Patents by Inventor Michael G. Matturro
Michael G. Matturro 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).
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Patent number: 7049457Abstract: A non-corrosive process for the preparation of dialkyl carbonate by reacting carbon monoxide, alkanol and an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a ionic halogen free copper catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2003Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Robert T. Stibrany, Christian P. Mehnert, Michael G. Matturro
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Patent number: 6977277Abstract: The invention is directed towards a PVC resin composition comprising polyvinyl chloride and a liquid plasticizer selected from the group consisting of: (i) a non-linear, paraffin-soluble olefin-CO copolymer; ii) a non-linear olefin-CO copolymer derived from non-pure feeds; iii) an olefin-CO—X terpolymer derived from non-pure feeds; and iv) a non-linear olefin-CO—X terpolymer. A method of preparing the resins is also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2003Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Abhimanyu O. Patil, Donald N. Schulz, Manika Varma-Nair, David J. Lohse, Christine A. Costello, Richard H. Schlosberg, Michael G. Matturro
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Patent number: 6750278Abstract: The invention is directed towards a PVC resin composition comprising polyvinyl chloride and a plasticizer selected from the group consisting of: i) a non-linear, paraffin-soluble olefin-CO copolymer; ii) an olefin-CO-X terpolymer derived from non-pure feeds; iii) a non-linear olefin-CO copolymer derived from non-pure feeds; and iv) a non-linear CO-X copolymer; wherein X is selected from the group consisting of alpha-olefin, vinyl acetate, neo vinyl ester and mixtures thereof. The invention also provides a method for a preparing the PVC resin composition as well as a product formed using the PVC resin.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Abhimanyu O. Patil, Donald N. Schulz, Manika Varma-Nair, David J. Lohse, Christine A. Costello, Richard H. Schlosberg, Michael G. Matturro
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Patent number: 6740718Abstract: The invention relates to a method of forming carbon monoxide-containing polymers from multi-component syngas feeds and at least one vinyl comonomer. Feeds useful in the practice of the invention comprise ethylene in an amount ranging from about 5 to about 40 mole %, carbon monoxide is an amount ranging from about 1 to about 40 mole %, hydrogen in an amount ranging from about 4 to about 55 mole %, carbon dioxide in an amount ranging from about 3 to about 10 mole %, and methane in an amount ranging from about 4 to about 85 mole %. The feed may also include acetylene in an amount ranging up to about 10 mole %. The feed may contain at least one free radical-polymerizable vinyl comonomer, or a cofeed containing such a comonomer can be used.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2002Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Abhimanyu O. Patil, Donald N. Schulz, Raymond A. Cook, Michael G. Matturro
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Publication number: 20030181593Abstract: The invention is directed towards a PVC resin composition comprising polyvinyl chloride and a liquid plasticizer selected from the group consisting of: (i) a non-linear, paraffin-soluble olefin-CO copolymer; ii) a non-linear olefin-CO copolymer derived from non-pure feeds; iii) an olefin-CO—X terpolymer derived from non-pure feeds; and iv) a non-linear olefin-CO—X terpolymer. A method of preparing the resins is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2003Publication date: September 25, 2003Inventors: Abhimanyu O. Patil, Donald N. Schulz, Manika Varma-Nair, David J. Lohse, Christine A. Costello, Richard H. Schlosberg, Michael G. Matturro
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Publication number: 20030130455Abstract: The invention relates to a method of forming carbon monoxide-containing polymers from multi-component syngas feeds and at least one vinyl comonomer. Feeds useful in the practice of the invention comprise ethylene in an amount ranging from about 5 to about 40 mole %, carbon monoxide is an amount ranging from about 1 to about 40 mole %, hydrogen in an amount ranging from about 4 to about 55 mole %, carbon dioxide in an amount ranging from about 3 to about 10 mole %, and methane in an amount ranging from about 4 to about 85 mole %. The feed may also include acetylene in an amount ranging up to about 10 mole %. The feed may contain at least one free radical-polymerizable vinyl comonomer, or a cofeed containing such a comonomer can be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Inventors: Abhimanyu O. Patil, Donald N. Schulz, Raymond A. Cook, Michael G. Matturro
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Publication number: 20030092842Abstract: The invention is directed towards a PVC resin composition comprising polyvinyl chloride and a plasticizer selected from the group consisting of: i) a non-linear, paraffin-soluble olefin-CO copolymer; ii) an olefin-CO—X terpolymer derived from non-pure feeds; iii) a non-linear olefin-CO copolymer derived from non-pure feeds; and iv) a non-linear CO—X copolymer; wherein X is selected from the group consisting of alpha-olefin, vinyl acetate, neo vinyl ester and mixtures thereof. The invention also provides a method for a preparing the PVC resin composition as well as a product formed using the PVC resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2002Publication date: May 15, 2003Inventors: Abhimanyu O. Patil, Donald N. Schulz, Manika Varma-Nair, David J. Lohse, Christine A. Costello, Richard H. Schlosberg, Michael G. Matturro
