Patents by Inventor Richard Wayne Connelly

Richard Wayne Connelly 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 crystallizing D-alpha-tocopheryl succinate
    Patent number: 5786491
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for whereby d-alpha-tocopheryl succinate (TS) can be crystallized in a short period of time by subjecting a fluid TS at particular temperature to a particular rate of shear for a particular time in order to accomplish crystallization. Then, while maintaining the crystallized TS at a temperature less than its melting point, we withdraw the crystallized TS from the region of shear flow. In a preferred embodiment of our process, crystallization is enhanced by use of a particular elongational rate for a particular time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Michael David Hamlin, Richard Wayne Connelly