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Robert D. Buttke — 11 Patents

AMAmoco: 11 patents #48 of 1,251Top 4%
Lisle, IL: #57 of 567 inventorsTop 15%
Illinois: #8,093 of 84,256 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Robert D. Buttke has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Amoco. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in October 1996. Robert D. Buttke ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Robert D. Buttke in Lisle, IL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5569434 Hydrocarbon processing apparatus and method Narasimhan Devanathan, Peter J. Klomans, William B. VanderHeyden 1996-10-29 $45,032,000
5443718 Reduced gas holdup in ebullated reactor John R. Frey 1995-08-22 $31,451,000
5308476 Reduced gas holdup in an ebullated bed reactor Lawrence B. Peck, Christos Nikolaides 1994-05-03 $62,698,000
5246567 Benzene removal in an isomerization process Frank S. Modica, Bruce A. Fleming 1993-09-21 $29,643,000
5219532 Reduced gas holdup in catalytic reactor John R. Frey 1993-06-15 $46,640,000
5186904 Laboratory simulator of reactor for a petroleum refinery David Lyzinski, James L. Taylor, William M. Hall 1993-02-16 $28,009,000
5081039 Process for making catalyst inventory measurements and control procedure for adding or withdrawing catalyst Norman K. McDaniel 1992-01-14 $8,352,000
4990241 Hydrotreating process to minimize catalyst slumping Robert E. Boening, Frank W. Pickell 1991-02-05 $26,018,000
4950459 Vapor collection and process for ebullated bed reactors John R. Frey 1990-08-21 $26,072,000
4808298 Process for reducing resid hydrotreating solids in a fractionator Lawrence B. Peck, George L. Ott, Jeffry A. Cox 1989-02-28 $6,007,000
4804458 Process for collecting vapor in ebullated bed reactors John R. Frey 1989-02-14 $9,134,000