Patents Assigned to Rinnovi, L.L.C.
  • Method for deriving methanol from waste generated methane and structured product formulated therefrom
    Patent number: 7161048
    Abstract: Methanol is produced from bacterially oxidized waste methane by reaction with Pd+2, Cu+2, air, and molten phthalic anhydride in an entrained oxidizer generating half ester of methyl phthalate which is reaction distilled to produce methanol and recycle phthalic anhydride containing the Pd+2, Cu+2 phthalate catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Rinnovi, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Carol Knox, legal representative, Walter R. Knox, deceased