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Robert L. Jacobson — 18 Patents

Chevron: 14 patents #313 of 4,788Top 7%
Hercules, CA: #15 of 152 inventorsTop 10%
California: #33,102 of 386,348 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Robert L. Jacobson has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chevron. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in May 2023. Robert L. Jacobson ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Robert L. Jacobson in Hercules, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1993.peak 31980: 2 patents19801984: 2 patents1987: 2 patents19871988: 1 patents1989: 1 patents19891990: 1 patents1993: 3 patents19931995: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062012: 1 patents2023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D987004 Putting stroke trainer Joe Stroffolino 2023-05-23
D670348 Putting stroke trainer 2012-11-06
7028259 Interactive legal citation checker 2006-04-11
5611914 Method for removing sulfur from a hydrocarbon feed William R. Prince 1997-03-18 $205,352,000
5518607 Sulfur removal systems for protection of reforming catalysts Leslie A. Field, Ann Marie K. Hall, Richard C. Robinson, Warren E. Brown, Dennis L. Holtermann 1996-05-21
5439583 Sulfur removal systems for protection of reforming crystals Richard C. Robinson, Harris E. Kluksdahl, William A. Blanton, Jr., Dennis L. Holtermann, Leslie A. Field 1995-08-08 $67,418,000
5259946 Sulfur removal system for protection of reforming catalysts Richard C. Robinson, Leslie A. Field 1993-11-09 $56,172,000
RE34250 Process for regenerating sulfur contaminated reforming catalysts Dean A. Van Leirsburg, Donald Henry Mohr, Paul W. Tamm, Thomas R. Hughes, Charles R. Wilson 1993-05-11
5198404 Platinum-rhenium catalyst John H. Arndt 1993-03-30 $59,144,000
4925549 Sulfur removal system for protection of reforming catalyst Richard C. Robinson, Leslie A. Field 1990-05-15 $59,894,000
4851380 Process for regenerating sulfur contaminated reforming catalysts Dean A. Van Leirsburg, Donald Henry Mohr, Paul W. Tamm, Thomas R. Hughes, Charles R. Wilson 1989-07-25 $59,833,000
4741819 Sulfur removal system for protection of reforming catalyst Richard C. Robinson, Leslie A. Field 1988-05-03 $35,624,000
4650565 Dehydrocyclization process Lawrence W. Jossens 1987-03-17 $59,140,000
4648961 Method of producing high aromatic yields through aromatics removal and recycle of remaining material Lawrence W. Jossens 1987-03-10 $27,065,000
4460457 Naphtha reforming process Kirk R. Gibson, Robert J. Houston, Thomas R. Hughes 1984-07-17 $9,023,000
4459204 Use of lower alcohols as oxygen source in hydrocarbon sweetening William Hecker, Richard C. Robinson 1984-07-10 $26,200,000
4241231 Isomerization process for upgrading low-octane light paraffinic feeds using a chlorided platinum-alumina-rhenium catalyst Kirk R. Gibson, Manfred J. Michlmayr 1980-12-23 $54,503,000
4204947 Process for the removal of thiols from hydrocarbon oils Kirk R. Gibson 1980-05-27 $12,814,000