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Francis E. Debons — 9 Patents

Chevron: 6 patents #772 of 4,788Top 20%
RLReed Lignin: 3 patents #3 of 14Top 25%
GOGetty Oil: 2 patents #2 of 14Top 15%
Richmond, TX: #89 of 594 inventorsTop 15%
Texas: #16,980 of 125,132 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Francis E. Debons has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chevron. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in May 1992. Francis E. Debons ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Francis E. Debons in Richmond, TX, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5114599 Use of lignin/amine/surfactant blends in enhanced oil recovery Larry D. Pedersen, Lawrence E. Whittington 1992-05-19 $37,240,000
4821803 High salinity polymer drive for surfactant flooding systems 1989-04-18 $23,947,000
4822501 Use of lignin/amine/surfactant blends in enhanced oil recovery Larry D. Pedersen, Lawrence E. Whittington 1989-04-18
4787454 Recovering hydrocarbons with surfactants from lignin Douglas G. Naae, Lawrence E. Whittington, Will A. Ledoux 1988-11-29 $26,969,000
4781251 Recovering hydrocarbons with water soluble alkylphenol lignin surfactants Douglas G. Naae 1988-11-01 $47,653,000
4756370 Lignin amine surfactant system followed by sequential polymer slugs 1988-07-12 $50,995,000
4739040 Surfactants from lignin Douglas G. Naae, Lawrence E. Whittington, Will A. Ledoux 1988-04-19 $54,800,000
4611659 Oxidized alkali lignins and their use in enhanced oil recovery Larry D. Pedersen, David K. Olsen, William C. Richardson 1986-09-16
4548721 Method of enhanced oil recovery and compositions useful therein Lawrence E. Whittington, Larry D. Pedersen 1985-10-22