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Carl E. Ward — 12 Patents

Chevron: 11 patents #429 of 4,788Top 9%
UCUnion Carbide: 1 patents #697 of 1,402Top 50%
San Jose, CA: #5,425 of 32,062 inventorsTop 20%
California: #51,404 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Carl E. Ward has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chevron. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in July 2005. Carl E. Ward ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Carl E. Ward in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2005Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 1986.peak 61985: 2 patents19851986: 6 patents19861987: 2 patents19871990: 1 patents19902005: 1 patents2005

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6916768 Low noise grease gelling agents Carlos E. Littlefield 2005-07-12 $508,107,000
4978386 Herbicidal 2-(substituted-phenyl)-3-amino-2-cyclopentenone derivatives 1990-12-18 $57,207,000
4663466 Process for preparing substituted amino herbicides Patricia B. Pomidor 1987-05-05 $25,293,000
4643762 Herbicidal 5-amino-3-oxo-4-(3-substituted-phenyl)-4-pyrroline and derivatives thereof 1987-02-17 $47,262,000
4606756 Herbicidal 2-(nitrogen heterocycle)5-amino-3-oxo-4-(substituted-phenyl)-2,3-dihydrofurans 1986-08-19 $19,791,000
4596595 Herbicidal 5-amino-3-oxo-4-(substituted-phenyl)-2,3-dihydrothiophene and derivatives thereof 1986-06-24 $23,841,000
4568377 Herbicidal 5-amino-3-oxo-4-(substituted-phenyl)-2,3-dihydrofuran 1986-02-04 $11,888,000
4568375 2-Substituted 5-amino-3-oxo-4-(substituted-phenyl)-2,3-dihydrofuran herbicides 1986-02-04 $11,888,000
4568376 Herbicidal 5-amino-3-oxo-4-(substituted-phenyl)-2,3-dihydrofuran and derivatives thereof 1986-02-04 $11,888,000
4568378 Herbicidal 5-cycloalkylamino-3-oxo-4-(substituted-phenyl)-2,3-dihydrofuran and derivatives thereof 1986-02-04 $11,888,000
4537623 Herbicidal 2-(oxa or thia heterocycle)5-amino-3-oxo-4-(substituted-phenyl)-2,3-dihydrofurans 1985-08-27 $8,542,000
4497650 Tetrahydrotriazines Robert V. Berthold 1985-02-05 $5,107,000