George A Salem, 87Franklin, TN

6350901, Feb 26, 2002

Jul 29, 1999

09/363011

Simon James Kitchen - Hillam, GB
George Frederick Salem - Shaker Heights OH
Bruce Leo Williams - Elloughton Brough, GB

BP Chemicals Limited - London

C07C 67055

560245, 560243

In a process for production of vinyl acetate in which ethylene, liquid acetic acid and an oxygen-containing gas are fed to a fluid bed reactor containing a catalyst comprising a Group VIII metal, a promoter and a co-promoter, stickiness of the catalyst is reduced by limiting the amount of co-promoter to up to 6% by weight of the catalyst.

6358882, Mar 19, 2002

Nov 15, 1999

09/455753

George Frederick Salem - Shaker Heights OH
Michael James Baker - Feltham, GB

The Standard Oil Company - Chicago IL

B01J 2300

502305, 502303, 502304, 502326, 502339, 502349, 502350, 502242, 502262

A catalytically active material useful to prepare vinyl acetate monomer from ethylene, acetic acid, and an oxygen-containing gas under fluid bed conditions comprises a porous microspheroidal support containing catalytically active palladium crystallites finely dispersed within the support. This catalyst material does not require incorporation of gold to maintain activity and selectivity. A process to produce a vinyl acetate fluid bed catalyst in which catalytically active small palladium crystallites are finely dispersed within the support comprises dispersing selected metal species within the support which have an affinity to palladium to form very fine crystallites of palladium. The affinity metal species may be dispersed by impregnation onto a preformed microspheroidal support or may be intimately incorporated within the support before impregnation with a soluble palladium species.

6395676, May 28, 2002

Jun 30, 1999

09/343832

Patricia Rae Blum - Macedonia OH
Larry Michael Cirjak - Burton OH
Marc Anthony Pepera - Northfield OH
Christos Paparizos - Willowick OH
George Frederick Salem - Cleveland Heights OH
Michael James Baker - Shaker Heights OH

The Standard Oil Company - Chicago IL

B01J 2304

502330, 502333, 502344, 502261

A process for the preparation of a fluid bed vinyl acetate (VAM) catalyst comprising impregnating a support comprising a mixture of substantially inert microspheroidal particles with a solution comprising a metal salt of Pd and M, wherein M comprises Ba, Cd, Au, La, Nb, Ce, Zn, Pb, Ca, Sr, Sb or mixtures thereof, reducing the metal salts to form a deposit of Pd and M on the support surface and impregnating the support with at least one alkali metal salt. At least 50% of the particles used for the microspheroidal support have a particle size below 105 microns.

6399813, Jun 4, 2002

Aug 14, 2001

09/929256

Patricia Rae Blum - Macedonia OH
Larry Michael Cirjak - Burton OH
Marc Anthony Pepera - Northfield OH
Christos Paparizos - Willowick OH
George Frederick Salem - Cleveland Heights OH
Michael James Baker - Shaker Heights OH

The Standard Oil Company - Chicago IL

C07C 67055

560245, 5022326

A process for the preparation of a fluid bed vinyl acetate (VAM) catalyst comprising impregnating a support comprising a mixture of substantially inert microspheroidal particles with a solution comprising a metal salt of Pd and M, wherein M comprises Ba, Cd, Au, La, Nb, Ce, Zn, Pb, Ca, Sr, Sb or mixtures thereof, reducing the metal salts to form a deposit of Pd and M on the support surface and impregnating the support with at least one alkali metal salt. At least 50% of the particles used for the microspheroidal support have a particle size below 105 microns.

6534672, Mar 18, 2003

Dec 4, 2001

10/004780

George Frederick Salem - Shaker Heights OH
Michael James Baker - Feltham, GB

The Standard Oil Company - Chicago IL

C07C 6700

560241, 5602411, 560244, 560245

A catalytically active material useful to prepare vinyl acetate monomer from ethylene, acetic acid, and an oxygen-containing gas under fluid bed conditions comprises a porous microspheroidal support containing catalytically active palladium crystallites finely dispersed within the support. This catalyst material does not require incorporation of gold to maintain activity and selectivity. A process to produce a vinyl acetate fluid bed catalyst in which catalytically active small palladium crystallites are finely dispersed within the support comprises dispersing selected metal species within the support which have an affinity to palladium to form very fine crystallites of palladium. The affinity metal species may be dispersed by impregnation onto a preformed microspheroidal support or may be intimately incorporated within the support before impregnation with a soluble palladium species.

4741741, May 3, 1988

Oct 17, 1986

6/920528

George F. Salem - Cleveland Heights OH
Angela M. Schmidt - Brunswick OH

The Standard Oil Company - Cleveland OH

C10L 902

44621

Chemical beneficiation of coal and other carbonaceous solids utilizing hydrofluoric acid and ammonium chloride.

5306858, Apr 26, 1994

Nov 20, 1992

7/979035

George F. Salem - Cleveland Heights OH
Charles J. Besecker - Cleveland Heights OH
Susan M. Kenzig - Valley View OH
Walter J. Kowlaski - Valley View OH
Larry M. Cirjak - Burton OH

The Standard Oil Company - Cleveland OH

C07C 5327

585658

Disclosed is a process for oxidizing a paraffin hydrocarbon containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms and no quaternary carbon atom to an olefin having the same number of carbon atoms as said paraffin by contacting said paraffin in a reaction zone with molecular oxygen and a VAPO-5 microporous molecular sieve as catalyst.