Patents by Inventor Gary Goodyear

Gary Goodyear 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).

  • Purification of pentafluoroethane
    Patent number: 6340781
    Abstract: A process for the removal of chloroalkane, chlorofluoroalkane and/or hydrofluoroalkane impurities from pentafluoroethane which comprises contacting the impure pentafluoroethane with hydrogen at elevated temperature in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to convert the impurity or impurities to a hydrofluoroalkane and/or a hydrocarbon and separating the resulting hydrofluoroalkane and/or hydrocarbon from the pentafluoroethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Charles John Shields, Gary Goodyear
  • Hydrogenation catalyst and process
    Patent number: 6160188
    Abstract: A process for the production of a hydrofluoroalkane is disclosed which comprises contacting a halofluorocarbon or hydrohalofluorocarbon with hydrogen at elevated temperature in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst which comprises palladium and an alkali metal carried on a support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: John David Scott, Gary Goodyear, John Charles McCarthy