Patents by Inventor Terry Lee Rathman

Terry Lee Rathman 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).

  • Reduction compositions and processes for making the same
    Patent number: 6444190
    Abstract: Novel reduction compositions are prepared from an active hydride, an additive, and a Lewis base in a hydrocarbon solvent. Such compositions can provide a superior reducing system for organic substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Anne Pautard-Cooper, Eric John Granger, Philip Franklin Sims, James Anthony Schwindeman, John Francis Engel, Terry Lee Rathman
  • Process for the preparation of lithium aluminum hydride in etheral solvents
    Patent number: 5730952
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of lithium aluminum hydride in an ethereal solvent via the metathesis of sodium aluminum hydride and lithium chloride in a one direct step reaction comprising heating together sodium aluminum hydride and lithium chloride in an ethereal solvent at a temperature of 25.degree. C. to the reflux temperature of the solvent until the reaction is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Terry Lee Rathman, James Anthony Schwindeman, Eric John Granger, Sharon Bergmann Smith