Patents by Inventor Surendra Kulkarni

Surendra Kulkarni 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).

  • Methods for producing and purifying 2-hydrocarbyl-3,3-bis(4-hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine monomers and polycarbonates derived therefrom
    Patent number: 7514524
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method comprising reacting a phenolphthalein material and a primary hydrocarbyl amine in the presence of an acid catalyst to form a reaction mixture comprising 2-hydrocarbyl-3,3-bis(4-hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine, wherein the phenolphthalein material comprises greater than or equal to 95 weight percent phenolphthalein, based on the total weight of phenolphthalein material; quenching the reaction mixture and treating the quenched reaction mixture to obtain a first solid. The first solid is then triturated with a trituration solvent and washed to obtain a second solid, wherein the second solid comprises greater than or equal to 97 weight percent 2-hydrocarbyl-3,3-bis(4-hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine, based on the total weight of the second solid. The second solid may be polymerized to form a polycarbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Rajshekhar Basale, Balakrishnan Ganesan, Venkata Rama Narayanan Ganapathy Bholta, Gurram Kishan, Surendra Kulkarni, Pradeep Nadkarni, Suresh Shanmugam, Ravindra Vikram Singh
  • METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND PURIFYING 2-HYDROCARBYL-3,3-BIS(4-HYDROXYARYL)PHTHALIMIDINE MONOMERS AND POLYCARBONATES DERIVED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20080242829
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method comprising reacting a phenolphthalein material and a primary hydrocarbyl amine in the presence of an acid catalyst to form a reaction mixture comprising 2-hydrocarbyl-3,3-bis(4-hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine, wherein the phenolphthalein material comprises greater than or equal to 95 weight percent phenolphthalein, based on the total weight of phenolphthalein material; quenching the reaction mixture and treating the quenched reaction mixture to obtain a first solid. The first solid is then triturated with a trituration solvent and washed to obtain a second solid, wherein the second solid comprises greater than or equal to 97 weight percent 2-hydrocarbyl-3,3-bis(4-hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine, based on the total weight of the second solid. The second solid may be polymerized to form a polycarbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Rajshekhar Basale, Balakrishnan Ganesan, Venkata Rama Narayanan Ganapathy Bholta, Gurram Kishan, Surendra Kulkarni, Pradeep Nadkarni, Suresh Shanmugam, Ravindra Vikram Singh
  • Methods for preparing 1,1,1-tris(4-hydroxyphenyl)alkanes
    Publication number: 20060004214
    Abstract: A method for preparing 1,1,1,-tris(4-hydroxyphenyl)alkanes generally comprises reacting a mixture of an aromatic hydroxy compound and a ketone in the presence of at least one sulfonic acid catalyst and a mercaptan co-catalyst to produce the 1,1,1-tris(4-hydroxyphenyl)alkanes of formula:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Gurram Kishan, G.V. Ramanarayanan, Khanwelkar Ravindra, Adil Dhalla, Vinod Rai, Surendra Kulkarni