Patents by Inventor Maria Lupieri

Maria Lupieri 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 tertiary alkyl ethers and apparatus for reactive distillation
    Patent number: 5493059
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of tertiary alkyl ethers, in particular methyl-tert.-butyl-ether (MTBE), from iso-olefins and aliphatic alcohols by means of a fractionation tower is disclosed, in which the main characteristic of the fractionation tower consists in that the reaction mixture is caused to flow through the catalytic trays in transversal direction relatively to the axis of the same fractionation tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignees: Eniricerche SpA, Snamprogetti SpA, Ecofuel SpA
    Inventors: Domenico Sanfilippo, Maria Lupieri, Francesco Ancillotti