Patents by Inventor Ranier Kolb

Ranier Kolb 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: 20250346819
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for integration of polymeric waste co-processing in cokers to produce circular chemical products from coker gas oil, including a method of producing circular chemical products comprising: providing a coker gas oil that is at least partially derived from polymeric waste, wherein the coker gas oil has a paraffin content of about 5 wt % to about 50 wt %, a sulfur content of about 0.1 wt % to about 7 wt %, and a halide content of about 0.1 wppm to about 5 wppm; and converting the coker gas oil into at least a polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2025
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Inventors: Bryan A. Patel, Brenda A. Raich, Steven M. Slack, Derrick B. Callander, Eric M. Yucha, Fritz A. Bernatz, Ranier Kolb, Alex S. Kolb
  • Publication number: 20160038929
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of regenerating an at least partially deactivated catalyst, preferably an aromatic alkylation or transalkylation catalyst, comprising a molecular sieve. The method comprises the step of contacting the deactivated catalyst with an ozone-containing gas, preferably at a temperature of about 50° C. to about 250° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Ranier Kolb, Terry E. Helton, Allen W. Burton, Karl G. Strohmaier, Matthew J. Vincent, Chunshe J. Cao, Dominick A. Zurlo