Patents by Inventor Danny T. Kelso

Danny T. Kelso 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).

  • Patent number: 5749928
    Abstract: The invention presented involves a method for reducing emissions from or increasing the utilizable energy of fuel for powering diesel, gasoline or gasohol internal combustion engines, the method comprising admixing with the fuel an additive which comprises a fuel-soluble, nonionic, organometallic platinum group metal coordination composition which is a) resistant to breakdown under ambient temperatures; b) does not contain a disadvantageous amount of phosphorus, arsenic, antimony or halides; and c) has a partition ratio sufficient to maintain preferential solubility in the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Platinum Plus, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Robert Epperly, Barry N. Sprague, Danny T. Kelso, Wayne E. Bowers
  • Patent number: 5215652
    Abstract: The invention presented involves a method for regenerating, replacing or treating the catalyst in a hydroprocessing reactor, the method comprising admixing with the feedstock, recycle stream or hydrogen stream of the reactor an additive which comprises a nonionic, organometallic platinum group metal coordination composition which is a) resistant to breakdown under ambient temperatures; b) capable of breakdown at temperatures existing in the vicinity of the catalyst; and c) does not contain a disadvantageous amount of phosphorus, arsenic, sulfur, antimony or halides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Platinum Plus, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Robert Epperly, Barry N. Sprague, Danny T. Kelso, Wayne E. Bowers