Patents Represented by Attorney John E. Boyd
  • Patent number: 6160162
    Abstract: A mixed metal oxide Mo--V--Ga--Pd--Nb--X (where X=La, Te, Ge, Zn, Si, In or W) catalytic system providing a higher selectivity to acrylic acid in the low temperature partial oxidation of propane with a molecular oxygen-containing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Khalid Karim, Yajnavalkya Subrai Bhat, Syed Irshad Zaheer, Abdullah Bin Nafisah
  • Patent number: 6156928
    Abstract: A mixed metal oxide catalytic system consisting of molybdenum, vanadium, lanthanum and palladium providing higher yields of acetic acid in low temperature single stage oxidation of ethane with molecular oxygen-containing gas without or with reduced production of by-products such as ethylene and CO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Khalid Karim, M. H. Al-Hazmi, Asad Khan
  • Patent number: 6143921
    Abstract: Methods for the catalytic production of vinyl acetate monomer from ethane, ethylene or an ethane/ethylene mixture using a first catalyst containing MoVNbPd, MoVLaPdNbX (where X is Al, Ga, Ge or Si) or MoVNbX (where X is P, B, Hf, Te, As or mixtures thereof) in the first step of oxidation and using a conventional VAM catalyst for the second step. The method produces high yields to acetic acid and vinyl acetate without the coproduction of carbon monoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Khalid Karim, Alaa E. M. Adris
  • Patent number: 6143928
    Abstract: A mixed metal oxide catalytic system consisting of molybdenum, vanadium, palladium, lanthanum, niobium and X, wherein X is copper and/or chromium, providing higher yields of acrylic acid and acrolein in the low temperature oxidation of propylene with a molecular oxygen-containing gas without the production of side products such as CO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Khalid Karim, Yajnavalkya Subrai Bhat, Syed Irshad Zaheer, Abdullah Bin Nafisa
  • Patent number: 6124412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new olefin polymerization catalyst composition, and methods of preparing and methods of using the catalysts to polymerize various olefinic monomers in either gas or slurry phase reactions. The principal advance over the previous art of record involves using alumoxanes or combinations of alumoxanes as catalyst preactivators. Polymers prepared from these catalysts posses productivity increased as high as 40 percent. At the same time, the bulk density remains relatively constant. Additionally, the total amount of cocatalyst species needed to effectively practice the invention is relatively low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Abdulmalik Bin-Taleb, Raju Raghavan, Abdulwhab Al-Sadoon
  • Patent number: 5841012
    Abstract: High space velocity catalysts useful in the substantial elimination of chloroprene and trichloroethylene from an industrial product stream of ethane dichloride; the last is useful in the production of vinyl chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Hicham Idriss, Adbulrahman Saleh Al-Ubaid, Saeed Mohammed Al-Wahabi, Khalid El Yahyaoui