Patents by Inventor Jose Manuel Vargas

Jose Manuel Vargas 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).

  • Series catalyst beds
    Patent number: 8536392
    Abstract: The invention relates to series reactor beds containing different oligomerization catalysts and having independent temperature control, and processes for the oligomerization of light olefins to heavier olefins using such series reactor beds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Harold Brown, Jon Edmond Randoph Stanat, Jose Manuel Vargas, Stephen W. Beadle, Georges Marie K. Mathys, John Stephen Godsmark, Raphael Frans Caers
  • Series Catalyst Beds
    Publication number: 20090292152
    Abstract: The invention relates to series reactor beds containing different oligomerization catalysts and having independent temperature control, and processes for the oligomerization of light olefins to heavier olefins using such series reactor beds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen Harold Brown, Jon Edmond Randoph Stanat, Jose Manuel Vargas, Stephen W. Beadle, Georges Marie K. Mathys, John Stephen Godsmark, Raphael Frans Caers
  • Series catalyst beds
    Patent number: 7588738
    Abstract: The invention relates to series reactor beds containing different oligomerization catalysts and having independent temperature control, and processes for the oligomerization of light olefins to heavier olefins using such series reactor beds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Harold Brown, Jon Edmond Randoph Stanat, Jose Manuel Vargas, Stephen W. Beadle, Georges Marie K. Mathys, John Stephen Godsmark, Raphael Frans Caers
  • Hydrogenation
    Patent number: 7586017
    Abstract: The use of a controlled amount of water in a hydrogenation stage of the oxo process for the production of alcohols which uses at least two reactors in series improves the efficiency of the hydrogenation reaction and catalyst life as does a reduction in the amount of sulphur, chlorine and hydroformylation catalyst residues in the feed to hydrogenation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Eddy Theophyle Andrea Van Driessche, Philippe Louis Buess, Raphael Frans Caers, Arie Van Vliet, Ramzi Yanni Saleh, Jose Manuel Vargas, Kenneth Lloyd Riley, Magdiel Agosto
  • Process for preparing alcohols by the Oxo process
    Patent number: 6278030
    Abstract: An improved process for preparing alcohols by the Oxo process. More particularly this invention relates to an improvement in the hydrogenation step of the Oxo process characterized in the use of certain bulk multimetallic hydrogenation catalysts comprised of at least one Group VIII non-noble metal and at least two Group VIB metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Vargas, Kenneth Lloyd Riley