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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8153845 | Method for producing aminonitriles The invention relates to a process for preparing an amino nitrile mixture comprising aminoacetonitrile (AAN) and from 5 to 70% by weight of iminodiacetonitrile (IDAN), which comprises heating crude AAN which is largely free of formaldehyde cyanohydrin (FACH-free) at... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7960590 | Method for producing ethyleneamines from untreated AAN The invention relates to a process for preparing an ethylene amine mixture, which comprises the following steps: a) crude AAN which is largely free of formaldehyde cyanohydrin (largely FACH-free) is heated at a temperature of from 50 to 150° C. to give... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7915454 | Method for producing ethylenediamine The invention relates to a process for preparing ethylenediamine by hydrogenation of aminoacetonitrile over a catalyst, wherein the hydrogenation is carried out in a solution comprising aminoacetonitrile, water in a proportion of from 0 to 60% by weight and a solven... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7880035 | Method for producing ethyleneamines The invention relates to a process for preparing an ethylene amine mixture, which comprises hydrogenating an amino nitrile mixture comprising at least 30% by weight of aminoacetonitrile (AAN) and at least 5% by weight of iminodiacetonitrile (IDAN) in the presence of... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7767859 | Production method of primary amines and catalysts for producing primary amines A method of producing a primary amine by the hydrogenation of a nitrile in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst. The hydrogenation catalyst contains at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt and iron. Before use in the hydrogenation... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7723547 | Process for the synthesis of DMAPA The present invention relates to a process for the industrial preparation of a diamine starting from a corresponding alkenyl nitrile comprising at least one C—C double bond, which comprises the steps (a) reaction of the alkenyl nitrile with a correspo... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7399886 | Aminopropylation of alcohols in the presence of amide or ether solvents This invention relates to an improved hydrogenation process for the preparation of etheramines. In the process, cyanoethylated alcohols, i.e., the reaction product of an alcohol with (meth)acrylonitrile, are contacted with hydrogen in the presence of a sponge cobalt... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7381845 | Nitrile hydrogenation on heterogeneous catalysts in the presence of ionic liquids A process for hydrogenating nitrile functions present in organic compounds over at least one heterogeneous catalyst, in which the hydrogenation is carried out in the presence of an ionic liquid, is described. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7291754 | Process for the catalytic hydrogenation of a nitrile Process for the catalytic hydrogenation of a nitrite in the presence of an amine and a catalyst wherein the catalyst is a liquid-rinsed Raney-type catalyst contacted with a hydroxide prior to contacting the catalyst with the amine. The process results in higher sele... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7259274 | Method of producing aliphatic nitrile An aliphatic nitrile is prepared by a process of reacting an aliphatic carboxylic acid, an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or an alkyl ester thereof, wherein the alkyl group has 1 to 5 carbon atoms, with ammonia in the presence of a catalyst of titanium oxide supported ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256312 | Method for producing aminoalkoxy benzylamines and aminoalkoxy benzonitriles as intermediates The invention relates to a process for preparing 4-[aminoalkoxy]benzylamines of the general formula (I) by catalytically hydrogenating 4-[aminoalkoxy]benzonitriles of the general formula (II) ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7208448 | In an amine or nitrile embedded passivated hydrogenation catalyst The invention relates to a passivated hydrogenation catalyst that is embedded in a primary amine, a derivative thereof, and/or a nitrile, the process to make such catalysts, as well as the use of such catalysts in a hydrogenation process in which an amine or a deriv... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208646 | Selective hydrogenation of butadiene A process for the selective hydrogenation of dienes in mixed streams of olefin containing hydrocarbons, such as butadiene in a mixed C4 stream with minimum loss of monoolefins is disclosed wherein the reactor is operated at conditions which induce pulse f... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7196223 | Higher alcohols for solvents in amine production A nitrile-containing mixture, which includes a nitrile dissolved in a higher alcohol solvent, and hydrogen are fed to a reactor containing a catalyst. An amine is produced by hydrogenating the nitrile that is dissolved in the higher alcohol solvent. In a preferred e... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7175754 | Process for the production of low benzene gasoline A process for the production of low benzene content gasoline is disclosed wherein a full boiling range naphtha is fractionated to produce a light naphtha, a medium naphtha and a heavy naphtha. The benzene is contained in the medium naphtha and this stream is subject... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7122702 | Catalytic hydrogenation of an aliphatically unsaturated group in an organic compound Process for the catalytic hydrogenation of an aliphatically unsaturated group in an organic compound in the presence of a catalyst whose preparation has involved precipitation of catalytically active components onto monoclinic, tetragonal or cubic zirconium dioxide.... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7115781 | Iron-containing oxidic material suitable for use as hydrogenation catalyst precursor An oxidic composition which is suitable as a catalyst having divalent and trivalent iron in an atomic ratio of divalent to trivalent iron in the range from greater than 0.5 to 5.5 and oxygen as a counterion to the divalent and trivalent iron. The catalyst compositio... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7056485 | Continuous hydrogenation process The invention is directed to a continuous hydrogenation process in which a hydrogenable compound is dissolved in a working solution with hydrogen and a heterogeneous catalyst. At least part of the hydrogen-containing waste hydrogenation gas generated in the reaction... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7025872 | Process for obtaining a feedstock that can be used in an etherification unit Process for obtaining a hydrocarbon fraction that can be used as a feedstock of an etherification unit and that contains a small amount of diene compounds, nitrogen-containing compounds and sulfur-containing compounds, starting from an initial hydrocarbon feedstock ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6984759 | Process for the preparation of perfluoropolyethers having aldehyde, alcohol, amine end groups by catalytic reduction Process for the perfluoropolyether preparation having reactive end groups —CH2NH2, —CHO, —CH2OH, by reduction of the corresponding perfluoropolyethers having —CN, —COCl, —CHO end groups by using gaseous hydrogen in the pr... