Patents by Inventor Michael A. R. Meier

Michael A. R. Meier 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).

  • Hydroxy- and aldehyde functional compounds
    Patent number: 8455698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a mixture containing hydroxy- and aldehyde functional compounds by a cross-metathesis reaction of at least one at least monounsaturated fatty acid or at least one at least monounsaturated fatty acid derivative with an olefinic compound having at least one hydroxy group and at least one C—C double bond, in the presence of a metathesis catalyst at a maximum temperature of 180° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Michael A. R. Meier, Anastasiya Rybak, Dominik Geisker
  • Method for producing aldehyde functional compounds
    Patent number: 8394996
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing aldehyde functional compounds by a cross-metathesis reaction of an olefinic compound having at least one hydroxy group and at least one C—C double bond with at least one at least monounsaturated fatty acid or at least one at least monounsaturated fatty acid derivative, in the presence of a metathesis catalyst at a maximum temperature of 180° C. and in the presence of at least one reagent that acts as a protective group-forming compound in relation to the aldehyde group of the aldehyde functional compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Michael A. R. Meier, Anastasiya Rybak, Dominik Geisker, Peter Hannen, Martin Roos