Patents by Inventor Frank Bartschik

Frank Bartschik 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 production of Guerbet alcohols
    Patent number: 5777183
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of Guerbet alcohols by condensation of aliphatic alcohols in the presence of alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydroxides as catalyst using the Guerbet reaction, in which the initial pressure in the reactor corresponds to the vapor pressure of the alcohol components used and, during the reaction, the pressure is continually reduced to the vapor pressure of the reaction mixture at the particular temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Gerd Mueller, Bernhardt Gutsche, Lutz Jeromin, Udo Steinberner, Reinhold Sedelies, Ralf Bohlander, Richard Ridinger, Dirk Springer, Franz Buettgen, Frank Bartschik