Patents by Inventor Virginie Zuzaniuk

Virginie Zuzaniuk 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).

  • Ethanol production from acetic acid utilizing a cobalt catalyst
    Patent number: 7608744
    Abstract: A process for the selective production of ethanol by vapor phase reaction of acetic acid over a hydrogenating catalyst composition to form ethanol is disclosed and claimed. In an embodiment of this invention reaction of acetic acid and hydrogen over either cobalt and palladium supported on graphite or cobalt and platinum supported on silica selectively produces ethanol in a vapor phase at a temperature of about 250° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Celanese International Corporation
    Inventors: Victor J. Johnston, Josefina T. Chapman, Laiyuan Chen, Barbara F. Kimmich, James H. Zink, Jan Cornelis van der Waal, Virginie Zuzaniuk