Patents by Inventor Mark R. Ford

Mark R. Ford 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).

  • Catalytic condensation process
    Patent number: 5059737
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon conversion process which utilizes a solid phosphoric acid catalyst having a total X-ray intensity of at least 40 percent relative to alpha-alumina. The solid phosphoric acid catalyst is produced by crystallizing an amorphous mixture of an acid oxide of phosphorus and a siliceous material at a temperature of from 350.degree. to 450.degree. C. and in the presence of from 10 to 50 mole percent water vapor based upon the total vapor rate to the crystallizing means. Embodiments of the new hydrocarbon conversion process include alkylation, oligomerization, and hydration, of hydrocarbons and oxygenated hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: UOP
    Inventors: Tai-Hsiang Chao, Fiona P. Wilcher, Mark R. Ford, Andrzej Z. Ringwelski
  • Catalyst for the isomerization of alkanes
    Patent number: 5017541
    Abstract: An improved catalyst particle is disclosed for the conversion of hydrocarbons which comprises a refractory inorganic-oxide support, a Friedel-Crafts metal halide, and a surface-layer platinum-group metal component, wherein the concentration of platinum-group metal component on the surface layer of each catalyst particle is at least 1.5 times the concentration in the central core of the catalyst particle. An isomerization process also is disclosed which is particularly effective for the conversion of C.sub.4 -C.sub.7 alkanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: UOP
    Inventors: Robert J. Schmidt, Robert S. Haizmann, Mark R. Ford, C. David Low, Frank H. Adams
  • Catalyst for the isomerization of alkanes
    Patent number: 5004859
    Abstract: An improved catalyst particle is disclosed for the conversion of hydrocarbons which comprises a refractory inorganic-oxide support, a Friedel-Crafts metal halide, and a surface-layer platinum-group metal component, wherein the concentration of platinum-group metal component on the surface layer of each catalyst particle is at least 1.5 times the concentration in the central core of the catalyst particle. An isomerization process also is disclosed which is particularly effective for the conversion of C.sub.4 -C.sub.7 alkanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Assignee: UOP
    Inventors: Robert J. Schmidt, Robert S. Haizmann, Mark R. Ford, C. David Low, Frank H. Adams
  • Solid phosphoric acid catalyst
    Patent number: 4946815
    Abstract: A solid phosphoric acid catalyst having a total X-ray intensity of at least 30 percent relative to alpha-alumina. The solid phosphoric acid catalyst is produced by crystallizing an amorphous mixture of an acid oxide of phosphorus and a siliceous material at a temperature of from 250.degree. to 450.degree. C. and in the presence of from 3 to 50 mole percent water vapor based upon the total vapor rate to the crystallizing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: UOP
    Inventors: Tai-Hsiang Chao, Fiona P. Wilcher, Mark R. Ford, Andrzej Z. Ringwelski