Patents by Inventor Werner Nonnenkamp

Werner Nonnenkamp 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 fatty ketones
    Patent number: 5416239
    Abstract: A process for the production of fatty ketones by pyrolysis of fatty acid magnesium salts wherein fatty acids corresponding to formula (I):R.sup.1 COOH (I)in which R.sup.1 CO is an aliphatic acyl radical containing 12 to 22 carbon atoms and 0, 1, 2 or 3 double bonds, are heated to temperatures of 320.degree. to 360.degree. C. in the presence of magnesium oxide and the fatty ketones formed are distilled off from the reaction mixture under reduced pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Alfred Westfechtel, Christoph Breucker, Bernhard Gutsche, Lutz Jeromin, Horst Eierdanz, Horst Baumann, Karl-Heinz Schmid, Werner Nonnenkamp