Patents by Inventor Mark S. Kleefisch

Mark S. Kleefisch 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).

  • Patent number: 5324702
    Abstract: Compositions comprising certain metal-containing materials distributed interactively on a deboronated HAMS-1B crystalline borosilicate molecular sieve which are useful for catalytically oxidizing or oxidatively dehydrogenating organic compounds such as alkanes, aromatics, and alkyl-substituted aromatics are described. Alkanes are oxidatively dehydrogenated to olefins, and an aromatic compound such as benzene can be oxidized by nitric and/or nitrous oxide to largely phenol or largely nitrobenzene depending upon the oxidation temperature. When the compound is a methylaromatic, oxidation produces an aromatic aldehyde. Alkyl groups larger than methyl oxidatively dehydrogenate to alkenyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Jin S. Yoo, Mark S. Kleefisch, John A. Donohue
  • Patent number: 5316995
    Abstract: A contact material composition of an intimately mixed halogen-containing mixed oxide of at least one cationic species of a naturally occurring Group IIIB element, at least one cationic species of a Group IIA metal of magnesium, calcium, strontium and barium and at least one cationic species of germanium and gallium, as well as methods for hydrocarbon conversion using such contact material compositions are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Mark P. Kaminsky, Mark S. Kleefisch, George A. Huff, Jr., Don M. Washecheck, Mark K. Barr
  • Patent number: 5312795
    Abstract: A contact material composition containing an intimately mixed, mixed oxide of at least one cationic species of a naturally occurring Group IIIB element, at least one cationic species of a Group IIA metal of magnesium, calcium, strontium, and barium and at least one additional metal cationic species of zirconium and hafnium, as well as methods for hydrocarbon conversion using such contact material compositions are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Mark P. Kaminsky, Mark S. Kleefisch, George A. Huff, Jr., Don M. Washecheck, Mark K. Barr
  • Patent number: 5245109
    Abstract: A contact material composition of an intimately mixed halogencontaining mixed oxide of at least one cationic species of a naturally occurring Group IIIB element, at least one cationic species of a Group IIA metal of magnesium, calcium, strontium and barium and at least one cationic species of germanium and gallium, as well as methods for hydrocarbon conversion using such contact material compositions are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Mark P. Kaminsky, Mark S. Kleefisch, George A. Huff, Jr., Don M. Washecheck, Mark K. Barr
  • Patent number: 5198596
    Abstract: A contact material composition containing an intimately mixed, mixed oxide of at least one cationic species of a naturally occurring Group 111B elment, at least one cationic species of a Group IIA metal of magnesium, calcium, strontium, and barium and at least one additional metal cationic species of zirconium and hafnium, as well as methods for hydrocarbon conversion using such contact material compositions are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Mark P. Kaminsky, Mark S. Kleefisch, George A. Huff, Jr., Don M. Washecheck, Mark K. Barr
  • Patent number: 5196634
    Abstract: A contact material composition containing an intimately mixed, mixed oxide of at least one cationic species of a naturally occurring Group IIIB element, at least one cationic species of a Group IIA metal of magnesium, calcium, strontium, and barium and a cationic species of aluminum, as well as methods for hydrocarbon conversion using such contact material compositions are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Don M. Washecheck, Mark K. Barr, George A. Huff, Jr., Mark P. Kaminsky, Mark S. Kleefisch, Victor K. Shum
  • Patent number: 5059740
    Abstract: A tin-containing composition is provided, the composition having a tin Auger line transition wherein the ratio of the area of the M.sub.5 N.sub.4,5 N.sub.4,5 transition peak at 424.5 eV.+-.1 eV, having a 6 eV FWHM, to the area of M.sub.4 N.sub.4,5 N.sub.4,5 transition peak at 430.5 eV.+-.1 eV is at least 10 to 1. Additional such tin-containing compositions, including catalyst compositions are also provided as are methods for converting feedstock alkanes containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons using such catalyst compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Mark P. Kaminsky, Mark S. Kleefisch, Gerry W. Zajac
  • Patent number: 5024984
    Abstract: An oxidative coupling catalyst composition for converting methane to a higher hydrocarbon comprising a mixed oxide of: a) a Group IIIB metal selected from the group consisting of yttrium, scandium and lanthanum; b) a Group IIA metal selected from the group consisting of barium, calcium and strontium; and c) a Group IVA metal selected from the group consisting of tin, lead and germanium and wherein the cationic species are present in the approximate ratio of 1:0.5-3:2-4, respectively, and an improved process employing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Mark P. Kaminsky, Mark S. Kleefisch, George A. Huff, Don M. Washecheck, Aileen E. Alvarado-Swaisgood, Mark K. Barr
  • Patent number: 4971940
    Abstract: A tin-containing composition is provided, the composition having a tin Auger line transition wherein the ratio of the area of the M.sub.5 N.sub.4,5 N.sub.4,5 transition peak at 424.5 eV.+-.leV, having a 6 eV FWHM, to the area of M.sub.4 N.sub.4,5 N.sub.4,5 transition peak at 430.5 eV.+-.1eV is at least 10 to 1. Additional such tin-containing compositions, including catalyst compositions are also provided as are methods for converting feedstock alkanes containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons using such catalyst compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Mark P. Kaminsky, Mark S. Kleefisch, Gerry W. Zajac
  • Patent number: 4939311
    Abstract: An oxidative coupling catalyst composition for converting methane to a higher hydrocarbon comprising a mixed oxide of: (a) a Group IIIB metal selected from the grouup consisting of yttrium, scandium and lanthanum; (b) a Group IIA metal selected from the group consisting of barium, calcium and strontium; and (c) a Group IVA metal selected from the group consisting of tin, lead and germanium and approximate ratio of 1:0.5-3:2-4, and an improved process employing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Don M. Washecheck, Aileen E. Alvarado-Swaisgood, Mark P. Kaminsky, Mark S. Kleefisch, George A. Huff, Jr.