Patents by Inventor Stephan Peitz

Stephan Peitz 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).

  • Patent number: 11186782
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst for a process for removing mercaptans and optionally disulfides (if present) from hydrocarbon streams, in particular C4 streams, in the presence of higher dienes, in particular C5 dienes. At the same time, the invention also relates to a process for removing mercaptans and disulfides (if present) from hydrocarbon streams, in particular C4 streams, in one embodiment in the presence of 1-butene, by thioetherification of the mercaptans with polyunsaturated hydrocarbons, wherein the process is carried out in a reactor with addition of hydrogen in the presence of higher dienes, in particular C5 dienes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Peitz, Helene Reeker, Reiner Bukohl, Thomas Quandt, Stefan Röder, Armin Matthias Rix, Andreas Wolff, Guido Stochniol
  • Patent number: 11021417
    Abstract: A process is useful for the oligomerization of short-chain olefins in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is kept in a dry atmosphere prior to being used in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Peitz, Guido Stochniol, Reiner Bukohl
  • Patent number: 10987664
    Abstract: A process for preparing an oligomerization catalyst is based on using nickel aluminosilicate that has high activity and selectivity coupled with adequate service life in the heterogeneously catalysed oligomerization of C3 to C6 olefins or olefin-containing feed mixtures based thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Wladimir Reschetilowski, Felix Alscher, Henrik Frenzel, Ekaterina Borovinskaya, Cornelia Breitkopf, Fabian Nadolny, Guido Stochniol, Stephan Peitz, Robert Franke
  • Publication number: 20210053892
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for oligomerization of C2- to C8-olefins in at least two reaction stages, wherein in the last distillation column the reaction mixture is fractionated such that only very small amounts of the reactant olefins and the analogous alkanes remain in the bottom of the distillation column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Peitz, Guido Stochniol, Armin Matthias Rix, Niklas Paul, Tatina Valèrie Six
  • Publication number: 20210053891
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for oligomerization of C2- to C8-olefins in at least two reaction stages, wherein in the last distillation column the reaction mixture is fractionated such that only very small amounts of the oligomers formed remain in the distillate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Peitz, Guido Stochniol, Armin Matthias Rix, Niklas Paul, Tatina Valèrie Six
  • Patent number: 10909331
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an electronic device to train a machine-learning translation system are described. In one process, a first set of training data is obtained. The first set of training data includes at least one payload in a first language and a translation of the at least one payload in a second language. The process further includes obtaining one or more templates for adapting the at least one payload; adapting the at least one payload using the one or more templates to generate at least one adapted payload formulated as a translation request; generating a second set of training data based on the at least one adapted payload; and training the machine-learning translation system using the second set of training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Peitz, Udhyakumar Nallasamy, Matthias Paulik, Yun Tang
  • Patent number: 10882027
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing an oligomerization catalyst comprising nickel oxide and a silicon-alumina support material, wherein the silica-alumina support material is in the ammonium form. The present invention further relates to a process for oligomerization of C3- to C6-olefins using the oligomerization catalyst produced according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Fabian Nadolny, Stephan Peitz, Guido Stochniol, Robert Franke, Thomas Quandt
  • Patent number: 10882926
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a catalyst composition for the oligomerization of ethylene and a respective catalyst composition pre-formation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Anina Wohl, Wolfgang Muller, Heinz Bolt, Andreas Meiswinkel, Uwe Rosenthal, Bernd Muller, Normen Peulecke, Christian Thaller, Marco Harff, Stephan Peitz, Fuad Mosa, Mohammed H. Al-Hazmi, Shahid Azam
  • Patent number: 10882028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oligomerization catalyst for oligomerization of low-molecular-weight olefins, to the use of said catalyst and to a process for oligomerization of low-molecular-weight olefins using the oligomerization catalyst according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Fabian Nadolny, Stephan Peitz, Guido Stochniol, Helene Reeker, Wladimir Reschetilowski
  • Patent number: 10865164
    Abstract: A method includes at least two-stage process for the oligomerization of short-chain olefins in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the regeneration of the catalyst is stage-customized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Peitz, Dietrich Maschmeyer, Helene Reeker, Guido Stochniol, Markus Winterberg, Andreas Beckmann
  • Patent number: 10850261
