Patents by Inventor Bruno De Kort

Bruno De Kort 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).

  • Publication number: 20230202961
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to processes for purification, recovery, and conversion of chlorophenol salts (e.g., 2,5-dichlorophenol and salts thereof). In various aspects, the present invention is related to removing one or more impurities from chlorophenol salt-containing process streams and/or recovering chlorophenol salts from process streams for use of the recovered chlorophenol elsewhere in an integrated process. Process streams that may be treated in accordance with the present invention include those incorporating one or more chlorophenol salts in a feed mixture and also those where one or more chlorophenol salts are present in a product or by-product stream of an integrated process. For example, conversion processes of the present invention are suitable as one piece of an integrated process for producing 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid (dicamba) or a salt or ester thereof or a process for producing 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) or a salt or ester thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Howard C. Berk, Bruno de Kort, John Joseph Parlow, Amy E. Stroman, Junqiu Yang
  • Patent number: 11629114
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to processes for purification, recovery, and conversion of chlorophenol salts (e.g., 2,5-dichlorophenol and salts thereof). In various aspects, the present invention is related to removing one or more impurities from chlorophenol salt-containing process streams and/or recovering chlorophenol salts from process streams for use of the recovered chlorophenol elsewhere in an integrated process. Process streams that may be treated in accordance with the present invention include those incorporating one or more chlorophenol salts in a feed mixture and also those where one or more chlorophenol salts are present in a product or by-product stream of an integrated process. For example, conversion processes of the present invention are suitable as one piece of an integrated process for producing 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid (dicamba) or a salt or ester thereof or a process for producing 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) or a salt or ester thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Howard C. Berk, Bruno de Kort, John Joseph Parlow, Amy E. Stroman, Junqiu Yang
  • Publication number: 20210163395
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to processes for purification, recovery, and conversion of chlorophenol salts (e.g., 2,5-dichlorophenol and salts thereof). In various aspects, the present invention is related to removing one or more impurities from chlorophenol salt-containing process streams and/or recovering chlorophenol salts from process streams for use of the recovered chlorophenol elsewhere in an integrated process. Process streams that may be treated in accordance with the present invention include those incorporating one or more chlorophenol salts in a feed mixture and also those where one or more chlorophenol salts are present in a product or by-product stream of an integrated process. For example, conversion processes of the present invention are suitable as one piece of an integrated process for producing 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid (dicamba) or a salt or ester thereof or a process for producing 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) or a salt or ester thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Howard C. Berk, Bruno de Kort, John Joseph Parlow, Amy E. Stroman, Junqiu Yang
  • Patent number: 10913701
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to processes for purification, recovery, and conversion of chlorophenol salts (e.g., 2,5-dichlorophenol and salts thereof). In various aspects, the present invention is related to removing one or more impurities from chlorophenol salt-containing process streams and/or recovering chlorophenol salts from process streams for use of the recovered chlorophenol elsewhere in an integrated process. Process streams that may be treated in accordance with the present invention include those incorporating one or more chlorophenol salts in a feed mixture and also those where one or more chlorophenol salts are present in a product or by-product stream of an integrated process. For example, conversion processes of the present invention are suitable as one piece of an integrated process for producing 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid (dicamba) or a salt or ester thereof or a process for producing 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) or a salt or ester thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Howard C. Berk, Bruno de Kort, John Joseph Parlow, Amy E. Stroman, Junqiu Yang
  • Publication number: 20190322612
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to processes for purification, recovery, and conversion of chlorophenol salts (e.g., 2,5-dichlorophenol and salts thereof). In various aspects, the present invention is related to removing one or more impurities from chlorophenol salt-containing process streams and/or recovering chlorophenol salts from process streams for use of the recovered chlorophenol elsewhere in an integrated process. Process streams that may be treated in accordance with the present invention include those incorporating one or more chlorophenol salts in a feed mixture and also those where one or more chlorophenol salts are present in a product or by-product stream of an integrated process. For example, conversion processes of the present invention are suitable as one piece of an integrated process for producing 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid (dicamba) or a salt or ester thereof or a process for producing 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) or a salt or ester thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Howard C. Berk, Bruno de Kort, John Joseph Parlow, Amy E. Stroman, Junqiu Yang
  • Patent number: 9878978
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in general, to processes for converting 2,5-dichloroaniline compounds to the corresponding 2,5-dichlorobenzenediazonium compounds, and further relates to processes for the preparation of 2,5-dichlorophenol which is a key intermediate used in the manufacture of dicamba.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Bruno De Kort, Matthew D. McReynolds, John J. Parlow, Rhonda S. Woerndle
  • Publication number: 20170342022
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in general, to processes for converting 2,5-dichloroaniline compounds to the corresponding 2,5-dichlorobenzenediazonium compounds, and further relates to processes for the preparation of 2,5-dichlorophenol which is a key intermediate used in the manufacture of dicamba.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Bruno De Kort, Matthew D. McReynolds, John J. Parlow, Rhonda S. Woerndle
  • Patent number: 9695114
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in general, to processes for converting 2,5-dichloroaniline compounds to the corresponding 2,5-dichlorobenzenediazonium compounds, and further relates to processes for the preparation of 2,5-dichlorophenol which is a key intermediate used in the manufacture of dicamba.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Bruno De Kort, Matthew D. McReynolds, John J. Parlow, Rhonda S. Woerndle
  • Publication number: 20160318853
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in general, to processes for converting 2,5-dichloroaniline compounds to the corresponding 2,5-dichlorobenzenediazonium compounds, and further relates to processes for the preparation of 2,5-dichlorophenol which is a key intermediate used in the manufacture of dicamba.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Bruno De Kort, Matthew D. McReynolds, John J. Parlow, Rhonda S. Woerndle