Patents by Inventor Frederick G. McWilliams, Jr.

Frederick G. McWilliams, Jr. 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).

  • Continuous paraffin dehydrogenation process
    Patent number: 3978150
    Abstract: Continuous operation and a high rate of conversion are obtained in a normal paraffin dehydrogenation process through the use of a moving bed non-fluidized reaction zone operated at a subatmospheric pressure. Quantities of catalyst are periodically removed from the reaction zone, passed through regeneration and reducing zones operated at superatmospheric pressures and returned to the top of a reaction zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: Universal Oil Products Company
    Inventor: Frederick G. McWilliams, Jr.