Patents by Inventor Youssef Saih

Youssef Saih 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: 11446625
    Abstract: A reaction unit for catalytic conversion of a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon containing feedstock to a petrochemical mixture, includes a housing; a fluid bed distributor plate located at a bottom of the housing; a regeneration zone and a stripping zone located above the fluid bed distributor plate, in which catalytic particles are housed; a reaction zone located above the stripping zone; and a condensation zone located above the reaction zone, in which a petrochemical product fluid is condensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jorge Gascon, Youssef Saih, Jullian Vittenet, Lieven Gevers, Wei Xu, Isidoro Morales, Ola Salah Ali
  • Publication number: 20210394145
    Abstract: A reaction unit for catalytic conversion of a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon containing feedstock to a petrochemical mixture, includes a housing; a fluid bed distributor plate located at a bottom of the housing; a regeneration zone and a stripping zone located above the fluid bed distributor plate, in which catalytic particles are housed; a reaction zone located above the stripping zone; and a condensation zone located above the reaction zone, in which a petrochemical product fluid is condensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Jorge GASCON, Youssef SAIH, Jullian VITTENET, Lieven GEVERS, Wei XU, Isidoro MORALES, Ola Salah ALI
  • Patent number: 11066491
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, cationic polymers may be produced which include one or more monomers containing cations. Such cationic polymers may be utilized as structure directing agents to for mesoporous zeolites. The mesoporous zeolites may include micropores as well as mesopores, and may have a surface area of greater than 350 m2/g and a pore volume of greater than 0.3 cm3/g. Also described are core/shell zeolites, where at least the shell portion includes a mesoporous zeolite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yu Han, Qiwei Tian, Xinglong Dong, Zhaohui Liu, Jean-Marie Basset, Youssef Saih, Miao Sun, Sohel Shaikh, Wei Xu
  • Patent number: 10988556
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, cationic polymers may be produced which include one or more monomers containing cations. Such cationic polymers may be utilized as structure directing agents to for mesoporous zeolites. The mesoporous zeolites may include micropores as well as mesopores, and may have a surface area of greater than 350 m2/g and a pore volume of greater than 0.3 cm3/g. Also described are core/shell zeolites, where at least the shell portion includes a mesoporous zeolite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yu Han, Qiwei Tian, Xinglong Dong, Zhaohui Liu, Jean-Marie Basset, Youssef Saih
  • Publication number: 20200347158
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, cationic polymers may be produced which include one or more monomers containing cations. Such cationic polymers may be utilized as structure directing agents to for mesoporous zeolites. The mesoporous zeolites may include micropores as well as mesopores, and may have a surface area of greater than 350 m2/g and a pore volume of greater than 0.3 cm3/g. Also described are core/shell zeolites, where at least the shell portion includes a mesoporous zeolite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yu Han, Qiwei Tian, Xinglong Dong, Zhaohui Liu, Jean-Marie Basset, Youssef Saih
  • Publication number: 20200347157
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, cationic polymers may be produced which include one or more monomers containing cations. Such cationic polymers may be utilized as structure directing agents to for mesoporous zeolites. The mesoporous zeolites may include micropores as well as mesopores, and may have a surface area of greater than 350 m2/g and a pore volume of greater than 0.3 cm3/g. Also described are core/shell zeolites, where at least the shell portion includes a mesoporous zeolite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yu Han, Qiwei Tian, Xinglong Dong, Zhaohui Liu, Jean-Marie Basset, Youssef Saih, Miao Sun, Sohel Shaikh, Wei Xu
  • Patent number: 10759881
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a mesoporous zeolite may included a microporous framework that includes a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm, and a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm. The mesoporous zeolite may included an aluminosilicate material, a titanosilicate material, or a pure silicate material. The mesoporous zeolite may included a surface area of greater than 350 m2/g and a pore volume of greater than 0.3 cm3/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yu Han, Qiwei Tian, Xinglong Dong, Zhaohui Liu, Jean-Marie Basset, Youssef Saih, Miao Sun, Sohel Shaikh, Wei Xu
  • Publication number: 20200254429
