Patents by Inventor Samuel J. Tremont
Samuel J. Tremont 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).
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Patent number: 5232989Abstract: Functionalized polymers manifesting exceptional stress-strain properties are prepared from polyols having terminal and nonterminal hydroxyl groups.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1991Date of Patent: August 3, 1993Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Denis Forster, Samuel J. Tremont, Martin P. McGrath, Erik D. Sall
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Patent number: 4806687Abstract: Ortho-alkylanilines are prepared by catalytic hydrodesulfurization of ortho-aminobenzyl sulfides using a cobalt-molybdenum oxide catalyst. For example, 2-methyl-6-trifluoromethylaniline is prepared by catalytic hydrodesulfurization of 3-trifluoromethyl-2-aminobenzyl sulfides. The substituted anilines prepared by the method of this invention are useful as intermediates in the synthesis of compounds shown to have herbicidal activity.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1987Date of Patent: February 21, 1989Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Terry M. Balthazor, Samuel J. Tremont
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Patent number: 4443642Abstract: Attrition resistant metal/oxygen compositions comprising the infusion and reaction product of an alumina existing in a crystal form selected from the group consisting of .gamma., .delta., .eta., and .chi. crystal forms, and mixtures thereof, or that can be transformed by heat to such crystal forms, and characterized by a mean particle size from about 10 .mu.m to about 200 .mu.m, a fractional porosity of at least 0.2, a surface area of at least 150 m.sup.2 /g, and a pore diameter such that at least 10 percent of the pores are less than 55 .ANG., and at least one metal oxide, or compound convertible by heat to such metal oxide, having a maximum mean particle size of about 100 .mu.m, with the proviso that the alumina/metal oxide mean particle size ratio is at least 2, which metal oxide is susceptible of undergoing infusion and reaction with the alumina upon being subjected to temperatures of at least 0.4 T.sub.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1983Date of Patent: April 17, 1984Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Robert A. Keppel, Samuel J. Tremont, Emerson H. Lee, George D. Davis
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Patent number: 4443641Abstract: Attrition resistant bismuth-containing metal/oxygen compositions comprising the infusion and reaction product of an alumina existing in a crystal form selected from the group consisting of .gamma., .delta., .eta., and .chi. crystal forms, and mixtures thereof or that can be transformed by heat to such crystal forms, and characterized by a mean particle size from about 10 .mu.m to about 200 .mu.m, a fractional porosity of at least 0.2, a surface area of at least 150 m.sup.2 /g, and a pore diameter such that at least 10 percent of the pores are less than 55 .ANG., and at least one bismuth oxide, or compound convertible by heat to such bismuth oxide, having a maximum mean particle size of about 100 .mu.m, with the proviso that the alumina/bismuth oxide mean particle size ratio is at least 2, which bismuth oxide is susceptible of undergoing infusion and reaction with the alumina upon being subjected to temperatures of at least 0.4 T.sub.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1983Date of Patent: April 17, 1984Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Samuel J. Tremont, Robert A. Keppel, Emerson H. Lee, George D. Davis
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Patent number: 4409127Abstract: Attrition resistant metal/oxygen compositions comprising the infusion and reaction product of alumina and at least one metal oxide, or compound convertible by heat to such metal oxide, which metal oxide is susceptible of undergoing infusion and reaction with the alumina, are useful in a wide variety of metal oxide-catalyzed reactions. The compositions are especially useful in reactions which involve reaction conditions of high stress, for example, vapor phase oxidations under fluidized bed conditions.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1981Date of Patent: October 11, 1983Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Robert A. Keppel, Samuel J. Tremont, Emerson H. Lee, George D. Davis
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Attrition resistant bismuth-containing metal/oxygen compositions and a process for their preparation
Patent number: 4409133Abstract: Attrition resistant bismuth-containing metal/oxygen compositions comprising the infusion and reaction product of alumina and at least one bismuth oxide, or compound convertible by heat to such bismuth oxide, which bismuth oxide is susceptible of undergoing infusion and reaction with the alumina, are useful in metal oxide-catalyzed reactions. The compositions are especially useful in reactions which involve reaction conditions of high stress, for example, vapor phase oxidations under fluidized bed conditions.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1981Date of Patent: October 11, 1983Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Samuel J. Tremont, Robert A. Keppel, Emerson H. Lee, George D. Davis -
Patent number: 4278825Abstract: Toluene dehydrocoupled products are produced by heating toluene in the vapor phase with an inorganic metal/oxygen composition which functions as an oxygen carrier and has the empirical formula:M.sub.a.sup.1 M.sub.b.sup.2 M.sub.c.sup.3 O.sub.xwhere M.sup.1 is bismuth, M.sup.2 is at least one element selected from indium, silver, Group 2a of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and mixtures thereof, and M.sup.3 is at least one element selected from zinc, germanium, thorium, the lanthanides or rare earths, Groups 1a, 3b, 4b, and 8 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and mixtures thereof, and wherein a is 1, b is 0.01 to 10, c is 0.01 to 10, and x is a number taken to satisfy the average valences of M.sup.1, M.sup.2, and M.sup.3 in the oxidation states in which they exist in the composition.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1979Date of Patent: July 14, 1981Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Samuel J. Tremont, Alex N. Williamson
