Patents by Inventor Roy E. Ballard

Roy E. Ballard 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).

  • Method of performing a chemical reaction
    Patent number: 4482438
    Abstract: A streamline flow of aqueous cobalt (II) sulphate solution passes through a platinum tube which, as an anode, electrolyses the solution to cobalt (III). The flow, with a high surface concentration of nascent cobalt (III), falls into a volume of 1-methylnaphthalene in an organic solvent, and is recovered from underneath for recycling to the platinum tube anode.The cobalt (III) reacts with the 1-methylnaphthalene to form 1-naphthaldehyde. Other oxidations of organic reactants using nascent high-oxidation-state aqueous metal ions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: National Research Development Corporation
    Inventors: Roy E. Ballard, Alexander McKillop