Patents by Inventor Joseph C. Burnett, Jr.

Joseph C. Burnett, Jr. 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).

  • Pretreatment of cathodes in electrohydrodimerization of acrylonitrile
    Patent number: 4250001
    Abstract: An improvement in the process of electrohydrodimerizing acrylonitrile to adiponitrile wherein metal-plated cathodes, which are employed in the process as a part of an electrolytic cell, are pretreated by wetting the cathodes with aqueous phosphoric acid thereby to significantly reduce fouling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1981
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Joseph C. Burnett, Jr., William A. Heckle
  • Electrolytic hydrodimerization process improvement
    Patent number: 4046651
    Abstract: In a process for hydrodimerizing an olefinic nitrile, amide or ester by electrolyzing an aqueous solution of the olefinic starting material, conductive salt and a nitrilocarboxylic acid compound that inhibits formation of hydrogen at the cathode, such hydrogen formation can be even further inhibited and the current efficiency of the process significantly further increased by including in the solution a tri(C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkanol)amine such as triethanolamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1977
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Joseph C. Burnett, Jr., John J. Hicks, Leonard L. Hovey