Patents by Inventor Tony T. Cheng

Tony T. Cheng 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 obtaining olefins from residual feedstocks
    Patent number: 6179993
    Abstract: A process for obtaining a substantial amount of olefinic products from a residual feedstock by use of a vapor short contact time conversion process unit comprised of a bed of fluidized heat transfer solids. The vapor short contact time process unit is operated at conditions which includes steam dilution to reduce partial pressure of hydrocarbon vapors and a vapor residence time less than about 0.5 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Noel M. Seimandi, Tony T. Cheng, Willibald Serrand, Mitchell Jacobson, Paul K. Ladwig, John F. Pagel, Michael R. Parrish, Hans A. Weisenberger
  • Dual process for obtaining olefins
    Patent number: 5952539
    Abstract: A process for producing normally gaseous olefins from two different process units sharing common downstream quench and fractionation facilities, wherein one of the process units is a short contact time mechanically fluidized vaporization unit for processing petroleum residual feedstocks and the other is a conventional steam cracking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Noel M. Seimandi, Tony T. Cheng, Willibald Serrand, Mitchell Jacobson, Paul K. Ladwig, John F. Pagel, Michael R. Parrish, Hans A. Weisenberger