Patents by Inventor Robert Stephen Tomaskovic

Robert Stephen Tomaskovic 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).

  • Patent number: 6800718
    Abstract: Process of producing polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) by esterification of terephthalic acid (TPA) with trimethylene glycol (TMG) in the presence of a catalytic, titanium compound, precondensation and polycondensation. The esterification is effected in at least two stages, where in the first stage a molar ratio of TMG to TPA of 1.25 to 2.5, a content of titanium of 0 to 40 ppm, a temperature of 245 to 260° C. as well as a pressure of 1 to 3.5 bar are adjusted. In the at least one subsequent stage a content of titanium is adjusted which is higher than in the initial stage by 35 to 110 ppm. For generating the vacuum in the polycondensation and in the precondensation, there are used vapor jet pumps operated with TMG vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignees: Zimmer Aktiengesellschaft, Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Fritz Wilhelm, Eckhard Seidel, Hans Reitz, Ulrich Thiele, Klaus Mackensen, Donald Ross Kelsey, Robert Lawrence Blackbourn, Robert Stephen Tomaskovic
  • Patent number: 6512080
    Abstract: Process of producing polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) by esterification of terephthalic acid (TPA) with trimethylene glycol (TMG) in the presence of a catalytic titanium compound, precondensation and polycondensation. The esterification is effected in at least two stages, where in the first stage a molar ratio of TMG to TPA of 1.15 to 2.5, a content of titanium of 0 to 40 ppm, a temperature of 240 to 275° C., and a pressure of 1 to 5.0 bar, preferably 3.5 bar are used. In the at least one subsequent stage a content of titanium is adjusted which is higher than in the initial stage by 35 to 110 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Donald Ross Kelsey, Robert Lawrence Blackbourn, Robert Stephen Tomaskovic, Hans Reitz, Eckhard Seidel, Fritz Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20020028909
    Abstract: Process of producing polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) by esterification of terephthalic acid (TPA) with trimethylene glycol (TMG) in the presence of a catalytic titanium compound, precondensation and polycondensation. The esterification is effected in at least two stages, where in the first stage a molar ratio of TMG to TPA of 1.15 to 2.5, a content of titanium of 0 to 40 ppm, a temperature of 240 to 275° C., and a pressure of 1 to 3.5 bar are used. In the at least one subsequent stage a content of titanium is adjusted which is higher than in the initial stage by 35 to 110 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Donald Ross Kelsey, Robert Lawrence Blackbourn, Robert Stephen Tomaskovic, Hans Reitz, Eckhard Seidel, Fritz Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 6326456
    Abstract: Process of producing polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) by esterification of terephthalic acid (TPA) with trimethylene glycol (TMG) in the presence of a catalytic titanium compound, precondensation and polycondensation. The sterification is effected in at least two stages, where in the first stage a molar ratio of TMG to TPA of 1.15 to 2.5, a content of titanium of 0 to 40 ppm, a temperature of 240 to 275° C., and a pressure of 1 to 3.5 bar are used. In the at least one subsequent stage a content of titanium is adjusted which is higher than in the initial stage by 35 to 110 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Donald Ross Kelsey, Robert Lawrence Blackbourn, Robert Stephen Tomaskovic, Hans Reitz, Eckhard Seidel, Fritz Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20010029289
    Abstract: Process of producing polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) by esterification of terephthalic acid (TPA) with trimethylene glycol (TMG) in the presence of a catalytic titanium compound, precondensation and polycondensation. The esterification is effected in at least two stages, where in the first stage a molar ratio of TMG to TPA of 1.15 to 2.5, a content of titanium of 0 to 40 ppm, a temperature of 240 to 275° C., and a pressure of 1 to 3.5 bar are used. In the at least one subsequent stage a content of titanium is adjusted which is higher than in the initial stage by 35 to 110 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Donald Ross Kelsey, Robert Lawrence Blackbourn, Robert Stephen Tomaskovic, Hans Reitz, Eckhard Seidel, Fritz Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 6277947
    Abstract: Process of producing polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) by esterification of terephthalic acid (TPA) with trimethylene glycol (TMG) in the presence of a catalytic titanium compound, precondensation and polycondensation. The esterification is effected in at least two stages, where in the first stage a molar ratio of TMG to TPA of 1.15 to 2.5, a content of titanium of 0 to 40 ppm, a temperature of 240 to 275° C., and a pressure of 1 to 3.5 bar are used. In the at least one subsequent stage a content of titanium is adjusted which is higher than in the initial stage by 35 to 110 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Donald Ross Kelsey, Robert Lawrence Blackbourn, Robert Stephen Tomaskovic, Hans Reitz, Eckhard Seidel, Fritz Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 5866750
    Abstract: A method for recovering titanium and vanadium compounds, such as alkoxides, from a liquid hydrocarbon mixture by hydrolyzing the mixture with a base or acid wash having a sufficiently different density so that two liquid phases form, and separating the two liquid phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Stephen Tomaskovic, Michael Wayne Potter, William Charles Malven