Patents by Inventor John V. Fulmer

John V. Fulmer 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).

  • Phenol tar desalting method
    Patent number: 5962751
    Abstract: A tar desalting process wherein the tar containing salts is mixed with dilute aqueous orthophosphoric acid in either a batch or continuous process, allowed to settle into two phases, an organic phase and an aqueous phase containing most of the salts which is then removed from the organic phase. The process removes a high percentage of the salts from the tar and reduces fouling and corrosion of downstream equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Arkady S. Dyckman, Yelena N. Sarge, Vladimir I. Sarge, Boris I. Gorovits, Yury I. Petrov, Leontii M. Krasnov, Alexander S. Malinovskii, Sergey N. Chernukhin, Anatoly D. Sorokin, John V. Fulmer