Patents by Inventor Philip J. Lenart

Philip J. Lenart 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).

  • Publication number: 20140197075
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using field enhanced separations to produce multiple fractions from a petroleum input. A liquid thermal diffusion and/or electric field separation is used to produce the fractions. The fractions can then be used to form multiple outputs that share a first feature while being different with regard to a second feature. For example, a first fraction from the plurality of fractions can have a desired value for a first property such as viscosity index. Two or more additional fractions from the plurality of fractions can then be blended together to make a blended fraction or output. The blended fraction can have a value for the first property that is substantially similar to the value for the first fraction. However, for a second property, the first fraction and the blended fraction can have distinct values. As a result, multiple output fractions can be formed that share a first feature but differ in a second feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Krista Marie Prentice, Michel Daage, Jason M. McMullan, Gregory J. DeMartin, John Stephen Szobota, Ronald M. Gould, Anastasios Ioannis Skoulidas, Hyungsik Lee, Pawel K. Peczak, Charles Lambert Baker, JR., Thomas Francis Degan, JR., Lei Zhang, X B III, Philip J. Lenart