Patents by Inventor Robert L. Tatterson

Robert L. Tatterson 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 the isolation and removal of unwanted water from a chemical reaction
    Patent number: 5917078
    Abstract: An improved continuous process for removal of water from a process for producing organic carbonates, particularly diphenyl carbonate, by treating the water containing products of the reaction with a condensable stripping agent in a gaseous state and recycling a major portion of the water poor reaction products back to the reaction for producing the organic carbonate. The stripping agent, preferably n-pentane, is condensed upon removal from the water stripping step and recycled back to the water stripping step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Battista, Francis S. Lo, Robert L. Tatterson
  • Method of passivating organochlorosilane reactor fines and salvaging chlorosilane values therefrom
    Patent number: 5530151
    Abstract: Silicon fines which have been recovered from an organochlorosilane reactor are treated with HCl or elemental chlorine at an elevated temperature to salvage chlorosilane and metal salt values. Passivation is also achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Tatterson, Larry A. Divins, Robert G. Stank