Patents by Inventor Jonathan J. WATTS

Jonathan J. WATTS 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 removing water and/or oxygen from organic liquid
    Patent number: 10286334
    Abstract: A process and a device for removing water and/or oxygen from a crude organic liquid stream using a distillation column with heat input and dry nitrogen stream. A side effluent stream comprising water at a high concentration is drawn from the distillation column. An optional settling drum can be used to separate the aqueous phase from the organic phase in the side effluent stream can be used. The invention can be advantageously used for purifying a crude organic liquid stream comprising one or more of benzene, toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene, cumene, cyclohexane, cyclohexene, cyclohexanol, cyclohexanone, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Becker, John R. Porter, Jonathan J. Watts
  • Cyclohexylbenzene composition
    Patent number: 10259759
    Abstract: Disclosed is (i) a process of making phenol and/or cyclohexanone from cyclohexylbenzene including a step of removing methylcyclopentylbenzene from (a) the cyclohexylbenzene feed supplied to the oxidation step and/or (b) the crude phenol product (ii) a phenol composition and (iii) a cyclohexylbenzene composition that can be made using the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Jason D. Davis, Ashley J. Poucher, Jörg F. W. Weber, Jonathan J. Watts, Christopher L. Becker
  • Process for making phenol and/or cyclohexanone
    Patent number: 9908829
    Abstract: Disclosed is (i) a process of making phenol and/or cyclohexanone from cyclohexylbenzene including a step of removing methylcyclopentylbenzene from (a) the cyclohexylbenzene feed supplied to the oxidation step and/or (b) the crude phenol product (ii) a phenol composition and (iii) a cyclohexylbenzene composition that can be made using the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Jason D. Davis, Ashley J. Poucher, Jörg F. W. Weber, Jonathan J. Watts, Christopher L. Becker
  • Phenol Composition
    Publication number: 20170057895
    Abstract: Disclosed is (i) a process of making phenol and/or cyclohexanone from cyclohexylbenzene including a step of removing methylcyclopentylbenzene from (a) the cyclohexylbenzene feed supplied to the oxidation step and/or (b) the crude phenol product (ii) a phenol composition and (iii) a cyclohexylbenzene composition that can be made using the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Jason D. Davis, Ashley J. Poucher, Jörg F.W. Weber, Jonathan J. Watts, Christopher L. Becker
  • Process and Device for Removing Water and/or Oxygen from Organic Liquid
    Publication number: 20170028312
    Abstract: A process and a device for removing water and/or oxygen from a crude organic liquid stream using a distillation column with heat input and dry nitrogen stream. A side effluent stream comprising water at a high concentration is drawn from the distillation column. An optional settling drum can be used to separate the aqueous phase from the organic phase in the side effluent stream can be used. The invention can be advantageously used for purifying a crude organic liquid stream comprising one or more of benzene, toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene, cumene, cyclohexane, cyclohexene, cyclohexanol, cyclohexanone, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher L. Becker, John R. Porter, Jonathan J. Watts
  • Cyclohexylbenzene Composition
    Publication number: 20170001930
    Abstract: Disclosed is (i) a process of making phenol and/or cyclohexanone from cyclohexylbenzene including a step of removing methylcyclopentylbenzene from (a) the cyclohexylbenzene feed supplied to the oxidation step and/or (b) the crude phenol product (ii) a phenol composition and (iii) a cyclohexylbenzene composition that can be made using the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Jason D. Davis, Ashley J. Poucher, Jörg F.W. Weber, Jonathan J. Watts, Christopher L. Becker
  • Process for Making Phenol and/or Cyclohexanone
    Publication number: 20160376210
    Abstract: Disclosed is (i) a process of making phenol and/or cyclohexanone from cyclohexylbenzene including a step of removing methylcyclopentylbenzene from (a) the cyclohexylbenzene feed supplied to the oxidation step and/or (b) the crude phenol product (ii) a phenol composition and (iii) a cyclohexylbenzene composition that can be made using the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jason D. DAVIS, Ashiey J. POUCHER, Jörg F.W. WEBER, Jonathan J. WATTS, Christopher L. BECKER