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Patent number: 6541586Abstract: The invention relates to a method of forming carbon monoxide-containing polymers from multi-component syngas feeds and at least one vinyl comonomer. Feeds useful in the practice of the invention comprise ethylene in an amount ranging from about 5 to about 40 mole %, carbon monoxide is an amount ranging from about 1 to about 40 mole %, hydrogen in an amount ranging from about 4 to about 55 mole %, carbon dioxide in an amount ranging from about 3 to about 10 mole %, and methane in an amount ranging from about 4 to about 85 mole %. The feed may also include acetylene in an amount ranging up to about 10 mole %. The feed may contain at least one free radical-polymerizable vinyl comonomer, or a cofeed containing such a comonomer can be used.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1999Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Abhimanyu O. Patil, Donald N. Schulz, Raymond A. Cook, Michael G. Matturro
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Publication number: 20020156213Abstract: The invention relates to a method of forming carbon monoxide-containing polymers from multi-component syngas feeds and at least one vinyl comonomer. Feeds useful in the practice of the invention comprise ethylene in an amount ranging from about 5 to about 40 mole %, carbon monoxide is an amount ranging from about 1 to about 40 mole %, hydrogen in an amount ranging from about 4 to about 55 mole %, carbon dioxide in an amount ranging from about 3 to about 10 mole %, and methane in an amount ranging from about 4 to about 85 mole %. The feed may also include acetylene in an amount ranging up to about 10 mole %. The feed may contain at least one free radical-polymerizable vinyl comonomer, or a cofeed containing such a comonomer can be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 1999Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventors: ABHIMANYU O. PATIL, DONALD N. SCHULZ, RAYMOND A. COOK, MICHAEL G. MATTURRO
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Patent number: 6307093Abstract: Esters of branched C9 alcohols suitable as plasticizers are formed by esterification of a C9 alcohol produced by the aldol condensation from propanal and a C6 aldehyde and hydrogenation, the propanal optionally having been made from natural gas streams.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1999Date of Patent: October 23, 2001Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Allen David Godwin, Richard Henry Schlosberg, Frank Hershkowitz, Michael G Matturro, Gabor Kiss, Kirk Christian Nadler, Philippe Louis Buess, Richard C Miller, Paul William Allen, Harry William Deckman, Raf Caers, Edmund John Mozeleski, Robert P Reynolds
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Patent number: 6156872Abstract: The invention is related to non-linear, paraffin-soluble olefin/carbon monoxide and olefin/acetylene/carbon monoxide copolymers. The invention is also related to a method for preparing olefin/carbon monoxide copolymers by heating a feed of at least one olefin, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and methane in the presence of a free radical polymerization initiator. More particularly, the feed comprises at least one olefin, the total olefin amount ranging from about 5 to about 40 mole %, carbon monoxide in an amount ranging from about 1 to about 40 mole %, hydrogen in an amount ranging from about 4 to about 55 mole %, carbon dioxide in an amount ranging from about 3 to about 10 mole %, and methane in an amount ranging from about 4 to about 85 mole %. The feed may also include acetylene in an amount ranging up to about mole %.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1999Date of Patent: December 5, 2000Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Co.Inventors: Abhimanyu O. Patil, Donald N. Schulz, Raymond A. Cook, Michael G. Matturro
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Patent number: 6090986Abstract: Esters of branched C.sub.9 alcohols suitable as plasticizers are formed by esterification of a C.sub.9 alcohol produced by the aldol condensation from propanal and a C.sub.6 aldehyde and hydrogenation, the propanal optionally having been made from natural gas streams.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1997Date of Patent: July 18, 2000Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Allen David Godwin, Richard Henry Schlosberg, Frank Hershkowitz, Michael G. Matturro, Gabor Kiss, Kirk Christian Nadler, Philippe Louis Buess, Richard C. Miller, Paul William Allen, Harry William Deckman, Raf Caers, Edmund John Mozeleski, Robert P Reynolds, Francis Joseph Healy
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Patent number: 6049011Abstract: A dilute ethylene stream, e.g., one produced by steam cracking, is oxonated to yield propanal, without the need to separate other lower hydrocarbons.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1997Date of Patent: April 11, 2000Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Gabor Kiss, Michael G Matturro, Harry William Deckman, Frank Hershkowitz, David R. Lumgair, Jr., Gary F Janda, Daniel N King
