Patents by Inventor William J. Hatcher, Jr.

William J. Hatcher, 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).

  • Catalysts and adsorbents having high surface area to weight
    Patent number: 3992327
    Abstract: Catalysts or adsorbents having high surface-to-weight ratios prepared by attrition grinding are described. This grinding technique enables materials which have a low surface area-to-weight ratio and hence have lesser activity as catalysts or adsorbents, to acquire a large surface to weight ratio which could not be achieved by chemical precipitation means. Exemplary of these materials are naturally occuring crystalline .alpha.-quartz and manganese doped aluminum oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Interior
    Inventors: Leon Y. Sadler, III, William J. Hatcher, Jr.