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Michael S. Driver — 35 Patents

Chevron: 36 patents #74 of 4,788Top 2%
UAUniversity Of South Alabama: 5 patents #4 of 69Top 6%
YUYale University: 1 patents #732 of 1,662Top 45%
Oakland, CA: #112 of 4,380 inventorsTop 3%
California: #14,008 of 386,348 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #96,288 of 4,157,543Top 3%
35 Patents All Time
Michael S. Driver has been granted 35 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chevron. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in October 2021. Michael S. Driver ranks #96,288 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.3%). Patent records list Michael S. Driver in Oakland, CA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 35 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11135575 Apparatus for regeneration of acidic ionic liquid without addition of a hydrogenation catalyst Michael John Girgis, Huping Luo, Bong-Kyu Chang, Hye Kyung Cho Timken, Steven Xugi Song 2021-10-05 $654,586,000
10435491 Method for making polyalphaolefins using ionic liquid catalyzed oligomerization of olefins Steven M. Bischof, Robert C. Coffin, Kenneth D. Hope, Hye Kyung Cho Timken 2019-10-08
10227274 Separations with ionic liquid solvents Lei Ji, Ai-Fu Chang, Hye Kyung Cho Timken 2019-03-12
10131596 Separations with ionic liquid solvents Lei Ji, Ai-Fu Chang, Hye Kyung Cho Timken 2018-11-20
9956552 Regeneration of acidic ionic liquid without addition of a hydrogenation catalyst Michael John Girgis, Huping Luo, Bong-Kyu Chang, Hye Kyung Cho Timken, Steven Xugi Song 2018-05-01 $179,338,000
9901863 Process for the separation of carbon dioxide from flue gas Daniel Chinn, Russell Evan Cooper, Zunqing He, James H. Davis, Jr., Kevin N. West +1 more 2018-02-27 $198,971,000
9751044 Aqueous solutions of amine functionalized ionic compounds for carbon capture processes Daniel Chinn, Rusell Evan Cooper, Zunqing He, James H. Davis, Jr., Kevin N. West +1 more 2017-09-05 $256,756,000
9732016 Separations with ionic liquid solvents Lei Ji, Ai-Fu Chang, Hye Kyung Cho Timken 2017-08-15
9238193 Separations with ionic liquid solvents Lei Ji, Ai-Fu Chang, Hye Kyung Cho Timken 2016-01-19
9205371 Method for improving total energy demand in a post-combustion carbon capture process with ionic absorbent Russell Evan Cooper, Daniel Chinn, Zunqing He, Hye Hyung Timken, James H. Davis, Jr. +1 more 2015-12-08 $105,750,000
9180403 Aqueous solutions of amine functionalized ionic compounds for carbon capture processes Daniel Chinn, Russell Evan Cooper, Zunqing He, James H. Davis, Jr., Kevin N. West +1 more 2015-11-10 $163,960,000
8987159 Integrated alkylation process to make blended alkylate gasoline Hye Kyung Cho Timken, Izadyar Dalvand, Douglas R. Cyr, Michael Tung-hai Cheng, Huping Luo +2 more 2015-03-24 $383,872,000
8969645 Process for reducing chloride in hydrocarbon products using an ionic liquid catalyst Bi-Zeng Zhan, Hye Kyung Cho Timken 2015-03-03 $69,701,000
8911539 Process for the separation of carbon dioxide from flue gas Daniel Chinn, Russell Evan Cooper, Zunqing He, James H. Davis, Jr., Kevin N. West +1 more 2014-12-16 $247,929,000
8795515 Catalytic dechlorination processes to upgrade feedstock containing chloride as fuels Bi-Zeng Zhan, Hye Kyung Cho Timken 2014-08-05 $109,113,000
8704018 Extracted conjunct polymer naphtha Hye Kyung Cho Timken, Izadyar Dalvand, Douglas R. Cyr, Michael Tung-hai Cheng, Huping Luo +2 more 2014-04-22 $52,754,000
8173826 Enrichment of monounsaturated acids/esters in vegetable oil—or animal fat-based feedstock using metal salts dissolved in ionic liquids Prakhar Prakash, Zunqing He 2012-05-08 $226,446,000
8105481 Reduction of organic halide contamination in hydrocarbon products Howard Steven Lacheen, Mitra Hosseini 2012-01-31 $231,148,000
7955498 Reduction of organic halide contamination in hydrocarbon products Saleh Elomari, Hye Kyung Cho Timken 2011-06-07 $61,434,000
7956230 Reduction of organic halide contamination in hydrocarbon products Hye Kyung Cho Timken, Thomas V. Harris 2011-06-07 $61,434,000
7902419 Reduction of organic halides in alkylate gasoline Gunther H. Dieckmann 2011-03-08 $171,867,000
7732651 Method of making an alkylated aromoatic using acidic ionic liquid catalyst Curt B. Campbell, Thomas V. Harris 2010-06-08 $66,435,000
7572943 Alkylation of oligomers to make superior lubricant or fuel blendstock Saleh Elomari, Russell R. Krug, Thomas V. Harris 2009-08-11 $305,604,000
7538256 Reduction of organic halides in alkylate gasoline Gunther H. Dieckmann 2009-05-26 $238,363,000
7531707 Alkylation process using an alkyl halide promoted ionic liquid catalyst Thomas V. Harris, Saleh Elomari, Hye Kyung Cho Timken 2009-05-12 $347,695,000