Patents by Inventor Robert Lee Garten

Robert Lee Garten 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).

  • Catalytic formation of hydrocarbons from CO hydrogen mixtures
    Patent number: 3941819
    Abstract: A method for producing ethane, ethylene and dimethyl ether compounds, said method comprising the step of passing a mixture of CO and hydrogen over platinum supported on alumina at a temperature ranging from 100.degree.C. to 400.degree.C. and a pressure ranging from 1 to 100 atmospheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: M. Albert Vannice, Robert Lee Garten