Patents by Inventor Peter N. Clough

Peter N. Clough 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 of preparing olefinic compounds
    Patent number: 4417964
    Abstract: A method of preparing compounds having at least one olefinic double bond, ich method comprises irradiating the corresponding saturated halogenated compound in gaseous form, with pulsed coherent light or incoherent light, adjusting the wavelength of the irradiated light and the pressure and temperature conditions so that a captured cross-section of 10.sup.-15 to 10.sup.-25 cm.sup.2 per molecule results, to split off hydrogen halide from said corresponding saturated compound yielding said olefinic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1983
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.v.
    Inventors: Jurgen Wolfrum, Michael Kneba, Peter N. Clough