Patents by Inventor Robert D. Davis, Sr.

Robert D. Davis, Sr. 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).

  • Processes for producing 3-cyanopyridine from 2-methyl-1,5-pentanediamine
    Patent number: 6118003
    Abstract: A process for the production of 3-cyanopyridine by ammoxidation of 2-methyl-1,5-pentanediamine to form 3-cyanopyridine, optionally carried out as an oxidative ammonolysis process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Reilly Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin H. McAteer, Joel R. Calvin, Robert D. Davis, Sr.
  • Process for preparing quinoline bases
    Patent number: 5700942
    Abstract: There are provided processes for preparing quinolines by vapor phase reaction of a substituted or unsubstituted aniline base, formaldehyde and a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 aldehyde wherein the aldehydes:aniline base molar ratio is at least 2:1. More preferred processes of the invention achieve high selectivities and yields of 8-methylquinoline, and high conversions of the aniline base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Reilly Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin H. McAteer, Robert D. Davis, Sr., Joel R. Calvin