Patents by Inventor Robert W. Rieve

Robert W. Rieve 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).

  • Preparation of ethyl benzene
    Patent number: 4029715
    Abstract: A C.sub.8 cyclic olefin stream resulting from the dimerization of butadiene is dehydrogenated for highly selective preparation of ethyl benzene and hydrogen by directing a reactant stream consisting of a major amount of an inert gas such as nitrogen and a minor amount of said C.sub.8 cyclic olefin through a reaction zone having a cobalt molybdate on alumina catalyst containing 0.9-3% potassium oxide. The ethyl benzene is of suitable purity for manufacture of styrene therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1977
    Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Company
    Inventors: Robert W. Rieve, Harold Shalit