Patents by Inventor Richard Pardy

Richard Pardy 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 manufacturing alkanes by reacting other alkanes with methane
    Patent number: 7378564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of alkanes comprising a catalytic reaction resulting from contacting methane with at least one other starting alkane (I) in the presence of a metal compound (C) capable of catalysing a reaction for the splitting and/or recombination of a carbon-carbon bond and/or of a carbon-hydrogen bond and/or of a carbon-metal bond, which catalytic reaction results in the formation of at least one final alkane (II) having a number of carbon atoms equal to or greater than (2). In the process, the contacting operation is carried out under a methane partial pressure equal to or greater than 0.1 MPa, preferably in the range from 0.1 to 100 MPa. The metal compound (C) can be chosen from metal compounds supported on and dispersed over a solid support, metal compounds supported on and grafted to a solid support and non-supported metal compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Basset, Christophe Coperet, Richard Pardy, Daravong Soulivong, John Glenn Sunley, Jean Thivolle-Cazat
  • Process for manufacturing alkanes by reacting other alkanes with methane
    Publication number: 20050014987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of alkanes comprising a catalytic reaction resulting from contacting methane with at least one other starting alkane (I) in the presence of a metal compound (C) capable of catalysing a reaction for the splitting and/or recombination of a carbon-carbon bond and/or of a carbon-hydrogen bond and/or of a carbon-metal bond, which catalytic reaction results in the formation of at least one final alkane (II) having a number of carbon atoms equal to or greater than (2). In the process, the contacting operation is carried out under a methane partial pressure equal to or greater than 0.1 MPa, preferably in the range from 0.1 to 100 MPa. The metal compound (C) can be chosen from metal compounds supported on and dispersed over a solid support, metal compounds supported on and grafted to a solid support and non-supported metal compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Basset, Christophe Coperet, Richard Pardy, Daravong Soulivong, John Sunley, Jean Thivolle-Cazat