Patents by Inventor Phillip Gary Abend

Phillip Gary Abend 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 for the production of guerbet alcohols utilizing insoluble lead catalysts
    Patent number: 4011273
    Abstract: An improvement in the production of Guerbet alcohols by the condensation of alcohols in the presence of a catalyst and an alkali consisting of utilizing from 0.05 to 3.0 gm per mol of total alcohol of an insoluble lead salt of an oxyacid of a group IV element having a molecular weight greater than 27, such as oxyacids selected from the group consisting of the silicate, the titanate, the zirconate, the germanate and the hafnate, as said catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1977
    Assignee: Henkel Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Gary Abend, Peter Leenders