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Curtis L. Munson — 22 Patents

Chevron: 17 patents #242 of 4,788Top 6%
TTThe Claire Technologies: 4 patents #1 of 9Top 15%
University of Michigan: 2 patents #1,079 of 4,352Top 25%
Oakland, CA: #255 of 4,380 inventorsTop 6%
California: #25,951 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Curtis L. Munson has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chevron. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in August 2025. Curtis L. Munson ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Curtis L. Munson in Oakland, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2002.peak 42000: 1 patents20002001: 2 patents2002: 4 patents20022003: 3 patents2004: 4 patents20042005: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102013: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152023: 3 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12381249 Carbon-neutral process for generating electricity Paul A. Allinson, Robert P. Hohmann, Dennis J. O'Rear, Steven F. Sciamanna, William L. Schinski +2 more 2025-08-05
11848467 Carbon-neutral process for generating electricity Paul A. Allinson, Steven F. Sciamanna, Alan W. Klaassen 2023-12-19
11848468 Liquid carbon-neutral energy facility system Alan W. Klaassen, Steven F. Sciamanna, Paul A. Allinson 2023-12-19
11817610 Carbon-neutral process for generating electricity Paul A. Allinson, Robert P. Hohmann, Dennis J. O'Rear, Steven F. Sciamanna, William L. Schinski +2 more 2023-11-14
9035113 High energy distillate fuel composition and method of making the same Jaime Lopez, Janine Lichtenberger, William J. Cannella 2015-05-19
8485233 Bio-fuels vehicle fueling system Paul A. Allinson 2013-07-16 $69,614,000
7799207 Process for producing tailored synthetic crude oil that optimize crude slates in target refineries Paul A. Allinson 2010-09-21 $210,459,000
6911569 Sulfur resistant adsorbents Ralph T. Yang 2005-06-28 $474,188,000
6768035 Manufacture of high octane alkylate Dennis J. O'Rear, Steven S. Mathur, Thomas Van Harris, Cong-Yan Chan 2004-07-27 $77,048,000
6743962 Preparation of high octane alkylate from Fischer-Tropsch olefins Dennis J. O'Rear, Steven S. Mathur, Thomas Van Harris, Cong-Yan Chan 2004-06-01 $155,503,000
6723756 Aqueous separation of syngas components Dennis J. O'Rear, Daniel Chinn 2004-04-20 $154,668,000
6720359 Scrubbing CO2 from a CO2-containing gas with an aqueous stream Dennis J. O'Rear 2004-04-13 $339,486,000
6667347 Scrubbing CO2 from methane-containing gases using an aqueous stream Dennis J. O'Rear 2003-12-23 $309,834,000
6623659 Separation of olefins from paraffins using ionic liquid solutions Laura C. Boudreau, Michael S. Driver, William L. Schinski 2003-09-23 $171,839,000
6620091 Underwater scrubbing of CO2 from CO2-containing hydrocarbon resources A. Stephen Zavell, Dennis J. O'Rear 2003-09-16 $153,064,000
6500233 Purification of p-xylene using composite mixed matrix membranes Stephen J. Miller, Sudhir S. Kulkarni, David J. Hasse 2002-12-31 $338,480,000
6475376 Mild hydrotreating/extraction process for low sulfur fuel for use in fuel cells Lawrence W. Jossens, Gunther H. Dieckmann 2002-11-05 $126,472,000
6454836 Method and apparatus for wellbore gas separation Mark H. Koelmel, Stephen J. Miller, David R. Underdown, Rick A. Wright, Jean P. Camy +2 more 2002-09-24 $216,336,000
6339182 Separation of olefins from paraffins using ionic liquid solutions Laura C. Boudreau, Michael S. Driver, William L. Schinski 2002-01-15 $614,078,000
6228254 Mild hydrotreating/extraction process for low sulfur gasoline Lawrence W. Jossens 2001-05-08 $509,280,000
6215037 Method for selective adsorption of dienes Joel Padin, Ralph T. Yang 2001-04-10 $236,112,000
6057487 Method for producing 2,6-DMN from mixed dimethylnaphthalenes by crystallization, adsorption and isomerization Patrick Bigot, Zunqing He 2000-05-02 $172,154,000