Patents by Inventor K. R. Gibson

K. R. Gibson 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).

  • Process for the removal of thiols from hydrocarbon oils
    Patent number: 4163708
    Abstract: Thiol impurities are removed from hydrocarbon oils by contacting the oil with a scavenger at a temperature in the range of about 120.degree. to 400.degree. C. The scavenger is a composite having a copper component and an inorganic porous carrier component and having a surface area in the range 20 to 1000 square meters per gram. The contacting must be with the scavenger below its thiol-sulfur end point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1979
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Jacobson, K. R. Gibson