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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8070937 | Systems, methods, and catalysts for producing a crude product Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa. One or more properties of the crude product may be changed by at least 10% relative to the resp... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070936 | Systems and methods of producing a crude product Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts containing a transition metal sulfide produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude feed has a residue content of at least 0.2 grams of residue per gram of crude feed. The crude product is a liqu... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7963329 | Recovery and recycling of chemicals in chemical flooding process A method including a) injecting into the formation an aqueous solution containing a polymer and a surfactant to create a organic phase and a aqueous phase, the surfactant being capable of reducing the interfacial tension between the phases to less than 1 dyne/cm; b)... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959797 | Systems and methods of producing a crude product Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts containing a transition metal sulfide produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude feed has a residue content of at least 0.2 grams of residue per gram of crude feed. The crude product is a liqu... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959796 | Systems, methods, and catalysts for producing a crude product Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts produces a total product that include a crude product. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa. One or more other properties of the crude product may be changed by at least 10% relative to the... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7955499 | Systems, methods, and catalysts for producing a crude product Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa. The one or more catalysts may include a catalyst that has a median pore diameter of at least 90... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7918992 | Systems, methods, and catalysts for producing a crude product Methods and systems for contacting of a crude feed with one or more catalysts to produce a total product that includes a crude product are described. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa. The crude product has an MCR content of at most 90% ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7811445 | Systems and methods of producing a crude product Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude feed has a residue content of at least 0.2 grams of residue per gram of crude feed. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa. O... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7763160 | Systems and methods of producing a crude product Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude feed has a residue content of at least 0.2 grams of residue per gram of crude feed. The one or more catalysts include a transition metal sulfide cata... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7749374 | Methods for producing a crude product Methods for conversion of a hydrocarbon feed to a total product are described. Contact of the hydrocarbon feed with one or more catalysts at selected contacting conditions produces the total product. The total product includes a crude product that is a liquid mixtur... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7745369 | Method and catalyst for producing a crude product with minimal hydrogen uptake A catalyst that one or more metals from Column 5 of the Periodic Table and/or one or more compounds of one or more metals from Column 5 of the Periodic Table is described. The catalyst exhibits one or more bands in a range from 650 cm−1 to 1000 cmâ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7736490 | Systems, methods, and catalysts for producing a crude product Systems and methods for contacting a crude feed with one or more catalysts produces a total product that include a crude product are described. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa. The one or more catalysts may include one or more vanadium... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7674368 | Systems, methods, and catalysts for producing a crude product Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa. Contacting conditions are controlled such that the crude feed, during contact, uptakes hydrogen... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7628908 | Systems, methods, and catalysts for producing a crude product Systems and method for contacting a crude feed that has a total acid number of at least 0.1 with one or more catalysts produces a total product that includes a crude product are described. At least one of the catalysts includes vanadium. The crude product is a liqui... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7538061 | One-step production of 1,3-propanediol from ethylene oxide and syngas with a cobalt-iron catalyst Disclosed is a new catalyst composition comprising a bimetallic Co—Fe catalyst, optionally complexed with a ligand selected from a N-heterocycle, phosphine, or porphorine ligand, that provides a lower cost alternative for the one step synthesis of 1,3-propanediol ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7534342 | Systems, methods, and catalysts for producing a crude product Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa. The one or more catalysts may include a catalyst that has a median pore diameter of at least 90... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7416653 | Systems and methods of producing a crude product Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude feed has a residue content of at least 0.2 grams of residue per gram of crude feed. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa. O... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7402547 | Systems and methods of producing a crude product Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude feed has a residue content of at least 0.2 grams of residue per gram of crude feed. Methods of preparing the one or more catalysts are described. The... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7354531 | Polymer electrolyte composition A composition for use as a polymer electrolyte, wherein said composition includes one or more polar materials and one or more polyesters of formula III, wherein each unit A may be identical or different and is of the struct... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7335800 | Hydrogenation catalyst and hydrogenation method The present invention provides a hydrogenation catalyst effective for hydrogenating 3-hydroxypropionaldehyde to 1,3-propanediol. The hydrogenation catalyst comprises an α-alumina support, nickel, ruthenium, and a promoter. The nickel is deposited on the α-alumina ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329785 | Process for the production of 1,3-propanediol by catalytic hydrogenation of 3-hydroxypropanal in the presence of a hydration co-catalyst A process for preparing 1,3-propanediol comprising the steps of: (a) preparing an aqueous mixture of 3-hydroxypropanal, (b) passing said aqueous 3-hydroxypropanal mixture to a hydrogenation zone wherein the hydrogenation zone is comprised of at least two stages wher... