Patents by Inventor Andre Combes

Andre Combes 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: 4007254
    Abstract: Carbon oxysulfide is obtained in high yield and with high product selectivity and conversion rates by the sulfurization of methanol in the gas phase at elevated temperatures. The starting methanol utilized in the process may be advantageously supplied from natural gas generated at petroleum production sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1977
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Industries
    Inventors: Bernard Buathier, Andre Combes, Francois Pierrot, Henri Guerpillon
  • Patent number: 3978198
    Abstract: A method for producing carbon disulfide by sulfurization of sulfur-containing organic compounds is described. Conventional apparatus may be employed with realization of reactant conversion rates approaching 100%, and production of undesirable by-products is insignificant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Industries
    Inventors: Bernard Buathier, Andre Combes, Jean-Paul Jourdan
  • Patent number: 3935276
    Abstract: Process for the synthesis of methyl mercaptan by the reaction of methanol with hydrogen sulfide wherein a high degree of conversion and enhanced selectivity for the product are obtained by dividing the quantity of catalyst utilized in the reaction into a minimum of three separate portions to form a plurality of reactive catalyst zones and introducing the total amount of hydrogen sulfide reagent into the first of such catalyst zones and thereafter introducing equivalent or alternatively different amounts of the methanol reagent into the consecutive interconnected catalytic zones to react with hydrogen sulfide flowing therethrough while maintaining a molar ratio of hydrogen sulfide to methanol between 1.1 and 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1976
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Industries
    Inventors: Georges Biola, Bernard Buathier, Andre Combes, Michel Martin