Patents by Inventor Kurt Weinacht

Kurt Weinacht 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 preparation of acrolein
    Patent number: 5077438
    Abstract: A method of isomerizing propargyl alcohol to acrolein, wherein propargyl alcohol is rearranged in the gas phase at a temperature of from 300.degree. to 550.degree. C. and a pressure of from 0.01 to 50 bar and in contact with a heterogeneous catalyst containing alkaline-reacting metal ions, and the use of propargyl alcohol as a depot substance for the liberation of acrolein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Steck, Matthias Schwarzmann, Kurt Weinacht, Franz Merger