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James E. Hein — 22 Patents

Chevron: 21 patents #184 of 4,788Top 4%
PPPhillips Petroleum: 1 patents #2,215 of 2,260Top 100%
Houston, TX: #869 of 21,073 inventorsTop 5%
Texas: #6,095 of 125,132 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
James E. Hein has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chevron. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in November 2025. James E. Hein ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list James E. Hein in Houston, TX, US.

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Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12460023 Catalyst pretreatment and feeding system for polypropylene production Reza Khankal, Joel A. Mutchler, Bryan M. Garner 2025-11-04
12297310 Methods for chromium catalyst activation using oxygen-enriched fluidization gas Ralph W. Romig, Troy Bretz, Zhihui Gu 2025-05-13
12115506 Catalyst slurry mixing process and system Scott E. Kufeld 2024-10-15
12076700 Loop slurry reactor cooling processes and systems Reza Khankal, Anurag Gupta, Enrique Mancillas, Timothy O. Odi 2024-09-03
11833479 Catalyst slurry mixing process and system Scott E. Kufeld 2023-12-05
11673975 System and method for improving dump tank purge time Bradley T. Price, Jamie N. Sutherland, Joseph A. Curren 2023-06-13
11584806 Methods for chromium catalyst activation using oxygen-enriched fluidization gas Ralph W. Romig, Troy Bretz, Zhihui Gu 2023-02-21
11578145 System and method for rapid dump tank heating Joseph A. Curren, Ralph W. Romig, Ai-Fu Chang 2023-02-14
11254761 Catalyst pretreatment and feeding system for polypropylene production Reza Khankal, Joel A. Mutchler, Bryan M. Garner 2022-02-22
11021549 System and method for rapid dump tank heating Joseph A. Curren, Ralph W. Romig, Ai-Fu Chang 2021-06-01
9610558 Energy efficient polyolefin process Robert R. McElvain, John D. Hottovy, Ralph W. Romig, Donald W. Verser, David H. Burns +6 more 2017-04-04
9221920 Energy efficient polyolefin process Robert R. McElvain, John D. Hottovy, Ralph W. Romig, Donald W. Verser, David H. Burns +6 more 2015-12-29
8765884 Energy efficient polyolefin process Robert R. McElvain, John D. Hottovy, Ralph W. Romig, Donald W. Verser, David H. Burns +6 more 2014-07-01
8569433 Energy efficient polyolefin process Robert R. McElvain, John D. Hottovy, Ralph W. Romig, Donald W. Verser, David H. Burns +6 more 2013-10-29
8303899 Energy efficient polyolefin process Robert R. McElvain, John D. Hottovy, Ralph W. Romig, Donald W. Verser, David H. Burns +6 more 2012-11-06
8128877 Energy efficient polyolefin process Robert R. McElvain, John D. Hottovy, Ralph W. Romig, Donald W. Verser, David H. Burns +6 more 2012-03-06
8017701 Energy efficient polyolefin process Robert R. McElvain, John D. Hottovy, Ralph W. Romig, Donald W. Verser, David H. Burns +6 more 2011-09-13
7999044 System and method for deinventory of polymerization reactor John D. Hottovy, John H. Tait, David H. Burns, Donald W. Verser 2011-08-16
7179426 Large catalyst activator John D. Hottovy, Dale A. Zellers 2007-02-20
6815511 Continuous withdrawal from high solids slurry polymerization Donald W. Verser, David H. Burns, George K. Rajaendran, John D. Hottovy 2004-11-09
6753387 Temperature controlling system for olefin polymerization reactors John H. Tait, Rajinder Sharma, Gary A. Marek 2004-06-22
6045661 Process and apparatus for recovering diluent, monomer, and comonomer from a polymerization reactor effluent Bruce E. Kreischer, Donald W. Verser 2000-04-04 $45,118,000