Patents by Inventor Jay Alan Labinger

Jay Alan Labinger 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 Production of a Hydrocarbon
    Publication number: 20100179364
    Abstract: A process for the production of a hydrocarbon which comprises contacting, in a reactor, methanol and/or dimethyl ether with a catalyst comprising a metal halide, such as a zinc halide, in which the methanol and/or dimethyl ether is contacted with the catalyst in the presence of at least one phosphorus compound having at least one P—H bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicants: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BP CHEMICALS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jay Alan Labinger, John Glenn Sunley, Xingwei Li