Patents by Inventor Thomas Earl Morris

Thomas Earl Morris 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 oxychlorination utilizing split feeds
    Patent number: H1800
    Abstract: A method for oxychlorinating ethylene to ethylene dichloride utilizing a two reactor oxychlorination system in which the oxygen and hydrogen chloride feeds are split between the reactors such that the volume ratio of HCl fed to the first reactor to the HCl fed to the second reactor, and the volume ratio of O.sub.2 fed to the first reactor to the O.sub.2 fed to the second reactor are both in the range of about 50:50 to about 99:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Leopoldo Salinas, III, Thomas Earl Morris