Patents by Inventor Joseph P. Henry

Joseph P. Henry 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).

  • Vapor state formation of diesters of oxalic acid
    Patent number: 4629806
    Abstract: A continuous vapor state process for the preparation of diesters of oxalic acid from a nitrogen oxide, an alcohol and carbon monoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas C. Cleveland, James E. Deitzler, Arthur R. Doumaux, Jr., Joseph P. Henry, John M. Hurt, Louis A. Kapicak, Bernard C. Ream
  • Process for preparing a diester of oxalic acid in the vapor phase
    Patent number: 4616093
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for preparing a diester of oxalic acid by contacting carbon monoxide and an ester of nitrous acid in the vapor state under a pressure in the presence of a special palladium supported catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Louis A. Kapicak, Joseph P. Henry
  • Process for preparing a diester of oxalic acid
    Patent number: 4487958
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for preparing a diester of oxalic acid by contacting carbon monoxide and an ester of nitrous acid in the vapor state under a pressure in the presence of a supported palladium monolith catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard C. Ream, Joseph P. Henry, Louis A. Kapicak
  • Preparation of nitrite esters
    Patent number: 4353843
    Abstract: A vapor phase process for making methyl or ethyl nitrite from methanol or ethanol, respectively, by reacting a nitrogen oxide composition with methanol or ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1982
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur R. Doumaux, Jr., James M. Downey, Joseph P. Henry, John M. Hurt
  • Catalytic dehydrogenation of ethanol for the production of acetaldehyde and acetic acid
    Patent number: 4220803
    Abstract: A process for producing acetic acid and acetaldehyde from ethanol which comprises contacting a mixture of ethanol and oxygen with a supported copper oxide catalyst essentially free of barium, the mole ratio of oxygen to ethanol being from about 0.1 to about 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1980
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur E. Marcinkowsky, Joseph P. Henry