Patents by Inventor R. John Gerhart

R. John Gerhart 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 preparing butanediol
    Patent number: 4039592
    Abstract: A process for preparing allylic esters of carboxylic acids which comprises reacting a mixture of a lower alkyl carboxylate ester, water, and the corresponding carboxylic acid and alcohol with an olefin having an allylic carbon-hydrogen bond and oxygen in the presence of an oxidation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1977
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William E. Smith, R. John Gerhart
  • Process for preparing allylic esters of carboxylate acids and allylic alcohols
    Patent number: 3965154
    Abstract: A process for preparing allylic esters of carboxylic acids and allylic alcohols which comprises reacting a mixture of a lower alkyl carboxylate ester, water, and the corresponding carboxylic acid and alcohol with an olefin having an allylic carbon-hydrogen bond and oxygen in the presence of a catalyst system comprising an oxidation catalyst and an acidic co-catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William E. Smith, R. John Gerhart
  • Process for preparing allylic esters of carboxylic acids and allylic alcohols
    Patent number: 3965153
    Abstract: A process for preparing allylic esters of carboxylic acids and allylic alcohols which comprises reacting an olefin having an allylic carbon-hydrogen bond, a lower alkyl carboxylate ester, water and oxygen in the presence of a catalyst system comprising an oxidation catalyst and an acidic co-catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William E. Smith, R. John Gerhart
  • Process for preparing allylic esters of carboxylic acids
    Patent number: 3965152
    Abstract: A process for preparing allylic esters of carboxylic acids which comprises reacting a mixture of a lower alkyl carboxylate ester, water, and the corresponding carboxylic acid and alcohol with an olefin having an allylic carbon-hydrogen bond and oxygen in the presence of an oxidation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William E. Smith, R. John Gerhart
  • Process for preparing vinyl esters of carboxylic acids
    Patent number: 3965156
    Abstract: A process for preparing vinyl esters of carboxylic acids which comprises reacting a mixture of a lower alkyl carboxylate ester, water, and the corresonding carboxylic acid and alcohol with ethylene and oxygen in the presence of an oxidation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William E. Smith, R. John Gerhart
  • Process for preparing vinyl esters of carboxylic acids
    Patent number: 3965155
    Abstract: A process for preparing vinyl esters of carboxylic acids which comprises reacting ethylene, a lower alkyl carboxylate ester, water and oxygen in the presence of a catalyst system comprising an oxidation catalyst and an acidic co-catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William E. Smith, R. John Gerhart