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Patent number: 5600017Abstract: The invention is a process for hydroformylating multicomponent syngas feed streams containing CO, H.sub.2, C.sub.2 to C.sub.5 olefins and mixtures thereof and C.sub.2 to C.sub.5 alkynes and mixtures thereof by contacting the multicomponent syngas feed stream with a solution of an oil soluble rhodium complex catalyst produced by complexing in solution a low valence Rh and an oil soluble triorganophoshorous compound wherein the catalyst has a P/Rh ratio of at least 30, a concentration of Rh in solution from about 1 to about 1000 ppm by weight, a total concentration of coordinatively active P of at least about 0.01 mol/l, and a ratio of [P]/p.sub.co of at least 0.1 mmol/l/kPa, wherein [P] is the total concentration of coordinatively active phosphorous in the solution, and p.sub.co is the partial pressure of CO, to produce the corresponding C.sub.3 to C.sub.6 aldehydes. The process has utility for the hydroformylation of streams that contain olefins and alkynes.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 1995Date of Patent: February 4, 1997Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Gabor Kiss, Michael G. Matturro, Harry W. Deckman, Istvan T. Horvath, Anthony M. Dean, Frank Hershkowitz, Raymond A. Cook
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Patent number: 5395979Abstract: A catalyst for use in hydroformylation of olefins which comprises a Group VIII noble metal complexed with a phosphine ligand having at least one alkyl or aryl group bonded thereto, such as tris-4-propylphenyl phosphines and tris-4-octylphenyl phosphines. These and other triphenylphosphine catalysts can be separated from a crude reaction product of a noble metal-catalyzed hydroformylation reaction by contacting the crude reaction product with a dense polymeric, nonpolar membrane, preferably nonpolar polyolefin membranes.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1993Date of Patent: March 7, 1995Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Harry W. Deckman, Edward Kantner, Joel R. Livingston, Jr., Michael G. Matturro, Edmund J. Mozeleski
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Patent number: 5186833Abstract: The present invention provides a novel, porous, composite membrane comprising a metallic support having large pores and a microporous ceramic membrane deposited on the support and integral therewith. Preferably, the support is steel having pores in the range of from about 0.25 .mu.m to about 50 .mu.m and the ceramic membrane is alumina having pores ranging from about 5 .ANG.to about 2500 .ANG..Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1991Date of Patent: February 16, 1993Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: James A. Mchenry, Harry W. Deckman, Wen-Yih F. Lai, Michael G. Matturro, Allan J. Jacobson, Jack W. Johnson
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Patent number: 5183788Abstract: Accordingly, there is provided a catalytic membrane comprising a porous substrate having a first surface and a second surface. The substrate has micropores, for example, pores ranging from about 10 .ANG. to about 2000 .ANG. in diameter, at least in a region extending from the first surface toward the second surface for a preselected distance. Preferably, the preselected distance will be sufficient to provide a measurable resistance to the flow of a fluid, such as a gas, through the micropores. A catalyst is deposited at least on the first surface of the substrate, although optionally, the catalyst is deposited on the substrate in the micorpore region. A transport layer is provided on the first surface of the substrate, including any catalyst on the first surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1991Date of Patent: February 2, 1993Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Allan J. Jacobson, Wen-Yih F. Lai, Michael G. Matturro, Harry W. Deckman, James A. McHenry, Robert P. Reynolds, Qiyao Zhang
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Patent number: 5162599Abstract: In its simplest sense, the present invention is directed toward a process for the thermal conversion of methane into unsaturated gaseous hydrocarbons, especially olefins, comprising first compressing methane in the presence of an inert gas having a higher ratio of heat capacities, Cp/Cv, than methane. The inert gas used is present in an amount sufficient to provide a compressed gas mixture having a peak temperature of adiabatic compression in the range of about 900.degree. C. to about 2200.degree. C. Under these conditions, at least some of the methane is converted to unsaturated gaseous hydrocarbons. Immediately thereafter, the compressed gas mixture is expanded, thereby substantially preventing thermal conversion of the gaseous hydrocarbons. Importantly, the compression and expansion are achieved in a single cycle of less than about one second.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1991Date of Patent: November 10, 1992Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Co.Inventors: Michael G. Matturro, Harry W. Deckman, Frank Hershkowitz, Anthony M. Dean