Patents by Inventor Robert E. Yancey, Jr.

Robert E. Yancey, 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).

  • Process for the production of aromatic fuel
    Patent number: 4585545
    Abstract: An aromatic gasoline component is prepared in a multi-step petroleum refining process starting with a heavy carbometallic petroleum fraction which is catalytically cracked to yield a light catalytic cycle oil which, in turn, is mildly hydrogenated to produce a partially saturated bicyclic hydrocarbon fraction which itself is catalytically cracked to yield a monoaromatic hydrocarbon fraction from which is recovered a gasoline product. The bicyclic hydrocarbons are converted to monoaromatics by selective partial saturation and ring scission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: Ashland Oil, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Yancey, Jr., William P. Hettinger, Jr.