Patents by Inventor Konrad Moebus

Konrad Moebus 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).

  • Fixed bed catalysts
    Patent number: 6489521
    Abstract: In the overall methods of hydrogenating esters and maleic anhydride, which methods comprise a hydration reaction, comprising conducting the hydration reaction in the presence of the shaped Raney metal fixed-bed catalysts of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Daniel Ostgard, Konrad Moebus, Monika Berweiler, Barbara Bender, Gernot Stein
  • Fixed bed catalysts
    Publication number: 20020037808
    Abstract: Shaped Raney metal fixed-bed catalysts are doped with rhenium. Saturated or unsaturated esters are hydrogenated to their corresponding mono- or polyhydroxyalcohols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Applicant: DEGUSSA-HUELS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Daniel Ostgard, Konrad Moebus, Monika Berweiler, Barbara Bender, Gernot Stein
  • Fixed bed catalysts
    Patent number: 6284703
    Abstract: A shaped, activated, fixed-bed Raney metal catalyst prepared by a method comprising preparing a mixture of powders comprising at least one catalyst alloy of (1) at least one catalytically active Raney process metal, a leachable alloy component and optionally a promoter, (2) at least one binder containing at least one pure Raney metal and (3) a moistening agent. Shaping, calcining and activating said catalyst and doping said catalyst with rhenium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Degussa-Huels Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Ostgard, Konrad Moebus, Monika Berweiler, Barbara Bender, Gernot Stein