Patents by Inventor Billy Duane Head

Billy Duane Head 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).

  • Conversion of crude oil fractions to olefins
    Patent number: 3944481
    Abstract: A catalytic process for hydrocracking crude oil fractions into a C.sub.2 -C.sub.5 alkane mixture having a normal paraffin to isoparaffin molar ratio greater than about 3:1 and thermally cracking this mixture to recover ethylene and propylene.The hydrocracking catalysts used are made from a Group VIII metal, a Group VI B metal or mixtures thereof, with a halogen supported on a silica-alumina support or a natural or synthetic faujasite. The catalysts must be sulfided prior to or during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1973
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1976
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Milton Silas Wing, Billy Duane Head