Patents by Inventor Seth McConkie Washburn

Seth McConkie Washburn 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).

  • Olefin hydration process
    Patent number: 9266801
    Abstract: The invention is directed to improvements in the indirect hydration process for the production of alcohols that enable high alcohol yield by increasing ether recycle in an olefin hydration process, such as the hydration process to produce isopropyl alcohol (IPA) from propylene or the hydration process to produce sec-butyl alcohol (SBA) from butylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Morris Yarbrough, Seth McConkie Washburn, Dennis Jay Davoren, Michael Alan Better
  • System for alcohol production
    Patent number: 8829252
    Abstract: The invention concerns a system and process for alcohol production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Jay Davoren, Seth McConkie Washburn, James Oliver Meredith, Krishnan Sankaranarayanan, Bryan Amrutlal Patel, Milind Bholanath Ajinkya
  • Reverse flow reactors for propylene and aromatics production
    Patent number: 8754276
    Abstract: A reverse flow regenerative reactor having first and second zones, each having first and second ends, the first zone having a plurality of channels capable of separately conveying at least two components of a combustible gas mixture, a gas distributor configured for injecting the components of the combustible gas mixture into first zone, a combustion zone including a selective combustion catalyst disposed at or downstream of the second end of said channels for catalyzing combustion, wherein the second zone is positioned and situated to receive a combusted gas mixture. Processes usefully conducted in the reactor are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: John Scott Buchanan, Stephen Mark Davis, Frank Hershkowitz, John Slocum Coleman, Seth McConkie Washburn
  • REVERSE FLOW REACTORS FOR PROPYLENE AND AROMATICS PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20140046107
    Abstract: A reverse flow regenerative reactor having first and second zones, each having first and second ends, the first zone having a plurality of channels capable of separately conveying at least two components of a combustible gas mixture, a gas distributor configured for injecting the components of the combustible gas mixture into first zone, a combustion zone including a selective combustion catalyst disposed at or downstream of the second end of said channels for catalyzing combustion, wherein the second zone is positioned and situated to receive a combusted gas mixture. Processes usefully conducted in the reactor are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: John Scott Buchanan, Stephen Mark Davis, Frank Hershkowitz, John Slocum Coleman, Seth McConkie Washburn
  • System for Alcohol Production
    Publication number: 20130211153
    Abstract: The invention concerns a system and process for alcohol production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Exxonmobile Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Jay Davoren, Seth McConkie Washburn, James Oliver Meredith, Krishnan Sankaranarayanan, Bryan Amrutlal Patel, Milind Bholanath Ajinkya
  • Olefin Hydration Process
    Publication number: 20120172635
    Abstract: The invention is directed to improvements in the indirect hydration process for the production of alcohols that enable high alcohol yield by increasing ether recycle in an olefin hydration process, such as the hydration process to produce isopropyl alcohol (IPA) from propylene or the hydration process to produce sec-butyl alcohol (SBA) from butylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Charles Morris Yarbrough, Seth McConkie Washburn, Dennis Jay Davoren, Michael Alan Better