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6960691 | Production process for halogenated aromatic methylamine The invention intends to provide means for producing halogenated aromatic methylamine useful as an intermediate in the production of agrochemical or medical preparations, by an industrially advantageous method. The process according to the present invention f... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6951959 | Low pressure process for manufacture of 3-dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) An improved process for the production of 3-dimethylaminopropylamine in high purity from N,N-dimethylaminopropionitrile utilizing a low pressure hydrogenation process is described. The basic process comprises contacting the nitrile with hydrogen at low pressure in t... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6916457 | Preparation and use of non-chrome catalysts for Cu/Cr catalyst applications A non-chrome, copper-containing catalyst, Cu—Al—O and method of preparing the same are provided wherein the Cu—Al—O catalyst is prepared by the co-precipitation of copper nitrate (Cu(NO3)2) and sodium aluminate (Na2Al2 | 07/12/2005 |
| 6914033 | Desulfurization and novel compositions for same A composition comprising a promoter and a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of a cerium oxide, a scandium oxide, a lanthanum oxide, and combinations of any two or more thereof, wherein at least a portion of the promoter is present as a reduced valence p... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6794542 | Method for the preparation of enantiomerically enriched compounds Process for the preparation of a diasteromerically enriched phenylglycine amide derivative in which an enantiomerically enriched phenylglycine amide is converted into the corresponding Schiff base with the aid of compound R2—C(O)—R3, and th... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6790994 | Methods for hydrogenating nitrile functions into amine functions The present invention relates to a process for the hydrogenation of nitrile functional groups to amine functional groups. It relates more particularly to a process for the complete or partial hydrogenation of dinitrile compounds to diamine or aminonitrile compounds.... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6790995 | Preparation of primary and secondary amines from nitriles Mixtures of primary amines of the formula (I) X—CH2—NH2 (I) and secondary amines of the formula (II) (X—CH2—)2NH (II) where X is C | 09/14/2004 |
| 6677486 | Hydrogenation of nitriles over Raney catalysts Nitriles are hydrogenated to primary amines over an activated, alpha-Al2 O3 -containing, macroporous Raney catalyst based on an alloy of aluminum and at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt an... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6660887 | Low pressure process for manufacture of 3-dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) An improved process for the production of 3-dimethylaminopropylamine in high (>99%) purity from N,N-dimethylaminopropionitrile utilizing a low pressure hydrogenation process is described. The basic process comprises contacting the nitrile with hydrogen at... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6600075 | Process for the preparation of tertiary amines from primary amines and nitriles Disclosed is a method for preparing tertiary amine compounds from primary amines and nitrites in the presence of hydrogen gas and a metal catalyst, or metal-containing catalyst composition, at a temperature from about 50° C. to about 200° C. and at a pr... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6525223 | Preparation of secondary amines from nitriles Secondary amines of the formula (II) (X--CH2 --)2 NH (II) where X is a C1-20 -alkyl, C2-20 -alkenyl or C3-8 -cycloalkyl group which may be unsubstituted or substituted by C1-20 -alkyl, C3-... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6521564 | Modification of a hydrogenation catalyst A process for the modification of a hydrogenation catalyst of the Raney nickel, Raney cobalt, nickel-on-carrier or cobalt-on-carrier type, which process includes treating the hydrogenation catalyst at temperatures of about 0° C. to about 120° C. with ca... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6476270 | Waste-free process for manufacture of amides and amines from carbonium ion precursors and nitriles A method for preparation of an amine from a carbonium ion precursor and a nitrile. The method comprises the steps of: (a) contacting the carbonium ion precursor and the nitrile with aqueous ammonium hydrogen sulfate to produce an amide; and (b) hydrolyzin... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6399830 | Selective reductive amination of nitriles This invention pertains to an improvement in a process for the formation of secondary or tertiary amines by the catalytic reductive amination of a nitrile with a primary amine. The catalyst employed in the improved reductive amination process is one that ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6384263 | Process for making 3-hydroxyalkanelnitriles and conversion of the 3-hydroxyalkanelnitrile to an hydroxyaminoalkane The present invention provides a process for making 3-hydroxyalkanenitriles comprising the steps of reacting an alkenylnitrile, wherein the alkenylnitrile is an alkenyl-2-nitrile or an alkenylnitrile which under reaction conditions isomerizes to form an a... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6380420 | Process for making fatty acid nitriles and fatty amines by cross-metathesis of normal alpha olefins A process for preparing fatty amines by the cross-metathesis of normal alpha olefins and acrylonitrile to form an intermediate fatty acid nitrile which is hydrogenated to the corresponding fatty amine.... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6331651 | Process for making hexamethylene diamine using ozone-treated adiponitrile that contains phosphorous compounds A process for making HMD in which a butadiene hydrocyantion reaction product that contains phosphorous-containing impurities is treated with ozone.... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6248925 | Selective reductive amination of nitriles This invention pertains to an improvement in a process for the formation of secondary or tertiary amines by the catalytic reductive amination of a nitrile with a primary or secondary amine and, particularly to the reductive amination of C8-20 n... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6080891 | Process for the preparation of aliphatic nitriles The present invention provides a process for preparing a high-quality aliphatic nitrile in a high yield at a low cost without the dissolution of a catalyst in the product, which comprises reacting an aliphatic carboxylic acid, a lower alkyl ester thereof ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6005145 | Metallic compounds useful as catalysts The present invention relates to new metal compounds, to a process for the preparation of these metal compounds and to their use as catalysts. The new metal compounds according to the invention have, when they are used as catalysts, in particular as hydrogenat... | 12/21/1999 |
