Patents by Inventor Delwin E. Dodd

Delwin E. Dodd 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).

  • Direct hydration of olefins to alcohols
    Patent number: 4003952
    Abstract: An improvement in the process for producing alcohols by the direct hydration of olefins in the presence of a catalyst, where the reactor effluent is scrubbed with water in a scrubbing zone and where the olefin feed is introduced in the lower portion of the scrubbing zone to strip out the organic impurities found in the aqueous alcohol product stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1977
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Elton Gordon Foster, Robert A. Golding, Delwin E. Dodd