Steven C Kennedy

US Patent:

6548717, Apr 15, 2003

Filed:

Jun 23, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/602988

Inventors:

Alfred Westfechtel - Hilden, DE
Norbert Huebner - Duesseldorf, DE
Lothar Friesenhagen - Duesseldorf, DE
Gerrit Pelzer - Duesseldorf, DE
Norbert Klein - Mettmann, DE
Ansgar Behler - Bottrop, DE
Thomas B. Downing - Duesseldorf, DE
Steven A. Kennedy - Cincinnati OH
C. William Blewett - Lakeside Park KY

Assignee:

Cognis Deutschland GmbH Co. KG - Duesseldorf

International Classification:

C07C 2704

US Classification:

568885, 568884

Abstract:

A process for making branched, substantially unsaturated fatty alcohols involving: (a) providing a C fatty acid; (b) dimerizing the C fatty acid to form a monomer fraction containing branched, substantially unsaturated fatty acids; (c) removing the monomer fraction; (d) esterifying the branched, substantially unsaturated fatty acids contained in the monomer fraction into branched, substantially unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters; and (e) hydrogenating the branched, substantially unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters with their double bonds intact, to form the branched, substantially unsaturated fatty alcohols.

US Patent:

20080089323, Apr 17, 2008

Filed:

Oct 13, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/549287

Inventors:

MARK A. ELIAS - EASTPOINTE MI, US
STEVEN T. KENNEDY - MARTINEZ CA, US

Assignee:

AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. - RENO NV

International Classification:

H04L 12/56

US Classification:

370389, 370401

Abstract:

A system and method for assigning Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs). A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Access Point (AP) having a switching element that assigns a computing device to a VLAN according to a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the computing device. Other embodiments are disclosed.