Patents by Inventor Tadakuni Kitamura

Tadakuni Kitamura 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).

  • Publication number: 20090029850
    Abstract: A copper oxide based catalyst for dehydrogenation of cyclohexanol which is a copper oxide-zinc oxide based catalyst or a copper oxide-silicon oxide based catalyst further comprising one of palladium, platinum and ruthenium in a very small amount; and a method for preparing the copper oxide based catalyst which comprises combining the co-precipitation method or the kneading method and the spray method. The copper oxide based catalyst for dehydrogenation of cyclohexanol exhibits high activity and high selectivity, and thus may be used for producing cyclohexanone at a reduced reaction temperature and/or with an enhanced yield, as compared to a conventional catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: SUED-CHEMIE CATALYSTS JAPAN INC.
    Inventors: Tadakuni KITAMURA, Moriyasu Sugeta, Kazuharu Okuhara
  • Publication number: 20050228143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrogenation catalyst for petroleum resin containing a sulfur component which catalyst comprises palladium and platinum supported on carrier at a ratio by mass of palladium to platinum being in the range of 2.5 to 3.5, and is imparted with high hydrogenation reaction activity even in the presence of a sulfur component as well as a long service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicants: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Sued-Chemie Catalysts Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Fumio Yamakawa, Tadakuni Kitamura, Tsunenobu Chinda
  • Publication number: 20040087815
    Abstract: A copper oxide based catalyst for dehydrogenation of cyclohexanol, which is a copper oxide-zinc oxide based catalyst or a copper oxide-silicon oxide based catalyst further comprising one of palladium, platinum and ruthenium in a very small amount; and a method for preparing the copper oxide based catalyst which comprises combining the co-precipitation method or the kneading method and the spray method. The copper oxide based catalyst for dehydrogenation of cyclohexanol exhibits high activity and high selectivity, and thus may be used for producing cyclohexanone at a reduced reaction temperature and/or with an enhanced yield, as compared to a conventional catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Tadakuni Kitamura, Moriyasu Sugeta, Kazuharu Okuhara
  • Patent number: 6084140
    Abstract: A palladium-base catalyst can selectively hydrogenate highly unsaturated hydrocarbon compounds contained in small amounts in an olefin compound prepared by steam cracking or the like of naphtha without causing hydrogenation of the olefin as a side reaction and the precipitation of a carbonaceous material. The catalyst comprises palladium and alumina, and the exposed face of each palladium crystallite is mainly accounted for by (100) and (110) faces. Further, in the desorption of absorbed hydrogen by heating, desorption peaks are observed in the temperature ranges of 40 to 90.degree. C. and of 120 to 170.degree. C. and the ratio of hydrogen desorption amount of the former to the latter is (4:6) to (3:7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Sud-Chemie Nissan Catalyst, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadakuni Kitamura, Kouzou Takeuchi, Junichi Yazaki, Yuzo Satou, Moriyasu Sugeta