Patents by Inventor Herbert Tilly

Herbert Tilly 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 preparing a trifluoroethoxy-substituted benzoic acid
    Patent number: 6849762
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of trifluoroethoxy-substituted benzoic acids, by reaction of a corresponding halogenated benzoic acid with trifluoroethanol in the solvent tetrahydrofuran, in the presence of a base and a copper salt, followed by an acidic work-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Fabian, Steffen Enke, Herbert Tilly
  • Method for the production of trifluoroethoxy-substituted benzoic acids
    Publication number: 20030176721
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of trifluoroethoxy-substituted benzoic acids, by reaction of a corresponding halogenated benzoic acid with trifluoroethanol in the solvent tetrahydrofuran, in the presence of a base and a copper salt, followed by an acidic work-up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Kai Fabian, Steffen Enke, Herbert Tilly
  • Method for producing 3-alkanoylindoles and 3-alkylindoles
    Patent number: 6509475
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof in a Friedel-Crafts acylation catalyzed by a Lewis acid metal halide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Herbert Tilly