Patents by Inventor Christopher Fletcher Tomlin

Christopher Fletcher Tomlin 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 simultaneous co-production of 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol
    Patent number: 7723551
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to processes for the simultaneous co-production of 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol by hydrogenation 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-dione and dimethylcyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylate, respectively, under hydrogenation conditions of temperature and pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Jennifer Ellen McCusker, Jerome Leonard Stavinoha, Jr., Christopher Fletcher Tomlin, Michael Wayne Salyer
  • PROCESS FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS CO-PRODUCTION OF 2,2,4,4-TETRAMETHYCYCLOBUTANE-1,3-DIOL AND 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL
    Publication number: 20080154012
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to processes for the simultaneous co-production of 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol by hydrogenation 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-dione and dimethylcyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylate, respectively, under hydrogenation conditions of temperature and pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jennifer Ellen McCusker-Orth, Jerome Leonard Stavinoha, Christopher Fletcher Tomlin, Michael Wayne Salyer
  • Production of di-(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate
    Patent number: 7276621
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of di-(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate by the esterification of terephthalic acid with 2-ethylhexanol at elevated temperature and pressure while the water of reaction is removed from the reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Steven Leroy Cook, Christopher Fletcher Tomlin, Phillip Wayne Turner