Patents by Inventor Alfred John Rudge

Alfred John Rudge 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).

  • Patent number: 4016217
    Abstract: A process for making branched, internally-unsaturated liquid perfluoroolefins that are oligomers of tetrafluoroethylene and have an empirical formula (C.sub.2 F.sub.4).sub.n where n is an integer of 4 to 7, comprising contacting tetrafluoroethylene under anhydrous conditions with at least one fluoride which is a source of fluoride ions, said fluoride being selected from the group consisting of the normal fluorides, acid fluorides and fluorosulphinates of the metals potassium, rubidium and caesium and normal fluorides of a tetraalkylammonium ion, at a temperature of 20.degree. C to 170.degree. C in the presence of an inert solvent selected from the group consisting of dimethylformamide, dimethyl sulphoxide, N-methyl pyrrolidone and hexamethylphosphoramide, and recovering said branched, internally-unsaturated liquid perfluoroolefins from the reaction medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventors: Harold Crosbie Fielding, Alfred John Rudge