Patents by Inventor Neil SAINTY

Neil SAINTY 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).

  • Process for dehydrating methanol to dimethyl ether product
    Patent number: 11673851
    Abstract: A process the dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether in the presence of a solid Brønsted acid catalyst selected from aluminosilicate zeolites which have a maximum free sphere diameter of greater than 3.67 Angstroms and heteropolyacids and a promoter selected from methyl formate, dimethyl oxalate and dimethyl malonate and the molar ratio of promoter to methanol is maintained at less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: BP p.l.c., BP (China) Holdings Ltd
    Inventors: Benjamin James Dennis-Smither, Neil Sainty, John Glenn Sunley
  • Process
    Publication number: 20200190005
    Abstract: A process the dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether in the presence of a solid Br?nsted acid catalyst selected from aluminosilicate zeolites which have a maximum free sphere diameter of greater than 3.67 Angstroms and heteropolyacids and a promoter selected from methyl formate, dimethyl oxalate and dimethyl malonate and the molar ratio of promoter to methanol is maintained at less than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicants: BP p.l.c., BP (China) Holdings Ltd
    Inventors: Benjamin James DENNIS-SMITHER, Neil SAINTY, John Glenn SUNLEY