Patents by Inventor Harold Robert Gerberich, Jr.

Harold Robert Gerberich, 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).

  • Production of fatty acids
    Patent number: 4054590
    Abstract: A process for producing fatty acids from C.sub.12 to C.sub.35 normal alkanes by air oxidizing the alkanes, followed by nitric acid oxidation of the air oxidation product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1977
    Assignee: Celanese Corporation
    Inventor: Harold Robert Gerberich, Jr.
  • Production of fatty acids from alkanes by oxidation
    Patent number: 4011252
    Abstract: A process for producing fatty acids from C.sub.20 to C.sub.30 normal alkanes by air oxidizing the alkanes, followed by hydrogenating the product of the air oxidation and then oxidizing the hydrogenated product by nitric acid oxidation. The crude fatty acid product may be purified by a second hydrogenation to convert nitrogen impurities to amines and removal of the amines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1977
    Assignee: Celanese Corporation
    Inventors: Harold Robert Gerberich, Jr., Edward F. Dougherty