Patents by Inventor Robert P. Tooze

Robert P. Tooze 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).

  • Phospha-adamantane(s) catalytic system
    Patent number: 7371705
    Abstract: A catalyst system capable of catalysing the carbonylation of an olefinally unsaturated compound is described. The 5 catalyst system is obtainable by combining: (a) a metal of Group VIB or Group VIII B or a compound thereof; and (b) a bidentate phosphine of general formula (I) Ad)s(CR4R5R6)TQ2-A-(K,D)Ar(E,Z)-B-Q1(Ad)u(CR1R2R3)v. Ad represents an optionally substituted adamantyl radical bonded to the phosphorous atom via any one of its tertiary carbon atoms. A method of production of the catalyst is also illustrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Lucite International UK Limited
    Inventors: Graham R. Eastham, Paul A. Cameron, Robert P. Tooze, Kingsley J. Cavell, Peter G. Edwards, Dennis L. Coleman