Patents by Inventor Fiona Millicent Hess

Fiona Millicent Hess 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).

  • Trimerisation and oligomerisation of olefins using a chromium based catalyst
    Patent number: 7554001
    Abstract: The invention provides a mixed heteroatomic ligand for an oligomerization of olefins catalyst, which ligand includes at least three heteroatoms, of which at least one heteroatom is sulfur and at least two heteroatoms are not the same. The invention also provides a multidentate mixed heteroatomic ligand for an oligomerization of olefins catalyst, which ligand includes at least three heteroatoms of which at least one is a sulfur atom. The ligand may also contain, in addition to sulfur, at least one nitrogen or phosphorous heteroatom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd.
    Inventors: John Thomas Dixon, Peter Wasserscheid, David Shane McGuinness, Fiona Millicent Hess, Hulisani Maumela, David Hedley Morgan, Annette Bollman
  • Trimerisation of olefins
    Patent number: 7525009
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for trimerisation olefins, which process includes the step of contacting an olefinic feedstream with a catalyst system which includes a transition metal compound and a heteroatomic ligand and wherein the trimer is an olefin and wherein the heteroatomic ligand is described by the following general formula (R)nA-B-C(R)m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Sasol Technology (Pty) Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Blann, Annette Bollmann, John Thomas Dixon, Arno Neveling, David Hedley Morgan, Hulisani Maumela, Esna Killian, Fiona Millicent Hess, Stefanus Otto, Matthew James Overett
  • Tetramerization of olefins
    Patent number: 7511183
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for tetramerisation of olefins wherein the product stream of the process contains more than 30% of the tetramer olefin. The process includes the step of contacting an olefinic feedstream with a catalyst system containing a transition metal compound and a heteroatomic ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Sasol Technology (PTY) Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Blann, Annette Bollmann, John Thomas Dixon, Arno Neveling, David Hedley Morgan, Hulisani Maumela, Esna Killian, Fiona Millicent Hess, Stefanus Otto, Lana Pepler, Hamdani Ahmed Mahomed, Matthew James Overett
  • TRIMERISATION AND OLIGOMERISATION OF OLEFINS USING A CHROMIUM BASED CATALYST
    Publication number: 20080200744
    Abstract: The invention provides a mixed heteroatomic ligand for an oligomerisation of olefins catalyst, which ligand includes at least three heteroatoms, of which at least one heteroatom is sulfur and at least two heteroatoms are not the same. The invention also provides a multidentate mixed heteroatomic ligand for an oligomerisation of olefins catalyst, which ligand includes at least three heteroatoms of which at least one is a sulfur atom. The ligand may also contain, in addition to sulfur, at least one nitrogen or phosphorous heteroatom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Sasol Technology (PTY) LTD.
    Inventors: John Thomas Dixon, Peter Wasserscheid, David Shane McGuinness, Fiona Millicent Hess, Hulisani Maumela, David Hedley Morgan, Annette Bollman
  • Trimerisation and oligomerisation of olefins using a chromium based catalyst
    Patent number: 7361623
    Abstract: The invention provides a mixed heteroatomic ligand for an oligomerisation of olefins catalyst, which ligand includes at least three heteroatoms, of which at least one heteroatom is nitrogen and at least two heteroatoms are not the same. The invention also provides a multidentate mixed heroatomic ligand for an oligomerization of olefins catalyst, which ligand includes at least three heteroatoms. At least one heteroatom may be nitrogen and at least 2 heteroatoms may not be the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd.
    Inventors: John Thomas Dixon, Jacobus Johannes Cronje Grove, Peter Wasserscheid, David Shane McGuinness, Fiona Millicent Hess, Hulisani Maumela, David Hedley Morgan, Annette Bollman
  • Trimerisation and oligomerisation of olefins using a chromium based catalyst
    Patent number: 7300904
    Abstract: The invention provides a mixed heteroatomic ligand for an oligomerisation of olefins catalyst, which ligand includes at least three heteroatoms, of which at least one heteroatom is sulfur and at least 2 heteroatoms are not the same. The invention also provides a multidentate mixed heteroatomic ligand for an oligomerisation of olefins catalyst, which ligand includes at least three heteroatoms of which at least one is a sulfur atom. The ligand may also contain, in addition to sulfur, at least one nitrogen or phosphorous heteroatom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd.
    Inventors: John Thomas Dixon, Peter Wasserscheid, David Shane McGuinness, Fiona Millicent Hess, Hulisani Maumela, David Hedley Morgan, Annette Bollman
  • Tetramerization of olefins
    Patent number: 7297832
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for tetramerisation of olefins wherein the product stream of the process contains more than 30% of the tetramer olefin. The process includes the step of contacting an olefinic feedstream with a catalyst system containing a transition metal compound and a heteroatomic ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Sasol Technology (PTY) Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Blann, Annette Bollmann, John Thomas Dixon, Arno Neveling, David Hedley Morgan, Hulisani Maumela, Esna Killian, Fiona Millicent Hess, Stefanus Otto, Matthew James Overett, Michael James Green