Patents by Inventor Sidney Shaievitz

Sidney Shaievitz 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 and apparatus for treating natural gas
    Patent number: 4004430
    Abstract: There is disclosed a process and apparatus for recovering ethane and heavier hydrocarbons from natural gas by heating the natural gas stream prior to the expansion and introduction thereof into a demethanizer operating under cryogenic conditions. Ethane and the heavier hydrocarbons are recovered from the demethanizer as well as a residual gaseous methane stream which is compressed to a pipeline receiving pressure by the work of expansion without requiring a booster compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1977
    Assignee: The Lummus Company
    Inventors: Stephen M. Solomon, Sidney Shaievitz, Louis Marshall