Patents by Inventor Carl Josef Elsa Vercauteren

Carl Josef Elsa Vercauteren 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 the recovery of a carbonylation product
    Patent number: 5750007
    Abstract: A process for the recovery of a carbonylation product from a liquid reaction composition of an iridium-catalysed carbonylation reaction of a carbonylatable reactant includes subjecting the composition to a vaporization with or without the addition of heat to produce a vapor-fraction and a liquid fraction, the vapor fraction includes carbonylation product and the liquid fraction has a water concentration of at least 0.5% by weight to stabilise the iridium catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: BP Chemicals Limited
    Inventors: Kirsten Everald Clode, Derrick John Watson, Carl Josef Elsa Vercauteren