Patents by Inventor Judy A. Whiteside

Judy A. Whiteside 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).

  • Methanol conversion to hydrocarbons with zeolites and cocatalysts
    Patent number: 4499314
    Abstract: A process for producing hydrocarbons comprising contacting, under conversion conditions, an aqueous methanol with a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst which is hydrothermally stable in the temperature range of from 250.degree. C. to 500.degree. C. and is capable of converting methanol to hydrocarbons, and with a promoter comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of aromatic hydrocarbons, precursors to aromatic hydrocarbons, olefins, precursors to olefins and aldehydes to form a mixture comprising light olefins, lower alkanes and monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and recovering said hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Duncan Seddon, Thomas Mole, Judy A. Whiteside