Patents by Inventor Gardner C. Ray

Gardner C. Ray 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).

  • Aliphatic olefin oxidation using catalyst containing Sn, P, O, Li
    Patent number: 4351963
    Abstract: A method for preparing aldehyde from aliphatic olefin in the presence of oxygen and a catalyst containing Sn, P, Li, and O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1982
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Gardner C. Ray, Paul W. Solomon
  • Catalyst regeneration
    Patent number: 3988259
    Abstract: A catalyst consisting essentially of a support which does not lose its integrity when contacted with vapor, water and oxygen under elevated temperature conditions, promoted with 0.05-20 weight percent of (1) at least two different metals active for initiating oxidative reactions selected from the group consisting of the metals of Groups IIIB, IVB, VB, VIB, VIIB, VIII, IB and VA of the Periodic Table; and (2) a rare earth metal after having been used to purify contaminated water in the presence of molecular oxygen is effectively regenerated by contacting said catalyst with hydrogen under elevated temperature conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventor: Gardner C. Ray