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7255791 | In situ method and apparatus for biodegradation of alkyl ethers and tertiary butyl alcohol A method and apparatus for the in situ purification of aquifers contaminated with ethers and/or alcohols using a bacterial culture, a method of delivering the culture to the subsurface, and an oxygen delivery system. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7196159 | Process for producing polytrimethylene terephthalate A process for the production of polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT), wherein the process comprises: (i) one or more esterification steps, wherein terephthalic acid (TPA) or an alkyl diester of terephthalic acid is reacted with 1,3-propanediol (PDO); an... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7115540 | Synthesis of aliphatic 1,3-diols utilizing reduced ligand concentration and water extraction This invention is a process for synthesizing aliphatic 1,3-diols in one step by hydroformylation and hydrogenation of oxirane, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen employing a catalyst comprising a cobalt carbonyl compound and a cocatalyst metal compound ligated with a lig... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7005496 | Production of trimethylene carbonate from poly (trimethylene carbonate) by wiped film reactive evaporation A method for producing trimethylene carbonate poly(trimethylene carbonate which comprises (a) introducing liquid poly(trimethylene carbonate) and an optional catalyst into a wiped film evaporator reactor under a vacuum about 15 kPa or less, said reactor having walls... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6942799 | Bioreactor A bioreactor for microbial conversion of at least one conversion substrate, which has a treatment zone to accommodate when in use a solution of at least one conversion substrate, a culture holding zone to accommodate when in use a microbial culture capable of metabo... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6908634 | Transglutaminase soy fish and meat products and analogs thereof This invention relates to a transglutaminase-coupled vegetable protein composition and a process for preparing said composition. Further, this invention relates to soy fish and meat products and analogs thereof and a process for making the same. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6887508 | Protein stabilizing agent The present invention relates to a protein stabilizing agent for stabilizing a protein suspension in an aqueous acidic liquid such as a juice. The protein stabilizing agent is comprised of a high methoxyl pectin and a propylene glycol alginate. The present invention... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6706292 | Recovery of isoflavones from soy molasses A health supplement composition is disclosed. The health supplement composition contains a solid health supplement material that is separated from a soy molasses material. The solid health supplement material contains at least two isoflavones where one of the isofla... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6703051 | Process for separating and recovering protein and isoflavones from a plant material A method is provided for separating and recovering protein and isoflavones from a plant material. A clarified protein extract of the plant material is prepared and contacted with a polar ion exchange resin, such as an anion exchange resin allowing the iso... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6582746 | Meat product A novel meat product is provided. The meat product contains a blend of at least one meat and an unrefined plant protein material. In one embodiment, the unrefined plant protein material of the meat product has a nitrogen solubility index of from about 30%... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6579534 | Composition containing soy hypocotyl material and plant sterol for reducing LDL-cholesterol A composition is provided comprising a plant sterol and a soy protein material and/or and isoflavone selected from genistein, daidzein, glycitein, biochanin A, formononetin, and their naturally occurring glycosides, where the plant sterol comprises at lea... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6579561 | Aglucone isoflavone enriched vegetable flour and vegetable grit and process for making the same from a vegetable material containing isoflavone The present invention provides a process for producing an aglucone isoflavone enriched vegetable flour or grit from a vegetable material containing isoflavone glucosides. A vegetable material containing isoflavone glucosides is slurried in water and the i... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6572876 | Administering a composition containing plant sterol, soy protein and isoflavone for reducing LDL-cholesterol A composition is provided comprising a plant sterol and a soy protein material and/or and isoflavone selected from genistein, daidzein, glycitein, biochanin A, formononetin, and their naturally occurring glycosides, where the plant sterol comprises at lea... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6544566 | Composition containing plant sterol, soy protein and isoflavone for reducing LDL cholesterol A composition is provided comprising a plant sterol and a soy protein material and/or and isoflavone selected from genistein, daidzein, glycitein, biochanin A, formononetin, and their naturally occurring glycosides, where the plant sterol comprises at lea... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6495141 | Recovery of isoflavones from soy molasses Isoflavone compositions derived from soy molasses are provided. In a first embodiment, an isoflavone material derived from soy molasses containing at least two isoflavones is provided, where at least one of the isoflavones is genistein. In a second embodi... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6465037 | Process for producing a novel soy functional food ingredient Processes for producing a novel soy functional food ingredient are provided. A soy material containing less than 65% soy protein by weight on a moisture-free basis is hydrated. In one aspect of the invention the soy material is hydrated with at least 2 pa... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6423364 | Functional food ingredient A novel functional food ingredient is provided. The functional food ingredient contains an unrefined plant protein material. The unrefined plant protein material of the functional food ingredient is obtained by hydrating a particulate or flaked unrefined ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6355295 | Soy functional food ingredient A novel soy functional food ingredient is provided. The functional food ingredient contains a soy material which contains less than 65% soy protein on a moisture free basis. In one embodiment, the soy material of the functional food ingredient also has a ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6355296 | Functional food ingredient A novel functional food ingredient is provided. The functional food ingredient contains an unrefined plant protein material. In one embodiment, the unrefined plant protein material of the functional food ingredient has a nitrogen solubility index of from ... | 03/12/2002 |
