Patents by Inventor Fiona JACKSON

Fiona JACKSON 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 making ethers via enol ethers
    Patent number: 11787760
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ethers, particularly unsymmetrical ethers, and preferably ethers suitable for use as base stocks for lubricant compositions. In particular, the process involves the reaction of a branched-chain aldehyde and a branched-chain alcohol to form an enol ether and conversion of the enol ether to a saturated ether by reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BP P.L.C.
    Inventors: Jon Deeley, Gareth Armitage, Fiona Jackson, Gregory Price
  • PROCESS AND CATALYST FOR THE PREPARATION OF ETHYLENE
    Publication number: 20230173472
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of ethylene by the dehydration of ethanol in the presence of a zeolite catalyst having the MOR framework code, wherein the process is operated at a temperature in the range of from 100° C. to 300° C., for example from 140° C. to 270° C., such as from 150° C. to 250° C., and wherein the zeolite catalyst having the MOR framework code has been modified by the adsorption of an optionally substituted pyridine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Corneliu Buda, Benjamin James Dennis-Smither, Fiona Jackson, John Glenn Sunley
  • Process for dehydrating alcohols to ethers
    Patent number: 11578026
    Abstract: A process for dehydrating C2+ alcohols to ether products in the presence of a catalyst and promoter, wherein the catalyst is at least one aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst which is a medium pore zeolite having a 3-dimensional framework structure, and the promoter is one or more organic carbonyl compounds or derivatives thereof, and wherein and the molar ratio of promoter to C2+ alcohols is maintained at less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: BP P.L.C.
    Inventors: Benjamin James Dennis-Smither, John Glenn Sunley, Fiona Jackson
  • Selective acetalization / etherification process
    Patent number: 11377615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a selective process for preparing acetals or ethers. In particular, the process involves a selective catalytic hydrogenolysis of a trihydrocarbyl orthoesterso as to control the extent of dealcoholation to afford either the corresponding acetal or ether product. Ether products preparable by means of the present invention include ethers which are suitable for use as base stocks in lubricating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: BP P.L.C.
    Inventors: Jon Deeley, Gareth Armitage, Fiona Jackson
  • PROCESS
    Publication number: 20220144739
    Abstract: A process for dehydrating C2+ alcohols to ether products in the presence of a catalyst and promoter, wherein the catalyst is at least one aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst which is a medium pore zeolite having a 3-dimensional framework structure, and the promoter is one or more organic carbonyl compounds or derivatives thereof, and wherein and the molar ratio of promoter to C2+ alcohols is maintained at less than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin James DENNIS-SMITHER, John Glenn SUNLEY, Fiona JACKSON
  • Process for Making Ethers via Enol Ethers
    Publication number: 20220002220
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ethers, particularly unsymmetrical ethers, and preferably ethers suitable for use as base stocks for lubricant compositions. In particular, the process involves the reaction of a branched-chain aldehyde and a branched-chain alcohol to form an enol ether and conversion of the enol ether to a saturated ether by reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Jon DEELEY, Gareth ARMITAGE, Fiona JACKSON, Gregory PRICE
  • Selective Acetalization / Etherification Process
    Publication number: 20210363454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a selective process for preparing acetals or ethers. In particular, the process involves a selective catalytic hydrogenolysis of a trihydrocarbyl orthoesterso as to control the extent of dealcoholation to afford either the corresponding acetal or ether product. Ether products preparable by means of the present invention include ethers which are suitable for use as base stocks in lubricating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jon DEELEY, Gareth ARMITAGE, Fiona JACKSON