Patents by Inventor Richard B. Pannell

Richard B. Pannell 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).

  • Fluid bed catalyst for synthesis gas conversion and utilization thereof for preparation of diesel fuel
    Patent number: 4413064
    Abstract: A catalyst useful in the conversion of synthesis gas to diesel fuel in a fluidized bed is prepared by contacting finely divided alumina with an aqueous impregnation solution of a cobalt salt, drying the impregnated support and thereafter contacting the support with a nonaqueous, organic impregnation solution of salts of ruthenium and a Group IIIB or IVB metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1983
    Assignee: Gulf Research & Development Company
    Inventors: Harold Beuther, Charles L. Kibby, T. P. Kobylinski, Richard B. Pannell
  • Catalyst and process for preparing organic urethanes
    Patent number: 4411820
    Abstract: Organic urethanes are prepared by reacting an organic nitrocompound, an organic hydroxy compound, and carbon monoxide in the presence of a novel catalyst system. The catalyst system is comprised of a noble metal compound, a heteroaromatic nitrogen compound, and an oxide of thorium or uranium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Assignee: Gulf Research & Development Company
    Inventors: Wayne R. Pretzer, Richard B. Pannell
  • Process for preparing gasoline range hydrocarbons from synthesis gas and catalyst used therefor
    Patent number: 4399234
    Abstract: Synthesis gas is converted to a gasoline boiling range product high in branched chain paraffins and olefins utilizing a catalyst consisting essentially of (A) silicalite and (B) cobalt, preferably promoted with a Group IIIB or IVB metal oxide on an alumina support of gamma-alumina, eta-alumina or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1983
    Assignee: Gulf Research & Development Company
    Inventors: Harold Beuther, Charles L. Kibby, Thaddeus P. Kobylinski, Richard B. Pannell
  • Catalyst and process for preparing organic isocyanates
    Patent number: 4331560
    Abstract: Organic isocyanates are prepared by reacting an organic nitrocompound with carbon monoxide in the presence of a novel catalyst system. The catalyst system is comprised of a noble metal compound, a heteroaromatic nitrogen compound, and an oxide of thorium or uranium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1982
    Assignee: Gulf Research & Development Company
    Inventors: Wayne R. Pretzer, Richard B. Pannell