Patents by Inventor Randy B. Wright

Randy B. Wright 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 treating intermetallic alloy hydrogenation/oxidation catalysts for improved impurity poisoning resistance, regeneration and increased activity
    Patent number: 5081083
    Abstract: Alternate, successive high temperature oxidation and reduction treatments, in either order, of intermetallic alloy hydrogenation and intermetallic alloy oxidation catalysts unexpectedly improves the impurity poisoning resistance, regeneration capacity and/or activity of the catalysts. The particular alloy, and the final high temperature treatment given alloy (oxidation or reduction) will be chosen to correspond to the function of the catalyst (oxidation or hydrogenation).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Energy
    Inventor: Randy B. Wright