Patents by Inventor Stephan Würkert

Stephan Würkert 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 for producing hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 9839797
    Abstract: A process is provided for the production of linear saturated alkanes from one or more primary alcohols, wherein the carbon chain of the one or more primary alcohols has one carbon atom more than the alkane, including conducting reductive dehydroxymethylation of one or more primary fatty alcohols containing 8 to 24 carbon atoms, at a temperature ranging from 100 to 300° C. and pressures from 1 to 250 bar in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst, and removing water formed during the reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Falkowski, Markus Dierker, Michael Neuβ, Karl Heinz Schmid, Stephan Würkert, Lars Zander
  • Method for Producing Hydrocarbons
    Publication number: 20080269352
    Abstract: A process is provided for the production of linear saturated alkanes from one or more primary alcohols, wherein the carbon chain of the one or more primary alcohols has one carbon atom more than the alkane, including conducting reductive dehydroxymethylation of one or more primary fatty alcohols containing 8 to 24 carbon atoms, at a temperature ranging from 100 to 300° C. and pressures from 1 to 250 bar in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst, and removing water formed during the reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Jurgen Falkowski, Markus Dierker, Michael Neuss, Karl Heinz Schmid, Stephan Wurkert, Lars Zander