone from 5 minutes to 5 days.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Celanese International CorporationInventors: Trinity Horton Hale, Radmila Wollrab, Victor J. Johnston, Tianshu Pan, R. Jay Warner, Heiko Weiner, Nathan Bower, Josefina T. Chapman, Gerald Grusendorf
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Patent number: 8552224Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention is to a process for purifying a crude ethanol product. The process comprises the step of hydrogenating acetic acid in a reactor in the presence of a catalyst to form the crude ethanol product. The process further comprises the step of separating at least a portion of the crude ethanol product in a purification zone. The purification zone preferably comprises a first column, which yields a first distillate comprising ethanol, water and ethyl acetate, and a first residue comprising acetic acid. The at least a portion of the crude ethanol product has a residence time from the reactor to the purification zone from 5 minutes to 5 days.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Celanese International CorporationInventors: Trinity Horton, Radmila Jevtic, Victor J. Johnston, Tianshu Pan, R. Jay Warner, Heiko Weiner, Nathan Bower, Josefina T. Chapman, Gerald Grusendorf
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Publication number: 20130046113Abstract: Purifying and/or recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of crude ethanol mixture are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and remove impurities. In addition, the process involves returning acetaldehyde separated from the crude ethanol product to the reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Radmila Wollrab, Nathan Bower, Josefina T. Chapman, Gerald Grusendorf, Victor J. Johnston, Lincoln Sarager, R. Jay Warner, Heiko Weiner
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Patent number: 8318988Abstract: Recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of the crude ethanol products are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and remove acetal impurities.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Celanese International CorporationInventors: Victor J. Johnston, Josefina T. Chapman, Radmila Jevtic, Heiko Weiner, Tianshu Pan, R. Jay Warner, Gerald Grusendorf, Nathan Bower, Lincoln M. Sarager
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Patent number: 8304586Abstract: Purifying and/or recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of crude ethanol mixture are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and remove impurities. In addition, the process involves returning acetaldehyde separated from the crude ethanol product to the reactor.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Celanese International CorporationInventors: Radmila Jevtic, Victor J. Johnston, R. Jay Warner, Heiko Weiner, Nathan Bower, Josefina T. Chapman, Gerald Grusendorf
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Publication number: 20110275865Abstract: Purifying and/or recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of crude ethanol mixture are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and remove impurities. In particular, light ends are separated in an acetaldehyde removal column operating at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure to recover acetaldehyde that may be returned to the reactor and reduce acetaldehyde concentrations in an ethyl acetate stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: R. Jay Warner, Heiko Weiner, Nathan Bower, Josefina T. Chapman, Gerald Grusendorf, Radmila Jevtic, Victor J. Johnston
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Publication number: 20110275863Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention is to a process for purifying a crude ethanol product. The process comprises the step of hydrogenating acetic acid in a reactor in the presence of a catalyst to form the crude ethanol product. The process further comprises the step of separating at least a portion of the crude ethanol product in a purification zone. The purification zone preferably comprises a first column, which yields a first distillate comprising ethanol, water and ethyl acetate, and a first residue comprising acetic acid. The at least a portion of the crude ethanol product has a residence time from the reactor to the purification zone from 5 minutes to 5 days.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2010Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: Celanese International CorporationInventors: Trinity Horton, Radmila Jevtic, Victor J. Johnston, Tianshu Pan, R. Jay Warner, Heiko Weiner, Nathan Bower, Josefina T. Chapman, Gerald Grusendorf
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Publication number: 20110275862Abstract: Recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of the crude ethanol products are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and remove acetal impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2010Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: Celanese International CorporationInventors: Victor J. Johnston, Josefina T. Chapman, Radmila Jevtic, Heiko Weiner, Tianshu Pan, R. Jay Warner, Gerald Grusendorf, Nathan Bower, Lincoln M. Sarager
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Publication number: 20110190548Abstract: Purifying and/or recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of crude ethanol mixture are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and remove impurities. In addition, the process involves returning acetaldehyde separated from the crude ethanol product to the reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2010Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Radmila Jevtic, Victor J. Johnston, R. Jay Warner, Heiko Weiner, Nathan Bower, Josefina Chapman, Gerald Grusendorf
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Publication number: 20060010374Abstract: Systems and methods for defining at least one visual-display characteristic of at least one user-interface control are disclosed. In accordance with various embodiments of the invention, a dialog template specifies at least one style selector for the at least one user-interface control. A transformation module extracts the at least one style selector from the dialog template. A style sheet defines at least one visual-display-characteristic value that is applicable to the at least one user-interface control and that is associated with the at least one style selector. A style sheet-parsing engine uses the at least one style selector to retrieve the at least one visual-display-characteristic value from the style sheet. And a user-interface-control-drawing module draws the at least one user-interface control in accordance with the at least one visual-display-characteristic value retrieved by the style sheet-parsing engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2004Publication date: January 12, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Robert Corrington, Song Zou, Kathryn Rasmussen, Thomas Layson, Gamage Viriththamulla, Derek Westcott, Diane Shambaugh, Jalayne Boni, Seung Yang, Paul Cutsinger, Robert Rugge, Douglas Koenig, Nathan Bower, Mun Leong