Patents by Inventor Philippe Louis Buess

Philippe Louis Buess 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).

  • Hydrogenation
    Patent number: 7586017
    Abstract: The use of a controlled amount of water in a hydrogenation stage of the oxo process for the production of alcohols which uses at least two reactors in series improves the efficiency of the hydrogenation reaction and catalyst life as does a reduction in the amount of sulphur, chlorine and hydroformylation catalyst residues in the feed to hydrogenation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Eddy Theophyle Andrea Van Driessche, Philippe Louis Buess, Raphael Frans Caers, Arie Van Vliet, Ramzi Yanni Saleh, Jose Manuel Vargas, Kenneth Lloyd Riley, Magdiel Agosto
  • Organic compounds and processes for their manufacture
    Patent number: 6307093
    Abstract: Esters of branched C9 alcohols suitable as plasticizers are formed by esterification of a C9 alcohol produced by the aldol condensation from propanal and a C6 aldehyde and hydrogenation, the propanal optionally having been made from natural gas streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Allen David Godwin, Richard Henry Schlosberg, Frank Hershkowitz, Michael G Matturro, Gabor Kiss, Kirk Christian Nadler, Philippe Louis Buess, Richard C Miller, Paul William Allen, Harry William Deckman, Raf Caers, Edmund John Mozeleski, Robert P Reynolds
  • Organic compounds and processes for their manufacture
    Patent number: 6090986
    Abstract: Esters of branched C.sub.9 alcohols suitable as plasticizers are formed by esterification of a C.sub.9 alcohol produced by the aldol condensation from propanal and a C.sub.6 aldehyde and hydrogenation, the propanal optionally having been made from natural gas streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Allen David Godwin, Richard Henry Schlosberg, Frank Hershkowitz, Michael G. Matturro, Gabor Kiss, Kirk Christian Nadler, Philippe Louis Buess, Richard C. Miller, Paul William Allen, Harry William Deckman, Raf Caers, Edmund John Mozeleski, Robert P Reynolds, Francis Joseph Healy