Patents by Inventor Jim D Atwood

Jim D Atwood 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).

  • Synthesis of substituted ruthenocene complexes
    Patent number: 6521772
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a method for producing an alkyl-substituted metallocene complex comprising the steps of mixing a metallocene with a solvent to form a metallocene-solvent mixture; mixing the metallocene-solvent mixture with an effective amount of a metallation reagent to produce a metallated-metallocene; and mixing said metallated-metallocene with an electrophilic alkyl-reagent to form an alkyl-substituted metallocene complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignees: Praxair Technology, Inc., Research Foundation of Suny
    Inventors: Michael Alexander Lienhard, Cynthia A. Hoover, Jim D Atwood, David C. Hoth