Patents by Inventor Frederick H. Vorhis, Jr.

Frederick H. Vorhis, Jr. 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).

  • Catalytic reforming of naphtha fractions
    Patent number: 4222854
    Abstract: Production of motor gasoline and a BTX-enriched reformate by fractionating a naphtha feedstock into a mid-boiling BTX-precursor fraction, a relatively high-boiling fraction and a relatively low-boiling fraction; catalytically reforming the BTX-precursor fraction in a first reforming zone; combining the relatively high-boiling and low-boiling fractions and catalytically reforming the combined fractions in a second reforming zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1980
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventors: Frederick H. Vorhis, Jr., Keith C. Bishop, III