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James Hillier — 16 Patents

Chevron: 12 patents #381 of 4,788Top 8%
CSCool Planet Energy System: 2 patents #16 of 29Top 60%
Kingwood, TX: #84 of 726 inventorsTop 15%
Texas: #9,126 of 125,132 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
James Hillier has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chevron. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in July 2025. James Hillier ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list James Hillier in Kingwood, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2024.peak 82014: 1 patents20142018: 1 patents20182022: 2 patents20222023: 3 patents20232024: 8 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12351545 Methanol production from methane utilizing a supported chromium catalyst Jamie N. Sutherland, Gregory G. Hendrickson, Max P. McDaniel 2025-07-08
12151993 Selective 1-hexene/1-octene production with 1-decene Michael S. Webster-Gardiner, Steven M. Bischof 2024-11-26
12134591 Methanol production from methane utilizing a supported chromium catalyst Jamie N. Sutherland, Gregory G. Hendrickson, Max P. McDaniel 2024-11-05
12077616 Production of polyethylene and ethylene oligomers from ethanol and the use of biomass and waste streams as feedstocks to produce the ethanol Michael S. Webster-Gardiner 2024-09-03
12024479 Methods for operating ethylene oligomerization reactor systems with an integrated ultrasonic flow meter Bruce E. Kreischer, Kendall M. Hurst, Eric D. Schwerdtfeger, Steven M. Bischof, Jared T. Fern +1 more 2024-07-02
11976036 Synthesis of n-heptane from olefins and related production systems Steven M. Bischof, Jeffery C. Gee, Kamaljeet Kaur, Ronald C. Smith, Darin B. Tiedtke +1 more 2024-05-07
11958745 Use of methane pyrolysis to decarbonize a hydrocarbon cracking system Michael S. Webster-Gardiner 2024-04-16
11955674 Use of a fuel cell to decarbonize a hydrocarbon cracking system 2024-04-09
11859025 Oligomerization catalyst system activation and related ethylene oligomerization processes and reaction systems Steven M. Bischof, Uriah J. Kilgore, Steve Hutchison, Bruce E. Kreischer, Orson L. Sydora 2024-01-02
11753356 Methods for operating ethylene oligomerization reactor systems with an integrated ultrasonic flow meter Bruce E. Kreischer, Kendall M. Hurst, Eric D. Schwerdtfeger, Steven M. Bischof, Jared T. Fern +1 more 2023-09-12
11731921 Synthesis of n-heptane from olefins and related production systems Steven M. Bischof, Jeffery C. Gee, Kamaljeet Kaur, Ronald C. Smith, Darin B. Tiedtke +1 more 2023-08-22
11572324 Methods for operating ethylene oligomerization reactor systems with an integrated ultrasonic flow meter Bruce E. Kreischer, Kendall M. Hurst, Eric D. Schwerdtfeger, Steven M. Bischof, Jared T. Fern +1 more 2023-02-07
11498889 Selective 1-hexene/1-octene production with 1-decene Steven M. Bischof 2022-11-15
11267909 Oligomerization catalyst system activation and related ethylene oligomerization processes and reaction systems Steven M. Bischof, Uriah J. Kilgore, Steve Hutchison, Bruce E. Kreischer, Orson L. Sydora 2022-03-08
9909067 Staged biomass fractionator Daren Daugaard, Davy Tong, Vern Traxler, Vital AELION, Gary G. Podrebarac +1 more 2018-03-06
8835517 Method for producing dimethyl ether using a separator Michael Cheiky 2014-09-16