Patents by Inventor Thomas Jackson Taylor

Thomas Jackson Taylor 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).

  • Variations on prins-like chemistry to produce 2,5-dimethylhexadiene from isobutanol
    Patent number: 8742187
    Abstract: The method of the present invention provides a high yield pathway to 2,5-dimethylhexadiene from renewable isobutanol, which enables economic production of renewable p-xylene (and subsequently, terephthalic acid, a key monomer in the production of PET) from isobutanol. In addition, the present invention provides methods for producing 2,5-dimethylhexadiene from a variety of feed stocks that can act as “equivalents” of isobutylene and/or isobutyraldehyde including isobutanol, isobutylene oxide, and isobutyl ethers and acetals. Catalysts employed in the present methods that produce 2,5-dimethylhexadiene can also catalyze alcohol dehydration, alcohol oxidation, epoxide rearrangement, and ether and acetal cleavage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: GEVO, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jackson Taylor, Joshua D. Taylor, Matthew W. Peters, David E. Henton
  • VARIATIONS ON PRINS-LIKE CHEMISTRY TO PRODUCE 2,5-DIMETHYLHEXADIENE FROM ISOBUTANOL
    Publication number: 20120271082
    Abstract: The method of the present invention provides a high yield pathway to 2,5-dimethylhexadiene from renewable isobutanol, which enables economic production of renewable p-xylene (and subsequently, terephthalic acid, a key monomer in the production of PET) from isobutanol. In addition, the present invention provides methods for producing 2,5-dimethylhexadiene from a variety of feed stocks that can act as “equivalents” of isobutylene and/or isobutyraldehyde including isobutanol, isobutylene oxide, and isobutyl ethers and acetals. Catalysts employed in the present methods that produce 2,5-dimethylhexadiene can also catalyze alcohol dehydration, alcohol oxidation, epoxide rearrangement, and ether and acetal cleavage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Gevo, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jackson Taylor, Joshua D. Taylor, Matthew W. Peters, David E. Henton
  • Renewable Xylenes Produced from Bological C4 and C5 Molecules
    Publication number: 20120171741
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for preparing renewable and relatively high purity p-xylene from biomass, and from C5 molecules in particular. For example, biomass treated to provide a fermentation feedstock is fermented with a microorganism capable of producing a C5 alcohol such as 3-methyl-1-butanol, followed by dehydration to provide a C5 alkene such as 3-methyl-1-butanol, forming one or more C8 olefins such as 2,5-dimethyl-3-hexene via metathesis, then dehydrocyclizing the C8 olefins in the presence of a dehydrocyclization catalyst to selectively form renewable p-xylene with high overall yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: GEVO, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew W. Peters, Joshua D. Taylor, Thomas Jackson Taylor, Leo E. Manzer