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Patent number: 4278826Abstract: Toluene dehydrocoupled products are produced by heating toluene in the vapor phase with an inorganic metal/oxygen composition which functions as an oxygen carrier and has the empirical formula:M.sub.a.sup.1 M.sub.b.sup.2 M.sub.c.sup.3 O.sub.xwhere M.sup.1 is lead, M.sup.2 is antimony, and M.sup.3 is at least one element selected from silver, zinc, gallium, arsenic, the lanthanides or rare earths, Groups 1a, 2a, 3b, 4b, and 8 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and mixtures thereof, and wherein a is 1, b is 0.01 to 10, c is 0.01 to 10, and x is a number taken to satisfy the average valences of M.sup.1, M.sup.2, and M.sup.3 in the oxidation states in which they exist in the composition. Alternatively, the same inorganic metal/oxygen composition can be employed as a catalyst or as a combination catalyst/oxygen carrier for the dehydrocoupling reaction when oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas is heated with the toluene.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1979Date of Patent: July 14, 1981Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Samuel J. Tremont, Alex N. Williamson, Arthur J. Solodar
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Patent number: 4278824Abstract: Toluene dehydrocoupled products are produced by heating toluene in the vapor phase with an inorganic metal/oxygen composition which functions as an oxygen carrier and has the empirical formula:M.sub.a.sup.1 M.sub.b.sup.2 M.sub.c.sup.3 O.sub.xwhere M.sup.1 is lead, M.sup.2 is bismuth, and M.sup.3 is at least one element selected from silver, zinc, indium, germanium, phosphorus, arsenic, thorium, the lanthanides or rare earths, Groups 1a, 2a, 3b, 4b, and 8 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and mixtures thereof, and wherein a is 1, b is 0.01 to 10, c is 0.01 to 10, and x is a number taken to satisfy the average valences of M.sup.1, M.sup.2, and M.sup.3 in the oxidation states in which they exist in the composition. Alternatively, the same inorganic metal/oxygen composition can be employed as a catalyst or as a combination catalyst/oxygen carrier for the dehydrocoupling reaction when oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas is heated with the toluene.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1979Date of Patent: July 14, 1981Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Samuel J. Tremont, Alex N. Williamson, Arthur J. Solodar
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Patent number: 4268704Abstract: Toluene dehydrocoupled products are produced by heating toluene in the vapor phase with an inorganic metal/oxygen composition which functions as an oxygen carrier and has the empirical formula:M.sub.a.sup.1 M.sub.b.sup.2 M.sub.c.sup.3 O.sub.xwhere M.sup.1 is lead, M.sup.2 is at least one element selected from thallium and Group 2a of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and mixtures thereof, and M.sup.3 is at least one element selected from silver, zinc, phosphorus, arsenic, thorium, the lanthanides or rare earths, Groups 1a, 3b, 4b, and 8 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and mixtures thereof, and wherein a is 1, b is 0.01 to 10, c is 0.01 to 10, and x is a number taken to satisfy the average valences of M.sup.1, M.sup.2, and M.sup.3 in the oxidation states in which they exist in the composition.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1979Date of Patent: May 19, 1981Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Samuel J. Tremont, Alex N. Williamson, Arthur J. Solodar
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Patent number: 4268703Abstract: Toluene dehydrocoupled products are produced by heating toluene in the vapor phase with an inorganic metal/oxygen composition which functions as an oxygen carrier and has the empirical formula:M.sub.a.sup.1 M.sub.b.sup.2 O.sub.xwhere M.sup.1 is lead and M.sup.2 is at least one element selected from thallium and Group 2a of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and mixtures thereof, and wherein a is 1, b is 0.01 to 10, and x is a number taken to satisfy the average valences of M.sup.1 and M.sup.2 in the oxidation states in which they exist in the composition. Alternatively, the same inorganic metal/oxygen composition can be employed as a catalyst or as a combination catalyst/oxygen carrier for the dehydrocoupling reaction when oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas is heated with the toluene.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1979Date of Patent: May 19, 1981Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Alex N. Williamson, Samuel J. Tremont
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Patent number: 4255602Abstract: Toluene dehydrocoupled products are produced by heating toluene in the vapor phase with an inorganic metal/oxygen composition which functions as an oxygen carrier and has the empirical formula:M.sub.a.sup.1 M.sub.b.sup.2 O.sub.xwhere M.sup.1 is cobalt and M.sup.2 is lanthanum, and wherein a is 1, b is 1 to 10, and x is a number taken to satisfy the average valences of M.sup.1 and M.sup.2 in the oxidation states in which they exist in the composition. Alternatively, the same inorganic metal/oxygen composition can be employed as a catalyst or as a combination catalyst/oxygen carrier for the dehydrocoupling reaction when oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas is heated with the toluene.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1979Date of Patent: March 10, 1981Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Samuel J. Tremont, Alex N. Williamson
