Patents by Inventor Robert Elliot NORTON

Robert Elliot NORTON 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).

  • Ethyl acetate production
    Patent number: 9079851
    Abstract: A reactive distillation method comprises introducing an feed stream comprising ethanol to a reactive distillation column, contacting the feed stream with a catalyst in the reactive distillation column during a distillation, where the feed stream reacts in the presence of the catalyst to produce a reaction product comprising ethyl acetate and hydrogen, removing ethyl acetate during the distillation from the reactive distillation column as a bottoms stream, and removing hydrogen during the distillation from the reactive distillation column as an overhead stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Greenyug, LLC
    Inventors: Sagar B. Gadewar, Brian Christopher Vicente, Robert Elliot Norton, Michael Francis Doherty
  • Ethyl Acetate Production
    Publication number: 20130197266
    Abstract: A reactive distillation method comprises introducing an feed stream comprising ethanol to a reactive distillation column, contacting the feed stream with a catalyst in the reactive distillation column during a distillation, where the feed stream reacts in the presence of the catalyst to produce a reaction product comprising ethyl acetate and hydrogen, removing ethyl acetate during the distillation from the reactive distillation column as a bottoms stream, and removing hydrogen during the distillation from the reactive distillation column as an overhead stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: GREENYUG, LLC
    Inventors: Sagar B. GADEWAR, Brian Christopher VICENTE, Robert Elliot NORTON, Michael Francis DOHERTY