Patents by Inventor Thomas Elbert Shanks

Thomas Elbert Shanks 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).

  • Oxidation process to produce a crude and/or purified carboxylic acid product
    Patent number: 8796477
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, David Milton Lange, Michael C. Morrow, Bradford Russell Bowers, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Jason Christopher Jenkins, Paula Moody, Thomas Elbert Shanks, Charles Edwan Sumner, Jr.
  • Oxidation process to produce a crude and/or purified carboxylic acid product
    Patent number: 8791278
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Ashfaq Shaikh, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, David Milton Lange, Michael C. Morrow, Bradford Russell Bowers, Kenny Randolph Parker, Lee Reynolds Partin, Jason Christopher Jenkins, Paula Moody, Thomas Elbert Shanks, Charles Edwan Sumner, Jr.
  • OXIDATION PROCESS TO PRODUCE A CRUDE AND/OR PURIFIED CARBOXYLIC ACID PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20120302768
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, David Milton Lange, Michael C. Morrow, Bradford Russell Bowers, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Jason Christopher Jenkins, Paula Moody, Thomas Elbert Shanks, Charles Edwan Sumner, JR.
  • OXIDATION PROCESS TO PRODUCE A CRUDE AND/OR PURIFIED CARBOXYLIC ACID PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20120302769
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, David Milton Lange, Michael C. Morrow, Bradford Russell Bowers, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Jason Christopher Jenkins, Paula Moody, Thomas Elbert Shanks, Charles Edwan Sumner, JR.
  • OXIDATION PROCESS TO PRODUCE A CRUDE AND/OR PURIFIED CARBOXYLIC ACID PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20120302772
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ashfaq Shaikh, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, David Milton Lange, Michael C. Morrow, Bradford Russell Bowers, Kenny Randolph Parker, Lee Reynolds Partin, Jason Christopher Jenkins, Paula Moody, Thomas Elbert Shanks, Charles Edwan Sumner, JR.
  • Process for preparing 2,5-dimethoxy benzaldehyde
    Patent number: 6670510
    Abstract: The present invention recites a process for the of 2,5-dimethoxy-benzaldehyde by reacting a 2-hydroxy-5 methoxy-benzaldehyde with a suitable metal hydroxide in the presence of a suitable solvent to make a metal salt of 2-hydroxy-5-methoxy benzaldehyde comprising. The invention further provides a method for alkylating said metal salts with dimethylsulfate in the presence of a suitable solvent so as to provide a 2,5-dimethoxy benzaldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Thomas Elbert Shanks, Robert Joseph Maleski
  • Process for preparing 2,5-dimethoxy benzaldehyde
    Publication number: 20030199714
    Abstract: The present invention recites a process for the of 2,5-dimethoxy-benzaldehyde by reacting a 2-hydroxy-5 methoxy-benzaldehyde with a suitable metal hydroxide in the presence of a suitable solvent to make a metal salt of 2-hydroxy-5-methoxy benzaldehyde comprising. The invention further provides a method for alkylating said metal salts with dimethylsulfate in the presence of a suitable solvent so as to provide a 2,5-dimethoxy benzaldehyde.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Elbert Shanks, Robert Joseph Maleski