Patents by Inventor Sinh Trinh

Sinh Trinh 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).

  • Selective removal of oxygen from syngas
    Patent number: 6992112
    Abstract: The present invention is an improvement in the preparation of liquid hydrocarbons from natural gas/methane, oxygen and/or steam. In particular, the present invention relates to processes for the production of synthesis gas, reducing the oxygen concentration from the synthesis gas, and the production of liquid hydrocarbons using the oxygen reduced synthesis gas as a feedstock. More particularly, the present invention described herein identifies catalyst compositions, apparatus and methods of using such catalysts and apparatus for preparing liquid hydrocarbons via oxygen reduced synthesis gas all in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Daxiang Wang, Harold A. Wright, Beatrice C. Ortego, Sinh Trinh, Rafael Espinoza
  • Selective removal of oxygen from syngas
    Publication number: 20040198845
    Abstract: The present invention is an improvement in the preparation of liquid hydrocarbons from natural gas/methane, oxygen and/or steam. In particular, the present invention relates to processes for the production of synthesis gas, reducing the oxygen concentration from the synthesis gas, and the production of liquid hydrocarbons using the oxygen reduced synthesis gas as a feedstock. More particularly, the present invention described herein identifies catalyst compositions, apparatus and methods of using such catalysts and apparatus for preparing liquid hydrocarbons via oxygen reduced synthesis gas all in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: ConocoPhilips Company
    Inventors: Daxiang Wang, Harold A. Wright, Beatrice C. Ortego, Sinh Trinh, Rafael Espinoza
  • Selective removal of oxygen from syngas
    Patent number: 6747066
    Abstract: The present invention is an improvement in the preparation of liquid hydrocarbons from natural gas/methane, oxygen and/or steam. In particular, the present invention relates to processes for the production of synthesis gas, reducing the oxygen concentration from the synthesis gas, and the production of liquid hydrocarbons using the oxygen reduced synthesis gas as a feedstock. More particularly, the present invention described herein identifies catalyst compositions, apparatus and methods of using such catalysts and apparatus for preparing liquid hydrocarbons via oxygen reduced synthesis gas all in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Daxiang Wang, Harold A. Wright, Beatrice C. Ortego, Sinh Trinh, Rafael Espinoza