Patents by Inventor Guy Hendree

Guy Hendree 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).

  • Process for separating saturated fatty acids from fatty acid mixtures
    Patent number: 6706903
    Abstract: A process for removing saturated fatty acids from a primarily unsaturated fatty acid mixture is disclosed wherein the process comprises fractionally distilling off saturated C16 and other minor fatty acid components in the mixture to a level less than or equal to 4% by weight, adding a lower polyglycerol ester as a crystallization aid, then cooling and fractionally crystallizing out remaining saturated fatty acids to yield a product comprising less than 3.3% saturated fatty acids by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Crompton Corporation
    Inventors: Guy Hendree, Shannon Martin, Thomas E. Breuer, Kyle Walker