Patents by Inventor Michel O. Albers

Michel O. Albers 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).

  • Hydrogentation of unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 4691069
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the catalytic hydrogenation of an unsaturated hydrocarbon, particularly useful for the hydrogenation of alkynes such as acetylene to alkenes such as ethylene. The unsaturated hydrocarbon is brought into contact with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst which comprises cations selected from the group consisting in five-coordinate and six-coordinate complex cations of ruthenium (II) having the general formula (1):(RuXL.sub.n).sup.+ (1)in which:X is a radical;L is a donor ligand; andn is an integer not greater than 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: South African Inventions Development Corporation
    Inventors: Michel O. Albers, Eric Singleton