Patents by Inventor Glen R. Wyness

Glen R. Wyness 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).

  • Highly alkaline transesterification catalyst, e.g., alkali metal alkoxide, protected by fatty acid esters
    Patent number: 5124301
    Abstract: Highly alkaline transesterification catalysts like alkali metal alkoxides, which are not stable in the atmosphere, are stabilized by surrounding them with fatty acid esters of volatile alcohols. These fatty acid esters of volatile alcohols are preferably solid and/or, preferably, are the same as one of the reactants in the transesterification reaction that is being catalyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Glen R. Wyness, John K. Howie