Patents by Inventor Robert Tulip

Robert Tulip 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).

  • Cyclohexane oxidation process
    Patent number: 4055600
    Abstract: Aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbons (especially cyclyhexane) are oxidized in the liquid phase with an oxygen-containing gas at low conversion in a reactor comprising two contacting compartments allowing heat transfer from one to the other, the first operating at a higher pressure than the second into which the reaction mixture from the first is released so effecting cooling, partial evaporation of the excess hydrocarbon and concentration of the oxidation product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1977
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventors: Philip Edward Langley, Robert Tulip