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Patent number: 4255603Abstract: Toluene dehydrocoupled products are produced by heating toluene in the vapor phase with an inorganic metal/oxygen composition which functions as an oxygen carrier and has the empirical formula:M.sub.a.sup.1 M.sub.b.sup.2 O.sub.xwhere M.sup.1 is thorium and M.sup.2 is an element selected from copper and Group 2b of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and wherein a is 1, b is 0.01 to 10, and x is a number taken to satisfy the average valences of M.sup.1 and M.sup.2 in the oxidation states in which they exist in the composition. Alternatively, the same inorganic metal/oxygen composition can be employed as a catalyst or as a combination catalyst/oxygen carrier for the dehydrocoupling reaction when oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas is heated with toluene.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1979Date of Patent: March 10, 1981Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Alex N. Williamson, Samuel J. Tremont
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Patent number: 4255604Abstract: Toluene dehydrocoupled products are produced by heating toluene in the vapor phase with an inorganic metal/oxygen composition which functions as an oxygen carrier and has the empirical formula:M.sub.a.sup.1 M.sub.b.sup.2 O.sub.xwhere M.sup.1 is lead and M.sup.2 is at least one element selected from silver, zinc, phosphorus, arsenic, thorium, the lanthanides or rare earths, Groups 1a, 3b, 4b, and 8 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and mixtures thereof, and wherein a is 1, b is 0.01 to 10, and x is a number taken to satisfy the average valences of M.sup.1 and M.sup.32 in the oxidation states in which they exist in the composition. Alternatively, the same inorganic metal/oxygen composition can be employed as a catalyst or as a combination catalyst/oxygen carrier for the dehydrocoupling reaction when oxygen or an oxygen-contining gas is heated with the toluene.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1979Date of Patent: March 10, 1981Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Alex N. Williamson, Samuel J. Tremont, Arthur J. Solodar
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Patent number: 4254293Abstract: Toluene dehydrocoupled products are produced by heating toluene in the vapor phase with an inorganic metal/oxygen composition which functions as an oxygen carrier and has the empirical formula:M.sub.a.sup.1 M.sub.b.sup.2 O.sub.xwhere M.sup.1 is bismuth and M.sup.2 is at least one element selected from zinc, germanium, thorium, the lanthanides or rare earths, Groups 1a, 3b, 4b, and 8 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and mixtures thereof, and wherein a is 1, b is 0.01 to 10 and x is a number taken to satisfy the average valences of M.sup.1 and M.sup.2 in the oxidation states in which they exist in the composition. Alternatively, the same inorganic metal/oxygen composition can be employed as a catalyst or as a combination catalyst/oxygen carrier for the dehydrocoupling reaction when oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas is heated with the toluene.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1979Date of Patent: March 3, 1981Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Samuel J. Tremont, Alex N. Williamson
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Patent number: 4247727Abstract: Toluene dehydrocoupled products are produced by heating toluene in the vapor phase with an inorganic metal/oxygen composition which functions as an oxygen carrier and has the empirical formula:M.sub.a.sup.1 M.sub.b.sup.2 O.sub.xwhere M.sup.1 is bismuth and M.sup.2 is at least one element selected from indium, silver, Group 2a of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and mixtures thereof, and wherein a is 1, b is 0.01 to 100, and x is a number taken to satisfy the average valences of M.sup.1 and M.sup.2 in the oxidation states in which they exist in the composition. Alternatively, the same inorganic metal/oxygen composition can be employed as a catalyst or as a combination catalyst/oxygen carrier for the dehydrocoupling reaction when oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas is heated with the toluene.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1979Date of Patent: January 27, 1981Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Samuel J. Tremont, Alex N. Williamson
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Patent number: 4243825Abstract: Toluene dehydrocoupled products are produced by heating toluene in the vapor phase with an inorganic metal/oxygen composition which functions as an oxygen carrier and has the empirical formula:M.sub.a.sup.1 M.sub.b.sup.2 O.sub.xwhere M.sup.1 is thallium and M.sup.2 is at least one element selected from arsenic, antimony, thorium, uranium, the lanthanides or rare earths, Groups 3b, 4b, 5b, and 7b of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and mixtures thereof, and wherein a is 1, b is 0.01 to 10, and x is a number taken to satisfy the average valences of M.sup.1 and M.sup.2 in the oxidation states in which they exist in the composition. Alternatively, the same inorganic metal/oxygen composition can be employed as a catalyst or as a combination catalyst/oxygen carrier for the dehydrocoupling reaction when oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas is heated with the toluene.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1979Date of Patent: January 6, 1981Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Alex N. Williamson, Samuel J. Tremont