Patents by Inventor Jonathan Lester Brockwell

Jonathan Lester Brockwell 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).

  • Processes for the manufacture of acrolein derivatives
    Patent number: 6187963
    Abstract: Processes are disclosed for the conversion of propylene to an acrolein derivative by converting propylene to acrolein and converting acrolein to the acrolein derivative. The processes utilize oxygen and recycle propane to the acrolein reactor. Process feeds can comprise, propane, propylene or mixtures thereof. The presence of propane in the propylene-to-acrolein reaction can enhance the efficiency of the processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventors: William George Etzkorn, Richard A. Galley, Thomas E. Snead, Jonathan Lester Brockwell, Mark Anderson Young, John Michael Maher, Barbara Knight Warren
  • Processes for the manufacture of acrolein
    Patent number: 6166263
    Abstract: Processes are disclosed for the conversion of propylene to acrolein in the presence of propane. The processes utilize oxygen and recycle propane to the acrolein reactor. Process feeds can comprise, propane, propylene or mixtures thereof. The presence of propane in the propylene-to-acrolein reaction can enhance the efficiency of the processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventors: William George Etzkorn, Jonathan Lester Brockwell, Mark Anderson Young, John Michael Maher, Barbara Knight Warren