Patents by Inventor Richard M. Laine

Richard M. Laine 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).

  • Water gas shift reaction and in the hydroformylation and hydrohydroxyformylation reactions
    Patent number: 4226845
    Abstract: In the water gas shift reaction,H.sub.2 O+CO.fwdarw.H.sub.2 +CO.sub.2and more particularly in hydroformylation of olefins, e.g. ethylene ##EQU1## and in hydrohydroxymethylation in which an alcohol, e.g. propanol, is produced, higher yields and/or fewer by-products and branched chain products and/or faster reactions are obtained using a combination of two or more Group VIII metal carbonyls one of which is ruthenium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Assignee: S R I International
    Inventor: Richard M. Laine