Patents by Inventor Michael W. McCaulley

Michael W. McCaulley 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).

  • Refrigeration production
    Patent number: 6276167
    Abstract: A refrigeration method using a non-aqueous, non-hydrocarbon refrigerant to contact a hydrocarbon composition comprising a hydrocarbon vapor phase and a hydrocarbon liquid phase in order to lower the temperature of the hydrocarbon composition by lowering the partial pressure of the hydrocarbon vapor phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Westlake Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Michael W. McCaulley
  • Olefin conversion process
    Patent number: 5300718
    Abstract: Propylene is produced from the disproportionation of impure butene-2 containing oxygenates and butene-1 by treatment with alumina and isomerization of the butene-1 prior to disproportionation with ethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Lyondell Petrochemical Company
    Inventor: Michael W. McCaulley