Patents by Inventor Robert Raynold Edison

Robert Raynold Edison 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).

  • Benzene by hydrogenative dealkylation
    Patent number: 4031154
    Abstract: In a process in which a hydrocarbon stream is hydrogenatively dealkylated to prepare benzene, small amounts of naphthalene may occur in the crude product. Instead of isolating and recovering such naphthalene, it is recycled to extinction so that the process comprises the hydrogenative conversion of the minor amount of naphthalene to benzene and methane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Company
    Inventors: Robert Raynold Edison, Thorpe Dresser