Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds inventions 12/06

20060293545 - Methods for synthesis of carotenoids, including analogs, derivatives, and synthetic and biological intermediates: A method for synthesizing intermediates for use in the synthesis of carotenoid synthetic intermediates, carotenoid analogs, and/or carotenoid derivatives. The carotenoid analog, derivative, or intermediate may be administered to a subject for the inhibition and/or amelioration of any disease that involves production of reactive oxygen species, reactive nitrogen species, radicals... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20060293546 - Process for producing olefin oligomer: A process for producing an olefin oligomer, which comprises the steps of (1) contacting an olefin with an organoaluminum compound to produce a contact product (i), (2) contacting a transition metal compound with a compound represented by the formula, R1R2A—G—AR3R4, to produce a contact product (ii), and (3) contacting the... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20060293547 - Process for manufacture of silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieves: A process for manufacturing a silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve, the process comprising the steps of: (a) dissolving a silicon source into in a template at conditions sufficient to form a solution having a silicon concentration of at least 0.05 wt. %; (b) adding at least one aluminium source and at least... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20060293548 - Metathesis catalyst and process: The invention provides a method of preparing a metathesis catalyst, the method including the steps of mixing a transition metal oxide containing aqueous solution having a pH of 9 or higher with a carrier. The water is then removed from the mixture by means of evaporation to provide a metathesis... Agent: Hahn And Moodley, LLP

20060293549 - Method for the double-bond isomerisation of olefins: A process for preparing a C4- to C12-olefin (olefin A) from another C4- to C12-olefin (olefin B), wherein olefin (A) and olefin (B) differ with regard to the position of the double bond, and wherein a gaseous mixture comprising olefin (B) and from 0.01 to 10% by weight, based on... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060287560 - Process and a device for producing gasoline, kerosene and diesel oil from waste plastic, rubber and machine oil: A process and a device that produce gasoline, kerosene and diesel oil from waste plastic, rubber and machine oil, the device comprises sussively cracker, fixed bed, packed tower, fractionating tower, the top part of the fractionating tower connects with gasoline quencher, and the quencher links condenser, separator of oil and... Agent: Anna Wu

20060287561 - Process for increasing production of light olefin hydrocarbon from hydrocarbon feedstock: A process for increasing the production of light olefin hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon feedstock. A process for producing an aromatic hydrocarbon mixture and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from a hydrocarbon mixture, and a process for producing a hydrocarbon feedstock which is capable of being used as a feedstock in the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20060287562 - Process for the production of phenyl alkanes operating in a moving bed: A process for the production of phenyl alkanes by catalytic alkylation on a solid acid catalyst employs at least one moving-bed reactor. This process comprises a catalytic alkylation stage of an aromatic compound by at least one olefin that has 9 to 16 carbon atoms per molecule, combined with a... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20060287563 - Process for making xylene isomer using a deheptanizer with a side draw recycle: In processes for recovering one or more xylene isomers and isomerizing the remaining isomers for recycle, the isomerate is distilled to provide a toluene-containing overhead, a mid-boiling fraction containing C8 aromatics and a bottoms fraction containing C8 aromatics and C9+ aromatics. The mid-boiling fraction is recycled to the unit for... Agent: Honey Well Intellectual Property Inc Patent Services

20060287564 - Process for increasing production of benzene from hydrocarbon mixture: A process for increasing the production of benzene from a hydrocarbon mixture. A process for producing an aromatic hydrocarbon mixture and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from a hydrocarbon mixture, and a solvent extraction process for separating and recovering polar hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon mixture containing polar hydrocarbons (that is, aromatic... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20060287565 - Process and apparatus for the production of diesel fuels by oligomerisation of olefinic feed streams: This invention provides a process for the production of diesel boiling range hydrocarbons, the process including at least the steps of obtaining an olefinic feed stream from one or more hydrocarbon producing processes wherein the olefinic feed stream contains branched short chain olefins having a chain length of from three... Agent: Hahn And Moodley, LLP

20060281956 - Method for recycling rubber-containing wastes: The inventive method includes thermal liquefaction of wastes in an organic solvent at a temperature above 270° C. and a pressure up to 6 MPa. The liquid fraction is separated from the undissolved product. The liquid fraction is distilled into the fraction with the boiling temperature below 220° C. and... Agent: Patenttm.us

20060281957 - Dual functional catalyst for selective opening of cyclic paraffins and process for using the catalyst: A process for selectively opening cyclic paraffins (naphthenic rings) with substantially no subsequent cracking of the acyclic product has been developed. The process comprises contacting a cyclic paraffin feedstream with a catalyst at ring opening conditions to produce an acyclic paraffin product. The catalyst comprises a Group VIII metal, such... Agent: Honey Well Intellectual Property Inc Patent Services

20060281958 - Catalytic reactive separation system for energy-efficient production of cumene: The present invention relates to an atmospheric pressure, reactive separation column packed with a solid acid zeolite catalyst for producing cumene from the reaction of benzene with propylene. Use of this un-pressurized column, where simultaneous reaction and partial separation occur during cumene production, allow separation of un-reacted, excess benzene from... Agent: Sandia Corporation

20060281959 - Method for producing 1-octene from crack-c4: The invention relates to a process for preparing 1-octene from a C4 fraction from a cracker by telomerization of the 1,3-butadiene present in the C4 fraction from a cracker by means of methanol in the presence of a catalyst, hydrogenation of the telomer obtained in this way, dissociation of the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060281960 - Process and installation for separating compounds, including at least one n-paraffin, in a hydrocarbon feedstock: Process for separating one or more compound(s), including at least one n-paraffin, in a hydrocarbon feedstock, in which: A stream, or a portion of a stream of said feedstock, is passed successively and in any order into at least one distillation column and at least one membrane separation unit comprising... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20060276679 - Integrated process for the production of olefin derivatives: The present invention provides a process for the production of an olefin derivative, which process comprises the steps of: (a) cracking a paraffinic hydrocarbon containing feedstock to produce a first dilute olefins stream comprising both olefins and alkanes, (b) reacting at least a portion of said first dilute olefins stream...