Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Abraham, Jr.

Thomas J. Abraham, Jr. 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).

  • Process for dehydrohalogenating aromatic halides
    Patent number: 4925998
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for dehydrohalogenating an aromatic bromide or iodide by contacting the aromatic halide with hydrogen at elevated pressure in the presence of an alkyl halide-forming compound and a Group VIII metal catalyst. The presence of the alkyl halide-forming compound, such as an alkanol, diol, triol or derivative thereof, facilitates the dehydrohalogenation reaction and permits the recovery of the halogen ad alkyl halides from which the bromide and iodide values can be economically recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Abraham, Jr., Eric J. Fugate, Guy R. Steinmetz, Martin D. Dolfi