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Louis deVries — 22 Patents

Chevron: 21 patents #184 of 4,788Top 4%
Greenbrae, CA: #3 of 94 inventorsTop 4%
California: #25,951 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Louis deVries has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chevron. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in February 1998. Louis deVries ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Louis deVries in Greenbrae, CA, US.

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Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5714657 Natural gas conversion to higher hydrocarbons 1998-02-03
4814534 Addition of hydrogen and C2 to C4 hydrocarbons to the feed gas in the catalytic conversion of methane to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons P. R. Ryason 1989-03-21 $13,082,000
4814538 Enhancing the reaction rate in high temperature, high space velocity catalytic conversion of methane to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons P. R. Ryason 1989-03-21 $13,082,000
4734537 Conversions of low molecular weight hydrocarbons to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons using a metal compound-containing catalyst P. R. Ryason 1988-03-29 $51,826,000
4731498 Enhancing the production of higher molecular weight hydrocarbons from lower molecular weight hydrocarbons by the additions of aluminum vapor to the feed P. R. Ryason 1988-03-15 $49,600,000
4709108 Conversions of low molecular weight hydrocarbons to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons using a metal compound-containing catalyst P. R. Ryason 1987-11-24 $39,783,000
4704487 Conversions of low molecular weight hydrocarbons to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons using a metal compound-containing catalyst (IV-B) Porter R. Ryason 1987-11-03 $22,339,000
4704488 Conversions of low molecular weight hydrocarbons to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons using a metal compound-containing catalyst (111-A) P. R. Ryason 1987-11-03 $22,339,000
4704493 Conversions of low molecular weight hydrocarbons to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons using a metal compound-containing catalyst (II-A) P. R. Ryason 1987-11-03 $22,339,000
4599474 Conversions of low molecular weight hydrocarbons to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons using a metal-containing catalyst P. R. Ryason 1986-07-08 $13,320,000
4507517 Conversions of low molecular weight hydrocarbons to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons using a boron compound containing catalyst P. R. Ryason 1985-03-26 $10,270,000
4402840 Antioxidant combinations of molybdenum complexes and organic sulfur compounds for lubricating oils John M. King 1983-09-06 $21,737,000
4394279 Antioxidant combinations of sulfur containing molybdenum complexes and aromatic amine compounds for lubricating oils John M. King 1983-07-19 $10,363,000
4370246 Antioxidant combinations of molybdenum complexes and aromatic amine compounds John M. King 1983-01-25 $21,235,000
4369119 Antioxidant combinations of molybdenum complexes and organic sulfur compounds for lubricating oils John M. King 1983-01-18 $24,235,000
4285822 Process for preparing a sulfurized molybdenum-containing composition and lubricating oil containing the composition John M. King 1981-08-25 $92,674,000
4283295 Process for preparing a sulfurized molybdenum-containing composition and lubricating oil containing said composition John M. King 1981-08-11 $25,468,000
4265773 Process of preparing molybdenum complexes, the complexes so-produced and lubricants containing same John M. King 1981-05-05 $46,919,000
4263152 Process of preparing molybdenum complexes, the complexes so-produced and lubricants containing same John M. King 1981-04-21 $36,255,000
4261843 Reaction product of acidic molybdenum compound with basic nitrogen compound and lubricants containing same John M. King 1981-04-14 $40,803,000
4259194 Reaction product of ammonium tetrathiomolybdate with basic nitrogen compounds and lubricants containing same John M. King 1981-03-31 $10,539,000
4259195 Reaction product of acidic molybdenum compound with basic nitrogen compound and lubricants containing same John M. King 1981-03-31 $10,539,000