Patents by Inventor Daniel A. Lima

Daniel A. Lima 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 manufacturing 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid
    Patent number: 6392092
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid (HMB) in commercially viable amounts is disclosed. The reaction mixture cycles through an external heat exchanger while the primary reactant is added in a warmer so as to control and maintain a low temperature for the reaction mixture. The manufacturing process herein disclosed increases yield while decreasing reaction time from the synthetic processes currently practiced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Met-Rx USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence W. McCoy, Daniel A. Lima, Melvin E. Miller
  • Process for manufacturing 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid
    Publication number: 20010014757
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid (HMB) in commercially viable amounts is disclosed. The reaction mixture cycles through an external heat exchanger while the primary reactant is added in a warmer so as to control and maintain a low temperature for the reaction mixture. The manufacturing process herein disclosed increases yield while decreasing reaction time from the synthetic processes currently practiced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Applicant: Met-Rx USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence W. McCoy, Daniel A. Lima, Melvin E. Miller
  • Process for manufacturing 3-hydroxy-3-Methylbutanoic acid
    Patent number: 6248922
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid (HMB) in commercially viable amounts is disclosed. The reaction mixture cycles through an external heat exchanger while the primary reactant is added in a warmer so as to control and maintain a low temperature for the reaction mixture. The manufacturing process herein disclosed increases yield while decreasing reaction time from the synthetic processes currently practiced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: MET-RX USA Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence W. McCoy, Daniel A. Lima, Melvin E. Miller
  • Process for manufacturing 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid
    Patent number: 6090978
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid (HMB) in commercially viable amounts is disclosed. The reaction mixture cycles through an external heat exchanger while the primary reactant is added in a warmer so as to control and maintain a low temperature for the reaction mixture. The manufacturing process herein disclosed increases yield while decreasing reaction time from the synthetic processes currently practiced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: MET-RX USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence W. McCoy, Daniel A. Lima, Melvin E. Miller
  • Method of generating lower alkyl and cycloalkyl isocyanates
    Patent number: 4141913
    Abstract: A method of generating lower alkyl and cycloalkyl isocyanates in situ by pyrolysis of an appropriately selected alkyl aryl urea of the formula ##STR1## where R.sub.1 aryl, R.sub.2 may be either alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, and in which R.sub.3 is the specific lower (C.sub.1 through C.sub.6) alkyl or cycloalkyl radical of the isocyanate selected to be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1979
    Assignee: American Carbonyl, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanford Schwartzman, Daniel A. Lima