Patents by Inventor Leanne D. Murphy

Leanne D. Murphy 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 preparing a polyformyl arylamine
    Patent number: 7799493
    Abstract: A process including reacting a substituted or unsubstituted arylamine or a mixture thereof with a Vilsmeier reagent in the presence of a weakly polar liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Leanne D. Murphy, Roger E. Gaynor
  • Arylamine process
    Patent number: 7718825
    Abstract: A process for converting an arylamine into an arylamine derivative, includes (i) providing a first arylamine compound; (ii) formylating the first arylamine compound to form a formyl substituted arylamine compound, where the first arylamine compound is not a formyl substituted arylamine compound; and (iii) acidifying the formyl substituted arylamine compound, in the presence of a solvent and a solid organic catalyst, to convert formyl functional groups into acid functional groups to form an acidified compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Leanne D. Murphy, Sarah J. P. Robinson
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING A POLYFORMYL ARYLAMINE
    Publication number: 20080154062
    Abstract: A process including reacting a substituted or unsubstituted arylamine or a mixture thereof with a Vilsmeier reagent in the presence of a weakly polar liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Leanne D. Murphy, Roger E. Gaynor
  • Process for preparing a polyformyl arylamine
    Patent number: 7365232
    Abstract: A process including reacting a substituted or unsubstituted arylamine or a mixture thereof with a Vilsmeier reagent in the presence of a weakly polar liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Leanne D. Murphy, Roger E. Gaynor