Patents by Inventor Kirk D. Sorensen

Kirk D. Sorensen 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).

  • Mixed aldehyde product separation by distillation
    Patent number: 5102505
    Abstract: A method for distilling a crude aldehyde product mixture of branched chain and straight chain aldehyde in a single distillation column to concurrently obtain three separate product streams, i.e. a purified branched chain aldehyde stream and two different purified straight chain aldehyde streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Kirk D. Sorensen
  • Hydroformylation process
    Patent number: 5087763
    Abstract: An improved liquid recycle rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation process wherein the improvement comprises recovering unreacted olefin contained in a vent gas of the process and recycling said unreacted olefin to the hydroformylation reaction medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Kirk D. Sorensen