...that Thomas Edison's patent application on his phonograph was approved by the Patent Office in just seven weeks? In contrast, it took Gordon Gould, the inventor of the laser, 30 years to obtain his patent -- finally awarded in 1988!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442844 | Process for producing isoprene A process for producing isoprene is provided, which includes continuously or intermittently supplying isobutylene and/or t-butanol, formaldehyde and water into an acidic aqueous solution, and reacting the reaction mixture while distilling away a mixture containing p... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7273961 | Quench process The present invention is a process for quenching a reactor effluent stream. The reactor effluent stream comprises water, olefin product, and methanol and is further entrained with catalyst fines. The process removes water, catalyst fines, and methanol. Particularly,... | 09/25/2007 |
| 6667423 | Process for the production of a diene in three successive stages from a tertiary alkyl ether For the production of a diene a process in three stages comprises a stage a) for decomposition of at least one tertiary alkyl ether in a mixture that contains at least one tertiary olefin, at least one alcohol and at least one residual ether, in the presence o... | 12/23/2003 |
| 5264644 | Preparation of conjugated dienes The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a conjugated diene from the corresponding carbonyl compound having the same number of carbon atoms by dehydration at a temperature of 300° to 450° C. using a catalyst comprising aluminium phospha... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5177290 | Isoprene process The present invention is directed to a process for producing dienes which involves reacting a reaction mixture of tertiary alkyl ether and a source of oxygen over two functionally distinct catalysts under reaction conditions sufficient to produce high yie... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5124498 | Synthesis of olefins from carbonyls The invention provides, in a first aspect, a method for preparing a reduced metal reagent comprising the steps of providing a halide salt of a metal having a more positive reduction potential than Na in admixture with liquid Na in substantially stoichiome... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4899002 | Integrated staged conversion of methanol to gasoline and distillate A process for the increased production of olefinic gasoline is described incorporating the integration of olefins to gasoline conversion under moderate severity conditions in contact with zeolite type catalyst with oxygenates to olefins conversion. The pr... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4734538 | Process for the production of dienes Aldehydes can be converted to dienes by contacting the aldehydes with a non-zeolitic molecular sieve. Preferably the non-zeolitic molecular sieve has, in its calcined form, an adsorption of isobutane of at least about 2 percent by weight of the non-zeolit... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4713458 | Preparation of ethenylidenes Ketones and aldehydes are converted to ethenylidene-containing compounds by reaction thereof with dimethyl carbonate and a phosphine compound.... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4684758 | Production of 2,5-dimethyl-2,4-hexadiene 2,5-Dimethyl-2,4-hexadiene which is an intermediate for preparing agricultural chemicals, insecticides or medicines, is prepared by bringing isobutylene and/or tert.-butyl alcohol into contact with isobutyl aldehyde in a gaseous phase at a temperature of ... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4665266 | Polymer bound dehydration catalyst and process for the production of dienes This invention is directed to a process and a catalyst for the conversion of an aldehyde to a diolefin comprising contacting an aldehyde of 4 to 6 carbon atoms in the vapor phase at a temperature of 200° to 300° C. with a polymer bound dehydration catal... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4628140 | Process for the production of dienes from aldehydes This invention is directed to an improved process for the conversion of an aldehyde to a diolefin comprising contacting an aldehyde of 4 to 6 carbon atoms in the vapor phase at a temperature of 250° to 400° C. with a catalyst, the improvement comprising... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4587372 | Boron phosphate catalyst for the production of dienes from aldehydes This invention is concerned with improved boron phosphate dehydration catalysts. More specifically, this invention is directed to a process for the conversion of an aldehyde to a diolefin comprising contacting an aldehyde of 4 to 6 carbon atoms in the vap... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4560822 | Preparation of dienes by dehydration of aldehydes Dienes are prepared by dehydration of aldehydes at elevated temperatures by a method in which the dehydration is carried out using a zeolite as a catalyst.... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4547614 | Process for the preparation of conjugated dienes by dehydration of aldehydes An improved process for the preparation of conjugated dienes, particularly isoprene, from the corresponding aliphatic aldehyde using an acidic dehydration catalyst is disclosed. The present invention embraces the surprising discovery that catalyst activit... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4524233 | Process for the production of dienes from aldehydes This invention is directed to a process for the conversion of an aldehyde to a diolefin comprising contacting an aldehyde of 4 to 6 carbon atoms in the vapor phase at a temperature of 300° to 400° C. with a catalyst comprising boron phosphate wherein th... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4381416 | Process for producing isoprene A process for producing isoprene, which comprises decomposing a mixture of at least two compounds represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein (i) W and Y each represent a hydrogen atom, and X and Z are identical or different and each represen... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4338478 | Process for producing conjugated dienes A process for producing a conjugated diene represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein R3, R4 and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom, or any one of them represents a methyl group and the other two each represen... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4045419 | Chemical process for producing isoprene by pyrolysis of allylic esters Process for preparing unsaturated esters by reacting an olefin having an allylic hydrogen atom with an ester forming material in the presence of oxygen and a catalyst selected from the group consisting of mercury, selenium or tellurium. The unsaturated es... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4039583 | Process for producing methacrolein In a process for producing methacrolein by the gas phase catalytic reaction of isobutene with molecular oxygen in the presence of a catalyst consisting of Mo, Bi, Fe, Co, Sb and O, the catalyst is prepared by using as the Sb component, a mixture of a triv... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4009084 | Process for the separation of diolefins from mixtures containing the same A multi-stage process for the solvent extraction of butadiene from a mixed feed stock containing butadiene, C-4 saturated and olefinic hydrocarbons and acetylenic compounds is disclosed wherein the feed stock is contacted with N-formyl morpholine and C-4 ... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3988332 | Hydrocarbylidene compounds of niobium and tantalum Certain hydrocarbylidene compounds of niobium and tantalum react with oxo compounds to form olefins and are also useful as oxygen scavengers. The compounds can also be used to deposit tantalum or niobium mirrors by thermal decomposition. Exemplary is trin... | 10/26/1976 |