Patents by Inventor Nicholas McGuire

Nicholas McGuire 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).

  • Selective catalytic reduction suspension
    Patent number: 12330141
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aqueous suspension comprising water, a source of one or more of a vanadium oxide and a tungsten oxide, and particles of an oxidic support; wherein the particles of the aqueous suspension exhibit a polymodal particle size distribution characterized by a particle size distribution curve comprising a first peak with a maximum M(I) in the range of from 0.5 micrometers to 15 micrometers and a second peak with a maximum M(II) in the range of from 1 micrometers to 40 micrometers, wherein M(I):M(II) is less than 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Edgar Viktor Huennekes, Petra Cordes, Jan Martin Becker, Ruediger Wolff, Joseph A. Patchett, Nicholas McGuire, Edith Schneider, Kevin Beard
  • Methods for conversion of ethanol to functionalized lower hydrocarbons and downstream hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 10351487
    Abstract: This application relates to the production of functionalized lower hydrocarbons and more particularly to the process of converting ethanol to functionalized lower hydrocarbons. In particular embodiments, the ethanol to functionalized lower hydrocarbon conversion is catalyzed by a ZnxZryAvQsMnwOz mixed oxide catalyst or a bifunctional heterogeneous catalyst. In particular embodiments, the ethanol to be converted is present at molar concentrations in the reactor feed equal to or exceeding 14%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: GEVO, INC
    Inventors: Jonathan O. Smith, Nicholas McGuire, Leo E. Manzer, Madeline Sjodin, Paul Starkey, Carolina Salazar
  • Lightweight munition
    Patent number: 10132602
    Abstract: A munition includes a composite case, a blast cone housed by the composite case, a grenade aft of the blast cone and housed by the composite case, a first attenuator forward of the blast cone, and a second attenuator aft of the blast cone and forward of the grenade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: AEROJET ROCKETDYNE, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas McGuire, Roderick Daebelliehn, Gregory Martin
  • LIGHTWEIGHT MUNITION
    Publication number: 20170016704
    Abstract: A munition includes a composite case, a blast cone housed by the composite case, a grenade aft of the blast cone and housed by the composite case, a first attenuator forward of the blast cone, and a second attenuator aft of the blast cone and forward of the grenade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Nicholas McGuire, Roderick Daebelliehn, Gregory Martin