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a catalyst and/or a precatalyst, in particular a single site catalyst and/or a single site precatalyst, for the oxidation and/or ammoxidation of olefins to produce aldehydes and/or nitriles, methods of preparing a corresponding catalyst and/or precatalyst, in particular single site catalyst and/or single site precatalyst, and methods of using said catalyst and/or precatalyst, in particular said single site catalyst and/or single site precatalyst, to produce aldehydes and/or nitriles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Samir BARMAN, Manoja Kumar SAMANTARAY, Youssef SAIH, Jean Marie BASSET, Edy ABOU HAMMAD, Mostafa TAOUFIK, Nicolas MERLE, Kai Chung SZETO, Frederic LE QUEMENER, Aimery DE MALLMANN
  • Patent number: 10457554
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods that can be used to produce carbon nanotubes (hereinafter CNT) having an inner diameter about 5-55 nm, methods of tuning the inner diameter of CNTs (e.g., by adjusting reaction pressure), CNTs having an inner diameter of greater than 20 nm or more, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Basset, Lu Zhou, Youssef Saih
  • Publication number: 20190040159
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a mesoporous zeolite may included a microporous framework that includes a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm, and a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm. The mesoporous zeolite may included an aluminosilicate material, a titanosilicate material, or a pure silicate material. The mesoporous zeolite may included a surface area of greater than 350 m2/g and a pore volume of greater than 0.3 cm3/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yu Han, Qiwei Tian, Xinglong Dong, Zhaohui Liu, Jean-Marie Basset, Youssef Saih, Miao Sun, Sohel Shaikh, Wei Xu
  • Patent number: 10196465
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, cationic polymers may be produced which include one or more monomers containing cations. Such cationic polymers may be utilized as structure directing agents to form mesoporous zeolites. The mesoporous zeolites may include micropores as well as mesopores, and may have a surface area of greater than 350 m2/g and a pore volume of greater than 0.3 cm3/g. Also described are core/shell zeolites, where at least the shell portion includes a mesoporous zeolite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yu Han, Qiwei Tian, Xinglong Dong, Zhaohui Liu, Jean-Marie Basset, Youssef Saih, Miao Sun, Wei Xu, Sohel Shaikh
  • Patent number: 10179326
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide for a supported fused Fe catalyst, a method of making the supported fused Fe catalyst, methods of hydrocarbon decomposition, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Basset, Lu Zhou, Youssef Saih, Linga Enakonda Reddy
  • Publication number: 20180327523
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, cationic polymers may be produced which include one or more monomers containing cations. Such cationic polymers may be utilized as structure directing agents to form mesoporous zeolites. The mesoporous zeolites may include micropores as well as mesopores, and may have a surface area of greater than 350 m2/g and a pore volume of greater than 0.3 cm3/g. Also described are core/shell zeolites, where at least the shell portion includes a mesoporous zeolite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yu Han, Qiwei Tian, Xinglong Dong, Zhaohui Liu, Jean-Marie Basset, Youssef Saih, Miao Sun, Wei Xu, Sohel Shaikh
  • Publication number: 20180312403
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods that can be used to produce carbon nanotubes (hereinafter CNT) having an inner diameter about 5-55 nm, methods of tuning the inner diameter of CNTs (e.g., by adjusting reaction pressure), CNTs having an inner diameter of greater than 20 nm or more, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jean-Marie BASSET, Lu ZHOU, Youssef SAIH
  • Publication number: 20170114157
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, cationic polymers may be produced which include one or more monomers containing cations. Such cationic polymers may be utilized as structure directing agents to form mesoporous zeolites. The mesoporous zeolites may include micropores as well as mesopores, and may have a surface area of greater than 350 m2/g and a pore volume of greater than 0.3 cm3/g. Also described are core/shell zeolites, where at least the shell portion includes a mesoporous zeolite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yu Han, Qiwei Tian, Xinglong Dong, Zhaohui Liu, Jean-Marie Basset, Youssef Saih, Miao Sun, Wei Xu, Sohel Shaikh
  • Publication number: 20160129423
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide for a supported fused Fe catalyst, a method of making the supported fused Fe catalyst, methods of hydrocarbon decomposition, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Basset, Lu Zhou, Youssef Saih, Linga Enakonda Reddy