Patents by Inventor Leland Robert Holliday

Leland Robert Holliday 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).

  • Transesterification of borate esters for producing secondary alcohols
    Patent number: 4066682
    Abstract: An improved method for the transesterification of secondary alcohol borate esters with methanol, the improvement comprising separating a portion of the extractive distillation column overhead as a reflux stream and returning said reflux stream to the extractive distillation column between points located at or below the point at which the borate ester feed is introduced to the column and at or above the point at which methanol is introduced to the column, thus reducing the amount of boron-containing compounds in the crude secondary alcohol product stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1978
    Assignee: Continental Oil Company
    Inventors: Leland Robert Holliday, Ronald Laurence Poe