Patents Represented by Attorney M. K. Bosworth
  • Patent number: 4162962
    Abstract: UV-unstable hydrocrackate lube oil stock is improved by hydrogenating the stock at a temperature in the 200.degree. to 300.degree. C. range using a hydrogenating component disposed upon an alumina carrier having a substantial pore volume of which a major portion is in pores having diameters in the 80- to 150-Angstrom range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1979
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Bruce E. Stangeland
  • Patent number: 4162212
    Abstract: Low-octane C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 gasoline pool mixtures or components are upgraded into improved-octane gasoline blendstock by (1) catalytically converting a minor yet significant portion of the C.sub.6 -fraction into a relatively high-octane stock using a unique crystalline aluminosilica zeolite catalyst, (2) isomerizing the C.sub.5 -fraction plus the remainder of the C.sub.6 -fraction, and (3) blending the converted C.sub.6 -portion with the C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 isomerizate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1979
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Stephen J. Miller
  • Patent number: 4142961
    Abstract: An arsenic-contaminated shale oil is thermally treated to precipitate the arsenic and to lower the pour point. Treated oil is then transported and thereafter heated to produce coke and a liquid hydrocarbon distillate. At least a portion of the distillate is catalytically processed in the presence of hydrogen, forming a treated shale oil product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1979
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Harbo P. Jensen
  • Patent number: 4115072
    Abstract: A fluids spraying assembly for use with pressure vessels, the assembly being adapted to permit the spraying head to be retracted for inspection and replaced in spraying use without leakages of gases from the pressure vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1978
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: William C. Nielsen