Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8207388 | Catalytic composition and process for the transalkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons A catalytic composition is described for the transalkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons comprising a zeolite and an inorganic binder, characterized by an extra-zeolitic porosity, i.e. the porosity obtained by adding the mesoporosity and the macroporosity fractions pre... | 06/26/2012 |
| 7393986 | Process for the production and purification of vinyl aromatic monomers Process for the production of vinyl aromatic monomers which comprises: a) feeding an aromatic stream and an olefinic stream to an alkylation unit; b) feeding the reaction product coming from the alkylation section to a first separation section; c) recovering the mon... | 07/01/2008 |