Patents by Inventor James Clarke Vartuli

James Clarke Vartuli 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).

  • Patent number: 8203017
    Abstract: A process for hydrogenating benzenepolycarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, such as esters and/or anhydrides, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Henry Schlosberg, Jose Guadalupe Santiesteban, Stuart L. Soled, Andrzej Mariusz Malek, Joseph E. Baumgartner, Luo Shifang, Sabato Miseo, James Clarke Vartuli
  • Patent number: 8143438
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for hydrogenating one or more organic compounds especially unsaturated organic compounds by bringing the compound into contact with a hydrogen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst, which comprises one or more catalytically active metals applied to a porous catalyst support. The one or more catalytically active metals having been derived via a decomposed organic complex of the metal on the support, in particular amine complexes of the metal. The decomposed complex may be treated with hydrogen to activate the catalyst before use as a hydrogenation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Leon Soled, Andrzej Malek, James Clarke Vartuli, Jennifer Schaefer Feeley, Sabato Miseo, Shifang Luo, Richard Henry Schlosberg, Joseph Ernest Baumgartner, Christine E. Kliewer, Steven T. Ragomo
  • Publication number: 20110112322
    Abstract: A process for hydrogenating benzenepolycarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, such as esters and/or anhydrides, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Richard Henry Schlosberg, Jose Guadalupe Santiesteban, Stuart L. Soled, Andrzej Mariusz Malek, Joseph E. Baumgartner, Luo Shifang, Sabato Miseo, James Clarke Vartuli
  • Publication number: 20110082311
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for hydrogenating one or more organic compounds especially unsaturated organic compounds by bringing the compound into contact with a hydrogen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst, which comprises one or more catalytically active metals applied to a porous catalyst support. The one or more catalytically active metals having been derived via a decomposed organic complex of the metal on the support, in particular amine complexes of the metal. The decomposed complex may be treated with hydrogen to activate the catalyst before use as a hydrogenation catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Stuart Leon Soled, Andrzej Malek, James Clarke Vartuli, Jennifer Schaefer Feeley, Sabato Miseo, Shifang Luo, Richard Henry Schlosberg, Joseph Ernest Baumgartner, Christine E. Kliewer, Steven T. Ragomo
  • Patent number: 7893295
    Abstract: A process for hydrogenating benzenepolycarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, such as esters and/or anhydrides, by bringing one or more benzenepolycarboxylic acids or one or more derivatives thereof into contact with a hydrogen-containing gas in the presence of one or more catalytically active metal, such as platinum, palladium ruthenium or mixtures thereof, deposited on a catalyst support comprising one or more ordered mesoporous materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Exxon Mobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Henry Schlosberg, Jose Guadalupe Santiesteban, Stuart L. Soled, Andrzej Mariusz Malek, Joseph E. Baumgartner, Shifang L. Luo, Sabato Miseo, James Clarke Vartuli
  • Patent number: 7875742
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for hydrogenating one or more organic compounds especially unsaturated organic compounds by bringing the compound into contact with a hydrogen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst, which comprises one or more catalytically active metals applied to a porous catalyst support. The one or more catalytically active metals having been derived via a decomposed organic complex of the metal on the support, in particular amine complexes of the metal. The decomposed complex may be treated with hydrogen to activate the catalyst before use as a hydrogenation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Leon Soled, Andrzej Malek, James Clarke Vartuli, Jennifer Schaefer Feeley, Sabato Miseo, Shifang Luo, Richard Henry Schlosberg, Joseph Ernest Baumgartner, Christine E. Kliewer, Steven T. Ragomo
  • Publication number: 20100184895
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for hydrogenating one or more organic compounds especially unsaturated organic compounds by bringing the compound into contact with a hydrogen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst, which comprises one or more catalytically active metals applied to a porous catalyst support. The one or more catalytically active metals having been derived via a decomposed organic complex of the metal on the support, in particular amine complexes of the metal. The decomposed complex may be treated with hydrogen to activate the catalyst before use as a hydrogenation catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Stuart Leon Soled, Andrzej Malek, James Clarke Vartuli, Jennifer Schaefer Feeley, Sabato Miseo, Shifang Luo, Richard Henry Schlosberg, Joseph Ernest Baumgartner, Christine E. Kliewer, Steven T. Ragomo
  • Patent number: 7732634
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for hydrogenating one or more organic compounds especially unsaturated organic compounds by bringing the compound into contact with a hydrogen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst, which comprises one or more catalytically active metals applied to a porous catalyst support. The one or more catalytically active metals having been derived via a decomposed organic complex of the metal on the support, in particular amine complexes of the metal. The decomposed complex may be treated with hydrogen to activate the catalyst before use as a hydrogenation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Leon Soled, Andrzej Malek, James Clarke Vartuli, Jennifer Schaefer Feeley, Sabato Miseo, Shifang Luo, Richard Henry Schlosberg, Joseph Ernest Baumgartner, Christine E. Kliewer, Steven T. Ragomo
  • Patent number: 7595420
    Abstract: A process for hydrogenating benzenepolycarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, such as esters and/or anhydrides, by bringing one or more benzenepolycarboxylic acids or one or more derivatives thereof into contact with a hydrogen-containing gas in the presence of one or more catalytically active metal, such as platinum, palladium, ruthenium or mixtures thereof, deposited on a catalyst support comprising one or more ordered mesoporous materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Henry Schlosberg, Jose Guadalupe Santiesteban, Stuart L. Soled, Andrzej Mariusz Malek, Joseph E. Baumgartner, Luo Shifang, Sabato Miseo, James Clarke Vartuli
