Patents by Inventor Bruce Murphree

Bruce Murphree 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 OXIDATION OF CYCLOHEXANE
    Publication number: 20050096486
    Abstract: Process for oxidizing cyclohexane in which oxygen is contacted with cyclohexane at a pre-selected feed rate in a first reaction zone and unconsumed oxygen is contacted with cyclohexane in a second reaction zone in which the cyclohexane feed rate is lower than the pre-selected feed rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: David Landray, Ludovic Rick Fodor, Bruce Murphree, James Rung
  • Preparation of pentenoic acid
    Patent number: 5536873
    Abstract: 3-pentenoic acid or the R ester of pentenoic acid is produced by treating pentenoyl chloride in a reactive distillation zone with ROH where R is hydrogen or hydrocarbon of 1 to 6 carbon atoms. Butadiene may be reacted with HCl that is formed by the hydrolysis of pentenoyl chloride, and the butadiene converted to chlorobutene, and the chlorobutene reacted with carbon monoxide to form pentenoyl chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, DSM N.V.
    Inventors: Bruce Murphree, Ronnie Ozer