Patents by Inventor Edmund Bockowski

Edmund Bockowski 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).

  • Method of generating acrolein
    Patent number: 4851583
    Abstract: This invention relates to the generation of acrolein from an acetal of acrolein via exposure to a sulfonic acid reusable catalytic material. The acrolein acetals have the following general structures; ##STR1## where R may or may not be equal to R' R/R' is an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbons; and ##STR2## where R is a cyclic diol derived from ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, pentylene glycol, hexylene glycol, glycerol hexoses or polyaccharides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Betz Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Edmund Bockowski, Cato R. McDaniel