Patents by Inventor Erlind Magnus Thorsteinson

Erlind Magnus Thorsteinson 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).

  • Alkylene oxide catalysts having enhanced activity and/or stability
    Patent number: 6511938
    Abstract: Catalysts for the production of alkylene oxide by the epoxidation of alkene with oxygen comprise a silver-containing support, and a sufficient amount of cobalt component to enhance at least one of activity and/or efficiency and/or stability as compared to a similar catalyst which does not contain cobalt component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Albert Cheng-Yu Liu, Erlind Magnus Thorsteinson, Hwaili Soo, James Herndon McCain, David Michael Minahan
  • Process for preparing unsaturated acids and aldehydes
    Patent number: 4034008
    Abstract: A novel catalyst comprising the elements Mo, Bi, Fe, Si, Ni and/or Co and Ru and/or Sb, and, optionally Cl, and an oxidation process, is provided for oxidizing alpha, beta unsaturated monoolefins in the vapor phase with molecular oxygen to produce the corresponding alpha-beta unsaturated carboxylic acid and alpha-beta unsaturated aldehyde. The catalyst can also be used in corresponding ammoxidation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1977
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Abraham Nathan Kurtz, Erlind Magnus Thorsteinson, Harry Joe Decker