Patents by Inventor Ned Porter

Ned Porter 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).

  • Vinyl Cyclopropyl compounds as precursors to fatty acid oxidation products
    Patent number: 4464304
    Abstract: A nucleophile substituted unsaturated hydrocarbon based compound is prepared by reacting a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R and R' are hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthioalkyl, or carboxyalkyl or carboxyalkenyl and X is a leaving group selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, and iodine with a nucleophilic reagent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1984
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Ned A. Porter, Carl B. Ziegler, Jr., David H. Roberts
  • Vinyl cyclopropyl compounds as precursors to fatty acid oxidation products
    Patent number: 4350834
    Abstract: A nucleophile substituted unsaturated hydrocarbon based compound is prepared by reacting a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R and R' are hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthioalkyl, or carboxyalkyl or carboxyalkenyl and X is a leaving group selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, and iodine with a nucleophilic reagent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1982
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Ned A. Porter, Carl B. Ziegler, Jr., David H. Roberts