Patents by Inventor James E. Slager

James E. Slager 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 the preparation of 2,5-dioxo-3H, 6H-furo(3,2-b)furan-3a,6a-diacetic acid
    Patent number: 4259243
    Abstract: The present invention involves a method for the preparation of the title compound which method involves reacting, in a suitable solvent, 1,4,5,8-tetrahydronaphthalene or 9,10-dihydroxy-1,4,5,8-tetrahydronaphthalene with IO.sub.4.sup.- in the presence of a catalytic amount of RuO.sub.2. The title compound is useful as a chelating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1981
    Assignee: Miles Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Slager, Charles E. Brothers