Patents by Inventor Robert Glenn Golightly

Robert Glenn Golightly 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 recovering permanganate reducing compounds from an acetic acid production process
    Patent number: 8859810
    Abstract: This invention relates to processes for producing acetic acid and, in particular, to improved processes for recovering permanganate reducing compounds formed during the carbonylation of methanol in the presence of a carbonylation catalyst to produce acetic acid. Alkyl halides are removed or reduced from the recovered permanganate reducing compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Celanese International Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Glenn Golightly, Oyeyemi Oyerinde, Mark O. Scates, Ronald D. Shaver
  • Process For Recovering Permanganate Reducing Compounds From An Acetic Acid Production Process
    Publication number: 20140058131
    Abstract: This invention relates to processes for producing acetic acid and, in particular, to improved processes for recovering permanganate reducing compounds formed during the carbonylation of methanol in the presence of a carbonylation catalyst to produce acetic acid. Alkyl halides are removed or reduced from the recovered permanganate reducing compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Celanese International Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Glenn Golightly, Oyeyemi Oyerinde, Mark O. Scates, Ronald D. Shaver