Patents by Inventor Phillippe Adam

Phillippe Adam 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: 6712973
    Abstract: A process for separating at least one component of a mixture in a set of closed-loop chromatographic columns is described, whereby the loop comprises at least one feedstock injection point, a raffinate draw-off point, an eluant injection point, and an extract draw-off point, in which a determination is made between an injection point and a draw-off point or vice-versa a chromatographic zone, and at the end of a given period of time, all of the injection points and draw-off points are shifted by the same number of columns or column sections and advantageously by one column or column section in a given direction that is defined relative to that of the flow of a main fluid that circulates through the loop. During the period, the shifting of different injection points and draw-off points of at least one column or column section is done at different times in such a way that the lengths of the zones that are defined by said different points are variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignees: Institut Francais du Petrole, Novasep
    Inventors: Phillippe Adam, Roger Marc Nicoud, Michel Bailly, Olivier Ludemann-Hombourger
  • Publication number: 20020174769
    Abstract: A process for separating at least one component of a mixture in a set of closed-loop chromatographic columns is described, whereby the loop comprises at least one feedstock injection point, a raffinate draw-off point, an eluant injection point, and an extract draw-off point, in which a determination is made between an injection point and a draw-off point or vice-versa a chromatographic zone, and at the end of a given period of time, all of the injection points and draw-off points are shifted by the same number of columns or column sections and advantageously by one column or column section in a given direction that is defined relative to that of the flow of a main fluid that circulates through the loop. During the period, the shifting of different injection points and draw-off points of at least one column or column section is done at different times in such a way that the lengths of the zones that are defined by said different points are variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Phillippe Adam, Roger Marc Nicoud, Michel Bailly, Olivier Ludemann-Hombourger
  • Patent number: 6413419
    Abstract: A process for separating at least one component of a mixture in a set of closed-loop chromatographic columns is described, whereby the loop comprises at least one feedstock injection point, a raffinate draw-off point, an eluant injection point, and an extract draw-off point, in which a determination is made between an injection point and a draw-off point or vice-versa a chromatographic zone, and at the end of a given period of time, all of the injection points and draw-off points are shifted by the same number of columns or column sections and advantageously by one column or column section in a given direction that is defined relative to that of the flow of a main fluid that circulates through the loop. During the period, the shifting of different injection points and draw-off points of at least one column or column section is done at different times in such a way that the lengths of the zones that are defined by said different points are variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignees: Institut Francais du Petrole, Novasep
    Inventors: Phillippe Adam, Roger Marc Nicoud, Michel Bailly, Olivier Ludemann-Hombourger
  • Patent number: 6375839
    Abstract: A process for separating at least one component of a mixture in a set of closed-loop chromatographic columns is described, whereby the loop comprises at least one feedstock injection point, a raffinate draw-off point, an eluant injection point, and an extract draw-off point, in which a determination is made between an injection point and a draw-off point or vice-versa a chromatographic zone, and at the end of a given period of time, all of the injection points and draw-off points are shifted by the same number of columns or column sections and advantageously by one column or column section in a given direction that is defined relative to that of the flow of a main fluid that circulates through the loop. During the period, the shifting of different injection points and draw-off points of at least one column or column section is done at different times in such a way that the lengths of the zones that are defined by said different points are variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignees: Institut Francais du Petrole, Novasep
    Inventors: Phillippe Adam, Roger Marc Nicoud, Michel Bailly, Olivier Ludemann-Hombourger