Patents by Inventor Carl Jozef Elsa Vercauteren

Carl Jozef Elsa Vercauteren 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 recovery of a carbonylation product
    Patent number: 5874610
    Abstract: A process for the recovery of a carbonylation product from a liquid reaction composition of an iridium-catalysed carbonylation reaction of a carbonylatable reactant comprises subjecting the composition to a vaporization with or without the addition of heat to produce a vapor-fraction and a liquid fraction, the vapor fraction comprises carbonylation product and the liquid fraction has a water concentration of at least 0.5% by weight to stabilize the iridium catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: BP Chemicals Limited
    Inventors: Kirsten Everald Clode, Derrick John Watson, Carl Jozef Elsa Vercauteren