Patents by Inventor Richard A. Hays

Richard A. Hays 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).

  • Trimetallic hydrocarbon conversion catalyst
    Patent number: 3933622
    Abstract: A platinum-containing catalyst, particularly one comprising platinum, rhenium, and silver, and preferably platinum, rhenium, silver and halides, composited with a porous inorganic support material, preferably sulfided, is found useful in hydrocarbon conversion reactions, particularly reforming (hydroforming). A naphtha or straight run gasoline can be contacted with such catalyst at reforming conditions in the presence of hydrogen to improve the octane quality of the naphtha or gasoline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1976
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Howard Lee Mitchell, III, James Richard Hays