Patents by Inventor Robert B. Baker, Jr.

Robert B. Baker, Jr. 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).

  • Acylation process to form diketones
    Patent number: 4922026
    Abstract: Aromatic diketones are prepared by a process comprising contacting at least one acylatable aromatic compound and at least one aromatic diacyl halide in the presence of catalytic amounts of ferric chloride or ferric oxide at an elevated temperature and at superatmospheric conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Robert B. Baker, Jr., R. Garth Pews, Eric W. Otterbacher, James A. Gall