Patents by Inventor William Floyd Arey, Jr.

William Floyd Arey, 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).

  • Reforming process utilizing a dual catalyst system
    Patent number: 3959116
    Abstract: Previously hydroformed feedstocks are upgraded to improve their octane rating by contacting said feedstocks in the presence of hydrogen with a sulfactivated catalyst comprising a metallic hydrogenation component, such as a platinum group metal, in combination with a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite having uniform pore openings of about 5 Angstrom units. In its more specific aspects, the catalyst further contains a Group II-B metal such as zinc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1965
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: William Floyd Arey, Jr., Glen Porter Hamner