Patents by Inventor Corey W. Reed

Corey W. Reed 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).

  • Hydroformylation process including catalyst recycle
    Patent number: 8541627
    Abstract: An improved hydroformylation catalyst cycle is disclosed wherein the cobalt catalyst is recycled to the hydroformylation reaction mainly as a water soluble carbonyl salt, obtained from extraction of the acidic form of the homogeneous cobalt carbonyl catalyst from the hydroformylation product with an aqueous solution of a salt of a weaker acid. The organic product after extraction is submitted to a further demetalling step in the presence of a dilute acid and an oxidant. The water from this further demetalling step is suitable for use in the upstream extraction step. A free water phase present in the hydroformylation reaction product may be separated upstream from the extraction step and is suitable for use in the further demetalling step, such that the catalyst cycle has no waste water stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Eddy T. A. Van Driessche, Ronald D. Garton, Corey W. Reed
  • Manufacture of purified alcohols
    Patent number: 8288596
    Abstract: Acetals are formed from an aldehyde hydrogenation product mixture comprising alcohols and at most 2% of alde-hydes and the product is distilled to yield purified alcohols and a second stream containing acetals and/or unsaturated ethers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Dean Garton, Corey W. Reed, Krishna Kulai Rao, Bruce D. Lilly, Ramzi Yanni Saleh, Raphael Frans Caers
  • Manufacture of Purified Alcohols
    Publication number: 20100137630
    Abstract: Acetals are formed from an aldehyde hydrogenation product mixture comprising alcohols and at most 2% of alde-hydes and the product is distilled to yield purified alcohols and a second stream containing acetals and/or unsaturated ethers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Ronald Dean Garton, Corey W. Reed, Rao Krishna Kulai, Bruce D. Lilly, Ramzi Yanni Saleh, Raphael Frans Caers
  • Manufacture of alcohols
    Patent number: 7700814
    Abstract: Acetals are formed from a mixture comprising alcohols and aldehydes and the product is distilled to yield purified alcohols and/or acetals and/or unsaturated ethers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald D. Garton, Corey W. Reed, Krishna K. Rao, Bruce D. Lilly
  • Manufacture of alcohols
    Publication number: 20080237027
    Abstract: Acetals are formed from a mixture comprising alcohols and aldehydes and the product is distilled to yield purified alcohols and/or acetals and/or unsaturated ethers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Ronald D. Garton, Corey W. Reed, Krishna K. Rao, Bruce D. Lilly