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oligomerization catalyst comprising nickel oxide and silica-alumina support material and to a process for oligomerization of C3- to C6-olefins using the oligomerization catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Fabian Nadolny, Stephan Peitz, Guido Stochniol, Helene Reeker, Angela Heykamp, Reiner Bukohl, Robert Franke, Thomas Quandt
  • Publication number: 20200361835
    Abstract: A process for the oligomerization of C3- to C5-olefins proceeds in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the oligomerization is carried out in at least one reaction stage which includes at least one reactor and at least one distillation column. The content of oligomers in the feed stream to the at least one reaction stage after removal of the oligomers in the at least one distillation column is less than 0.4% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Guido Stochniol, Stephan Peitz, Fabian Nadolny, Benjamin William Berntsson, Helene Reeker, Reiner Bukohl, Niklas Paul
  • Publication number: 20200361834
    Abstract: Oligomerization of C3- to C5-olefins using a catalyst is inhibited, wherein the oligomerization is carried out in at least one reaction stage including at least one reactor and at least one distillation column, and wherein the oligomer content in the feed stream to the at least one reactor of the at least one reaction stage is at least 1% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Peitz, Guido Stochniol, Reiner Bukohl, Helene Reeker, Niklas Paul
  • Patent number: 10793488
    Abstract: A process is used for oligomerizing C2- to C8-olefins in several reaction stages in which the starting mixture and the respective outputs from the reaction stages are separated and are fed to different reaction stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Guido Stochniol, Jörg Schallenberg, Stephan Peitz
  • Publication number: 20200216376
    Abstract: The present invention provides a two-stage process for removing polyunsaturated hydrocarbons from C4 hydrocarbon streams that, in addition to C4 hydrocarbons, also contain C5 hydrocarbons and mercaptans and/or disulfides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Peitz, Guido Stochniol, Markus Winterberg, Jörg Schallenberg, Armin Matthias Rix, Andreas Wolff
  • Publication number: 20200216763
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst for a process for removing mercaptans and optionally disulfides (if present) from hydrocarbon streams, in particular C4 streams, in the presence of higher dienes, in particular C5 dienes. At the same time, the invention also relates to a process for removing mercaptans and disulfides (if present) from hydrocarbon streams, in particular C4 streams, in one embodiment in the presence of 1-butene, by thioetherification of the mercaptans with polyunsaturated hydrocarbons, wherein the process is carried out in a reactor with addition of hydrogen in the presence of higher dienes, in particular C5 dienes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Peitz, Helene Reeker, Reiner Bukohl, Thomas Quandt, Stefan Röder, Armin Matthias Rix, Andreas Wolff, Guido Stochniol
  • Publication number: 20200189992
    Abstract: A process is useful for the oligomerization of short-chain olefins in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is kept in a dry atmosphere prior to being used in the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Peitz, Guido Stochniol, Reiner Bukohl
  • Publication number: 20200189993
    Abstract: A method includes at least two-stage process for the oligomerization of short-chain olefins in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the regeneration of the catalyst is stage-customized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Peitz, Dietrich Maschmeyer, Helene Reeker, Guido Stochniol, Markus Winterberg, Andreas Beckmann
  • Patent number: 10647628
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst system for oligomerizing olefins over a catalyst comprising nickel, to the use of this catalyst and to a method for dimerizing olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Ehrmaier, Ricardo Bermejo De Val, Maria Cruz Sanchez-Sanchez, Yue Liu, Johannes A. Lercher, Stephan Peitz, Guido Stochniol
  • Patent number: 10647630
    Abstract: A process for the combined preparation of at least butene and octene from ethane, proceeds by a) providing an inert solvent having a boiling point or boiling range below the boiling point of butene; b) providing a first feed mixture comprising at least the inert solvent and ethene dissolved therein; c) converting the first feed mixture in a first synthesis; d) in the first synthesis, oligomerizing at least a portion of the ethene present in the first feed mixture in the presence of a first heterogeneous catalyst and in the presence of the inert solvent to obtain a first reaction mixture comprising at least the inert solvent, butene, hexene and octene; e) working-up of the first reaction mixture and/or a substance stream based thereon into a low boiler fraction comprising the inert solvent, at least one C4-fraction comprising butenes, a C6-fraction comprising hexenes, a C8-fraction comprising octenes and into a C8+-fraction comprising hydrocarbons having more than eight carbon atoms; f) using at least a portio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Guido Stochniol, Stephan Peitz, Dietrich Maschmeyer, Helene Reeker, Joerg Schallenberg