Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Gwozdz

Kenneth J. Gwozdz 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).

  • Production of gasoline from light hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 5227555
    Abstract: A process for the production of gasoline from a light hydrocarbon feed. The feed is catalytically aromatized to produce an effluent containing aromatics and olefins with the aromatics and olefins being subjected to alkylation to produce a gasoline product with a higher octane rating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: ABB Lummus Crest Inc.
    Inventors: Andrei Rhoe, Kenneth J. Gwozdz
  • Cracking process for styrene
    Patent number: 4250344
    Abstract: A process for making styrene by the cracking of beta-phenethyl acetate wherein the beta-phenethyl acetate is derived from the esterification of beta-phenethyl alcohol. The latter is derived from the homologation of benzyl alcohol-benzyl acetate mixtures. The esterification of the beta-phenethyl alcohol may be partial because it has been found that up to 20% by weight of beta-phenethyl alcohol may be fed to the cracking step and also converted to styrene. Benzyl alcohol and benzyl acetate can also be fed to the cracking step because it has been found that they are essentially inert at cracking conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1981
    Assignee: Chem Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Martin B. Sherwin, Jimmy Y. Peress, Kenneth J. Gwozdz