Patents by Inventor John Chodur

John Chodur 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: 6544319
    Abstract: An HFBD purification process includes: (a) contacting a composition containing HFBD with an adsorbent to remove from the HFBD at least two impurities selected from the group consisting of water, an alcohol, hydrofluoric acid and a fluorinated olefin, wherein the adsorbent is a solid having an average pore diameter of about 5 Å and the adsorbent is contacted with the HFBD at a rate of at least 2.7 kg of the HFBD per hour; and (b) recovering from the adsorbent a purified HFBD product containing at least 99.9 vol. % HFBD, a reduced amount of the impurities and less than 0.1 vol. % hexafluoro-2-butyne. Alternatively, the process can be conducted at any contacting rate to produce 99.96 vol. % HFBD. The process can also be conducted at any contacting rate in a bed within a column having a length of at least 30 cm and an inner diameter of at least 2.5 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Arnold Krouse, John Chodur