Patents by Inventor Eugene Victor Hort

Eugene Victor Hort 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 producing an unsaturated glycol diester using a catalyst comprising palladium containing thorium as a promotor
    Patent number: 4121039
    Abstract: Unsaturated glycol diesters are prepared at high reaction rates, high degrees of conversion and high selectivity, by reacting a conjugated diene, a carboxylic acid and oxygen, in the presence of an improved active solid catalyst, in the liquid phase. The improved catalyst of the invention comprises palladium containing thorium as a promotor. In the preferred embodiment, butadiene and acetic acid are reacted with oxygen to produce the desired 1,4-diacetoxy-2-butene at high conversions and selectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1978
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: R. Parthasarathy, Eugene Victor Hort