Patents by Inventor Richard Joseph Higgins

Richard Joseph Higgins 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).

  • Process for combusting coke
    Patent number: 7470644
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a process for combusting coke of a coke-containing FCC catalyst in a regeneration unit of a FCC unit having the introduction of oxygen-containing gas through a gas-transport unit into the regeneration unit and combusting the coke by means of an oxygen-containing gas, in which the oxygen-containing gas is cooled in a cooling unit before it is brought in contact with the coke-containing FCC catalyst. The invention further relates to an apparatus for performing said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Jacobus Mathias Hendrikus Dirkx, Richard Joseph Higgins, Rene Samson