  • Publication number: 20090234152
    Abstract: A process for hydrogenating benzenepolycarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, such as esters and/or anhydrides, by bringing one or more benzenepolycarboxylic acids or one or more derivatives thereof into contact with a hydrogen-containing gas in the presence of one or more catalytically active metal, such as platinum, palladium ruthenium or mixtures thereof, deposited on a catalyst support comprising one or more ordered mesoporous materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Richard Henry Schlosberg, Jose Guadalupe Santiesteban, Stuart L. Soled, Andrzej Mariusz Malek, Joseph E. Baumgartner, Luo Shifang, Sabato Miseo, James Clarke Vartuli
  • Patent number: 7585808
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to processes for preparing supported metal catalysts comprising one or more catalytically active metals applied to a porous catalyst support and to processes that use such catalysts. The process requires the formation of an organic complex during the manufacture of the catalyst which after its formation is either partially or fully decomposed before reduction if the metal to form the catalyst. The catalysts have high levels of metal dispersion and uniform distribution of catalytically active metals on the support. The catalysts obtained form the processes are particularly effective in catalysing Fischer-Tropsch reactions and as adsorbants for the removal or organosulfur compounds from hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Andrzel Malek, James Clarke Vartuli, Stuart Leon Soled, Sabato Miseo, Jennifer Schaefer Feeley, Gary L. Casty, Gabor Kiss, Jeffrey M. Dysard, Joseph Ernest Baumgartner, Christine E. Kliewer, Steven T Ragomo
  • Publication number: 20090131726
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making Group 3 and Group 4 mixed metal oxide catalyst suitable for the decomposition of ethers to alkenes and alkanols. In an embodiment, it relates to a method of making a cerium-zirconium mixed metal oxide catalyst. In an embodiment, the catalyst made by the process of the invention is used for the production of isopropanol (IPA) from isopropyl ether (IPE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: James Clarke Vartuli, Doron Levin, Stephen John McCarthy
  • Patent number: 7468465
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making Group 3 and Group 4 mixed metal oxide catalyst suitable for the decomposition of ethers to alkenes and alkanols. In an embodiment, it relates to a method of making a cerium-zirconium mixed metal oxide catalyst. In an embodiment, the catalyst made by the process of the invention is used for the production of isopropanol (IPA) from isopropyl ether (IPE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: James Clarke Vartuli, Doron Levin, Stephen John McCarthy
  • Patent number: 7282192
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition of matter comprising at least one metal from Group 3, at least one metal from Group 4, sulfur and oxygen, particularly useful as a catalyst for ether decomposition to alkanols and alkenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: James Clarke Vartuli, Jeffrey T. Elks, El-Mekki El-Malki, William G. Borghard, Doron Levin, Stephen John McCarthy
  • Patent number: 7173158
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition of matter comprising at least one metal from Group 3, at least one metal from Group 4, sulfur and oxygen, particularly useful as a catalyst for ether decomposition to alkanols and alkenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: James Clarke Vartuli, Doron Levin, Stephen John McCarthy
  • Patent number: 7102037
    Abstract: A process for selectively converting a dialkyl ether to the corresponding alkene and alkanol comprises contacting a feed containing at least one dialkyl ether with a catalyst comprising a mixed metal oxide which comprises at least one metal selected from Group 4 of the Periodic Table of Elements and at least one metal selected from Group 3 (including the Lanthanides and Actinides) and Group 6 of the Periodic Table of Elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Doron Levin, Shifang Luo, James Clarke Vartuli, Charles Morris Yarbrough, Dane Clark Grenoble
  • Patent number: 7074739
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing alkylated aromatic hydrocarbons, preferably with an oxygen or sulfur containing alkylating agent, in the presence of a multi-component molecular sieve catalyst composition that includes a molecular sieve and an active metal oxide. The invention is also directed to methods of making and formulating the multi-component molecular sieve catalyst composition useful in producing alkylated aromatics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Jihad Mohammed Dakka, James Clarke Vartuli, John Scott Buchanan, Jose G. Santiesteban, Doron Levin
  • Patent number: 6797155
    Abstract: A process for catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feedstock comprises contacting the feedstock with a catalyst composition comprising a primary cracking component, such as zeolite Y, and a mesoporous aluminophosphate material which includes a solid aluminophosphate composition modified with at least one element selected from zirconium, cerium, lanthanum, manganese, cobalt, zinc, and vanadium. The mesoporous aluminophosphate material has a specific surface area of at least 100 m2/g, an average pore size less than or equal to 100 Å, and a pore size distribution such that at least 50% of the pores have a pore diameter less than 100 Å.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Arthur Warren Chester, Frederick Earl Daugherty, Anthony Shiu lun Fung, Charles Theodore Kresge, Hye Kyung Cho Timken, James Clarke Vartuli, Ranjit Kumar, Terry G. Roberie, Michael S. Ziebarth
  • Publication number: 20040097770
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing alkylated aromatic hydrocarbons, preferably with an oxygen or sulfur containing alkylating agent, in the presence of a multi-component molecular sieve catalyst composition that includes a molecular sieve and an active metal oxide. The invention is also directed to methods of making and formulating the multi-component molecular sieve catalyst composition useful in producing alkylated aromatics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Jihad Mohammed Dakka, James Clarke Vartuli, John Scott Buchanan, Jose Guadalupe Santiesteban, Doron Levin