Patents by Inventor Michael J. Fifolt

Michael J. Fifolt 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).

  • Method for the preparation of fluoroaniline
    Patent number: 4343951
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of fluoroaniline compounds comprises the steps of(A) reacting an ammonium fluorophthalamate or a fluorophthalamic acid of the formula ##STR1## where n is 1 or 2 with an alkali or an alkali earth metal hypochlorite to form the corresponding fluoroanthranilic acid; and(B) decarboxylating the fluoroanthranilic acid by reaction with a mineral acid to form the corresponding fluoroaniline of the formula ##STR2## where n is as previously defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1982
    Assignee: Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp.
    Inventors: Michael J. Fifolt, Arthur M. Foster
  • Process for the preparation of paraphenoxybenzoylchloride
    Patent number: 4268457
    Abstract: The compound p-phenoxybenzotrichloride, useful as an intermediate in the preparation of various pesticides and monomers for the production of polyketone polymers, is prepared by the light-catalyzed reaction of p-phenoxytoluene with chlorine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1981
    Assignee: Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp.
    Inventors: James G. Colson, Victor F. G. Cooke, F. Howard Day, Michael J. Fifolt