Patents by Inventor Alec Mee

Alec Mee 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 unsaturated mono- or saturated dialdehydes and acetals thereof
    Patent number: 4507508
    Abstract: Unsaturated mono- and saturated di-aldehydes and acetals are produced by reacting a conjugated diolefine with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of an alcohol and a catalyst comprising rhodium, a tert phosphine or phosphite and more than one equivalent of acid per gram atom of rhodium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Percy Hayden, Alec Mee, Donald Wright
  • Production of glycols
    Patent number: 4202995
    Abstract: A glycol is produced by reacting an olefine with oxygen in an aqueous solution which comprises copper or iron ions, bromide ions, and iodide ions. The catalyst may be recycled to the reaction in the heavy ends of the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1980
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventor: Alec Mee