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Gerald V. Nelson — 15 Patents

Chevron: 15 patents #294 of 4,788Top 7%
Nederland, TX: #3 of 55 inventorsTop 6%
Texas: #9,849 of 125,132 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Gerald V. Nelson has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chevron. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in January 1999. Gerald V. Nelson ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Gerald V. Nelson in Nederland, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 1999Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1995.peak 41981: 1 patents19811982: 3 patents19821983: 1 patents19831992: 2 patents19921993: 1 patents19931995: 4 patents19951996: 2 patents19961999: 1 patents1999

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5859305 Method for optimizing hydrogen fluoride alxylation and increasing process safety Kenneth Roy Comey, III 1999-01-12 $95,182,000
5545602 Catalyst with specified pore size distribution Govanon Nongbri, Roy E. Pratt, David E. Sherwood, Jr., Pei-Shing E. Dai 1996-08-13 $23,547,000
5494570 Ebullated bed process Govanon Nongbri, David E. Self, Glenn A. Clausen 1996-02-27 $38,077,000
5468371 Catalyst for residual conversion demonstrating reduced toluene insolubles Govanon Nongbri, Roy E. Pratt 1995-11-21 $21,070,000
5435908 Hydroconversion process employing catalyst with specified pore size distribution Govanon Nongbri, Roy E. Pratt, David E. Sherwood, Jr., Pei-Shing E. Dai 1995-07-25 $8,578,000
5416054 Hydroconversion catalyst with specified pore size distribution Pei-Shing E. Dai, Govanon Nongbri, Roy E. Pratt, David E. Sherwood, Jr. 1995-05-16 $10,046,000
5399259 Hydroconversion process employing catalyst with specified pore size distribution Pei-Shing E. Dai, Govanon Nongbri, Roy E. Pratt, David E. Sherwood, Jr. 1995-03-21 $15,021,000
5215653 Catalyst inventory control in an ebullated bed process Govanon Nongbri 1993-06-01 $21,530,000
5156733 Method for controlling sedimentation in an ebulated bed process Govanon Nongbri, Stanley M. Farabee 1992-10-20 $9,277,000
5108580 Two catalyst stage hydrocarbon cracking process Govanon Nongbri, Roy E. Pratt, Charles H. Schrader, William B. Livingston, Michael P. Bellinger +1 more 1992-04-28 $24,331,000
4394254 Method for separating straight chain hydrocarbons using zeolites having large crystals Paul H. Lewis 1983-07-19 $10,570,000
4354242 Feedstock temperature control system Charles A. Ganster 1982-10-12 $6,767,000
4349884 Feedstock temperature control system Charles A. Ganster 1982-09-14 $26,782,000
4347577 Feedstock temperature control system Charles A. Ganster 1982-08-31 $9,107,000
4244810 Fluidized catalytic cracking process for increased hydrogen production Douglas J. Youngblood 1981-01-13 $22,997,000