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Michael B. Sumner — 6 Patents

ASAshland: 4 patents #53 of 267Top 20%
AOAshland Oil: 1 patents #154 of 284Top 55%
MPMarathon Ashland Petroleum: 1 patents #38 of 83Top 50%
OUOld Dominion University: 1 patents #26 of 80Top 35%
Huntington, WV: #24 of 219 inventorsTop 15%
West Virginia: #444 of 3,425 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Michael B. Sumner has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ashland. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in October 2000. Michael B. Sumner ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Michael B. Sumner in Huntington, WV, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2000Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1997.peak 21993: 1 patents19931997: 2 patents19971998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2000

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6140647 Gasoline RFG analysis by a spectrometer William T. Welch, Roy Roger Bledsoe, Jr., Brian K. Wilt 2000-10-31 $18,682,000
5892228 Process and apparatus for octane numbers and reid vapor pressure by Raman spectroscopy John B. Cooper, Roy Roger Bledsoe, Jr., Kent L. Wise, William T. Welch, Brian K. Wilt 1999-04-06 $15,399,000
5712481 Process and apparatus for analysis of hydrocarbon species by near infrared spectroscopy William T. Welch, Brian K. Wilt, Roy Roger Bledsoe, Jr., Steven M. Maggard 1998-01-27 $19,465,000
5614164 Production of mesophase pitches, carbon fiber precursors, and carbonized fibers William P. Hettinger, Jr. 1997-03-25 $11,110,000
5596196 Oxygenate analysis and control by Raman spectroscopy John B. Cooper, Kent L. Wise, William T. Welch 1997-01-21 $11,234,000
5238672 Mesophase pitches, carbon fiber precursors, and carbonized fibers William P. Hettinger, Jr. 1993-08-24 $6,230,000