Patents Examined by Mark Luderer
  • Method for preparing phenolic compounds
    Patent number: 8648218
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosure, a method for preparing a phenolic compound is provided. The method includes providing a lignin depolymerization product, and hydrogenating the lignin depolymerization product under iron oxide and hydrogen gas to prepare a phenolic compound. The prepared phenolic compound is a crude phenolic composition including phenol, methylphenol, dimethylphenol or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chiung-Fang Liu, Chih-Ching Chen, Chih-Hao Chen, Pei-Jung Yu, Ying-Hsi Chang, Hou-Peng Wan, Hom-Ti Lee
  • Carbonylation process for the production of methyl acetate
    Patent number: 8624054
    Abstract: A process for the production of methyl acetate by reacting dimethyl ether with carbon monoxide into a carbonylation reactor containing a mordenite catalyst in the presence of added methyl acetate and/or acetic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: BP Chemicals Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas John Hazel, Lesley Ann Key, Mark Stephen Roberts, John Glenn Sunley
  • Crystalline teglicar
    Patent number: 8598384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new crystalline form of R-4-trimethylammonium-3-(tetradecylcarbamoyl)-amino butyrate (also named crystalline Form I of ST 1326 or teglicar), a process for its preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A.
    Inventors: Walter Cabri, Mauro Marzi, Fabrizio Giorgi, Emanuela Tassoni