Inventor

Shawn Van Der Merwe

Inventor

Calgary, CA

Overview

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Patents

2014–2020

Patent span

Chemistry

Primary field (CPC C)

Patents· 16 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

C10Gprimary

C10GCracking hydrocarbon oils45%

B01DSeparation15%

Y02PClimate change mitigation technologies in the production or processing of goods12%

B03DFlotation6%

B03BSeparating solid materials using liquids or using pneumatic tables or jigs3%

C07CAcyclic or carbocyclic compounds3%

C08LCompositions of macromolecular compounds3%

C10CWorking-up pitch, asphalt, bitumen, tar3%

F24HFluid heaters, e.g. water or air heaters, having heat-generating means, e.g. heat pumps, in general3%

F28DHeat-exchange apparatus, not provided for in another subclass, in which the heat-exchange media do not come into direct contact3%

PatentTitleYear

10,851,310Direct steam injection (DSI) heating and use in bitumen froth treatment operations2020 10,774,268Bitumen production in paraffinic froth treatment (PFT) operations with near infrared (NIR) monitoring2020 10,519,382Bitumen production with solvent separation from tailings using distributor constructions and techniques2019 10,226,717Method of recovering solvent from tailings by flashing under choked flow conditions2019 10,144,876Enhanced turndown process for a bitumen froth treatment operation2018 10,125,325Process for treating high paraffin diluted bitumen2018 10,041,005Process and system for solvent addition to bitumen froth2018 9,956,503Method for separating a feed material containing immiscible phases of different densities2018 9,789,422'Apparatus and method for separating a feed material containing immiscible phases of different densities'2017 9,791,170'Process for direct steam injection heating of oil sands slurry streams such as bitumen froth'2017 9,676,684'Process and unit for solvent recovery from solvent diluted tailings derived from bitumen froth treatment'2017 9,587,177'Enhanced turndown process for a bitumen froth treatment operation'2017 9,587,176'Process for treating high paraffin diluted bitumen'2017 9,546,323'Process for integration of paraffinic froth treatment hub and a bitumen ore mining and extraction facility'2017 9,207,019'Heat recovery for bitumen froth treatment plant integration with sealed closed-loop cooling circuit'2015 8,795,537'Settler with overflow recycle'2014

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2014–2020Patents assigned to FORT HILLS ENERGY LP (16)· patent assignee history

2014–2019Patents assigned to VAN DER MERWE SHAWN (11)· patent assignee history

2014–2020Based in Calgary, CA· patent location history

2017–2018Patents assigned to HANN TOM (3)· patent assignee history

2017–2018Patents assigned to CHETA ILIE (2)· patent assignee history

2017–2019Patents assigned to HANN THOMAS (2)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
FORT HILLS ENERGY LP	16	2014–2020
VAN DER MERWE SHAWNself	11	2014–2019
HANN TOM	3	2017–2018
CHETA ILIE	2	2017–2018
HANN THOMAS	2	2017–2019

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Calgary, CA	16	2014–2020