Patents by Inventor Kirtland Robinson

Kirtland Robinson 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).

  • Hydrothermal production of alkanes
    Patent number: 11332419
    Abstract: Synthesizing an alkane includes heating a mixture including an alkene and water at or above the water vapor saturation pressure in the presence of a catalyst and one or both of hydrogen and a reductant, thereby hydrogenating the alkene to yield an alkane and water, and separating the alkane from the water to yield the alkane. The reductant includes a first metal and the catalyst includes a second metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Kirtland Robinson, Ian Gould, Christiana Bockisch, Everett Shock, Hilairy Hartnett, Lynda B. Williams
  • HYDROTHERMAL PRODUCTION OF ALKANES
    Publication number: 20210107847
    Abstract: Synthesizing an alkane includes heating a mixture including an alkene and water at or above the water vapor saturation pressure in the presence of a catalyst and one or both of hydrogen and a reductant, thereby hydrogenating the alkene to yield an alkane and water, and separating the alkane from the water to yield the alkane. The reductant includes a first metal and the catalyst includes a second metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Kirtland Robinson, Ian Gould, Christiana Bockisch, Everett Shock, Hilairy Hartnett, Lynda B. Williams