Patents by Inventor Franklin Veatch

Franklin Veatch 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).

  • Recovery of bitumen from tar sands
    Patent number: 4174263
    Abstract: Bitumen is separated from tar sands by contacting the tar sands with a small amount of liquid, heating the liquid treated tar sands to expand the liquid as a vapor thereby reducing the density of the bitumen and separating the bitumen from the remainder of the tar sands on the basis of density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1979
  • Manganese containing fuels
    Patent number: 4141693
    Abstract: The invention is gasoline containing an added manganese compound to improve the octane rating of the gasoline and including a small amount of an additive selected from a group consisting of a monocarboxylic acid or its ester, a dicarboxylic acid or its monoester or diester, an alkylamine, phenol, a substituted phenol or mixture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1979
    Assignee: Standard Oil Company (Ohio)
    Inventors: Daniel W. Feldman, James W. Sprague, Franklin Veatch
  • Manganese containing fuels
    Patent number: 4028065
    Abstract: The invention is gasoline, containing manganese additives, to improve the octane rating of the gasoline and including a hydrocarbon ester of citric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1977
    Assignee: Standard Oil Company
    Inventors: James W. Sprague, Daniel W. Feldman, Franklin Veatch
  • Non-leaded gasoline having improved anti-knock quality
    Patent number: 3976440
    Abstract: Non-leaded motor fuel compositions having improved octane rating contain O-alkyldiselenocarbonates of certain metals as octane improvers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1976
    Assignee: Standard Oil Company
    Inventors: Wallace R. Loder, Jr., Philip S. Fay, Franklin Veatch
  • Non-leaded gasoline having improved anti-knock quality
    Patent number: 3976439
    Abstract: Non-leaded motor fuel compositions having improved octane rating N,N-disubstituted diselenocarbamates of certain metals as octane improvers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1976
    Assignee: Standard Oil Company
    Inventors: Wallace R. Loder, Jr., Philip S. Fay, Franklin Veatch