Donald F Mcmillen, 82Bend, OR

5336828, Aug 9, 1994

Mar 3, 1993

8/025502

Ripudaman Malhotra - San Carlos CA
Doris S. Tse - San Jose CA
Donald F. McMillen - Menlo Park CA

SRI International - Menlo Park CA

C07C 5327

585654

A process is described for carrying out the dehydrogenation or hydrogenation, including hydrogenolysis, of a hydrocarbon in the presence of one or more soluble fullerene catalysts which have been dissolved in the hydrocarbon (when the hydrocarbon is a liquid capable of dissolving the fullerene catalyst) or dissolved in a solvent which is also a solvent for the hydrocarbon (when the hydrocarbon either is not a liquid or is not a liquid which is a solvent for the fullerene catalyst). The use of a liquid catalyst, i. e. , a dissolved fullerene catalyst, inhibits coking reactions to thereby inhibit formation of coke on a solid catalyst or catalyst support by elimination of nucleation points or growth regions for such coke formation.

3970474, Jul 20, 1976

Aug 11, 1975

5/603591

Michael Anbar - Palo Alto CA
Donald F. McMillen - Menlo Park CA
Robert D. Weaver - Palo Alto CA
Paul J. Jorgensen - Cupertino CA

Stanford Research Institute - Menlo Park CA

H01M 818

136 86A

Method and apparatus for the pollution-free generation of electrical power from carbonaceous fuels in which molten lead is electrochemically oxidized to produce lead oxide and electricity in a single integrated cell in which the resulting lead oxide is simultaneously converted back to lead metal by carbothermic reduction with a carbonaceous fuel, the entire process being carried out in a single cell using a molten carbonate as electrolyte in a temperature range of 500. degree. to 900. degree. C. The entire cycle thus consumes only carbon and oxygen and produces electricity. It is found that by thus coupling the electrochemical cell and the thermochemical regeneration system, the resulting integrated carbon-lead-air cell will maintain a voltage well above that provided by a simple lead-air cell approaching that of a hypothetical carbon-air cell.

5420371, May 30, 1995

Mar 18, 1994

8/210884

Ripudaman Malhotra - San Carlos CA
Doris S. Tse - San Jose CA
Donald F. McMillen - Menlo Park CA

SRI International - Menlo Park CA

C07C 503
C07C 510

585266

A process is described for carrying out the dehydrogenation or hydrogenation, including hydrogenolysis, of a hydrocarbon in the presence of one or more soluble fullerene catalysts which have been dissolved in the hydrocarbon (when the hydrocarbon is a liquid capable of dissolving the fullerene catalyst) or dissolved in a solvent which is also a solvent for the hydrocarbon (when the hydrocarbon either is not a liquid or is not a liquid which is a solvent for the fullerene catalyst). The use of a liquid catalyst, i. e. , a dissolved fullerene catalyst, inhibits coking reactions to thereby inhibit formation of coke on a solid catalyst or catalyst support by elimination of nucleation points or growth regions for such coke formation.