Patents by Inventor Rodney D. Beckham

Rodney D. Beckham 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).

  • Asphalt composition resistant to weathering
    Patent number: 4247335
    Abstract: Paving-grade asphalt compositions having improved resistance to weathering are described which are obtained by incorporating into a paving-grade asphalt either (1) the product obtained by alkylating phenol with a resin oil, i.e., a hydrocarbon fraction of medium molecular weight compounds in the C.sub.9 carbon range primarily aromatic in nature, or (2) the condensation product of formaldehyde with the alkylation product of phenol and a C.sub.4 raffinate stream consisting mainly of butene-1, butene-2 and isobutylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1981
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventor: Rodney D. Beckham
  • Oxygen carrier composition
    Patent number: 3980580
    Abstract: An oxygen carrier composition based on the metals lead, magnesium and aluminum and a vapor phase process for dehydrocoupling toluene and/or toluene derivatives to form stilbene and/or stilbene derivatives and for demethylating toluene and/or toluene derivatives to form benzene and/or benzene derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Dale B. Fox, Talmage D. McMinn, Jr., Rodney D. Beckham, Phillip D. Montgomery