Patents by Inventor Dieter Nachtsheim

Dieter Nachtsheim 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 preparation of alkyl aryl ethers
    Patent number: 4307253
    Abstract: Procecss for the preparation of alkyl aryl ethers by reacting phenols with aliphatic ethers in the presence of strongly acid cation exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1981
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Neumann, Hans-Helmut Schwarz, Dieter Nachtsheim
  • Process for the preparation of pinacolone
    Patent number: 4057583
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel synthesis for pinacolone comprising reacting 2-methyl-but-2-ene and/or 2-methyl-but-1-ene with an aqueous inorganic acid, adding formaldehyde gradually at a temperature between 50.degree. and 200.degree. C at a rate of 0.5 - 1.5 moles of formaldehyde per mole of butene compound, allowing the mixture to react further, and separating the pinacolone by distillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1977
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter Merz, Dieter Nachtsheim