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Walter D. Hunter — 25 Patents

Chevron: 25 patents #137 of 4,788Top 3%
Houston, TX: #720 of 21,073 inventorsTop 4%
Texas: #5,166 of 125,132 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Walter D. Hunter has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chevron. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in April 1984. Walter D. Hunter ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Walter D. Hunter in Houston, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 1984Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 1980.peak 91980: 9 patents19801981: 3 patents19811982: 5 patents19821983: 3 patents19831984: 5 patents1984

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
4440652 Process for secondary recovery 1984-04-03 $25,620,000
4431778 Process for secondary recovery 1984-02-14 $9,193,000
4430481 Secondary recovery method 1984-02-07 $12,017,000
4430482 Process for secondary recovery 1984-02-07 $12,017,000
4425453 Asphaltic compositions containing alkoxylated terpolymers 1984-01-10 $44,546,000
4417989 Propping agent for fracturing fluids 1983-11-29 $19,308,000
4406799 Process for secondary recovery 1983-09-27 $21,612,000
4403071 Sulfated ethoxylated acrylic acid polymer product 1983-09-06 $5,032,000
4343712 Process for secondary recovery 1982-08-10 $9,105,000
4341647 Process for secondary recovery 1982-07-27 $9,785,000
4338203 Process for secondary recovery 1982-07-06 $3,993,000
4331796 Secondary recovery process 1982-05-25 $7,529,000
4326969 Process for secondary recovery 1982-04-27 $4,314,000
4298479 Secondary recovery process utilizing thickened water 1981-11-03 $12,418,000
4297226 Process for secondary recovery 1981-10-27 $8,192,000
4297469 Bipolymer of vinyl sulfonic acid-glycidol adduct and acrylamide 1981-10-27 $8,192,000
4228019 Secondary recovery process 1980-10-14 $7,820,000
4228016 Secondary recovery process 1980-10-14 $7,820,000
4228017 Secondary recovery process 1980-10-14 $7,820,000
4228018 Secondary recovery process 1980-10-14 $7,820,000
4226731 Secondary recovery process utilizing sulfonated polyphenols 1980-10-07 $10,415,000
4226730 Secondary recovery method utilizing thickened water 1980-10-07 $10,415,000
4217230 Secondary recovery process 1980-08-12 $64,523,000
4216098 Secondary recovery process 1980-08-05 $32,064,000
4187185 Oil recovery process using oxyalkylated additives Jack H. Park 1980-02-05 $10,343,000