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William A. Smith — 26 Patents

Chevron: 21 patents #184 of 4,788Top 4%
HPHuntsman Petrochemical: 2 patents #67 of 174Top 40%
BABall: 1 patents #176 of 366Top 50%
HCHuntsman Ici Chemicals: 1 patents #2 of 15Top 15%
HCHuntsman Specialty Chemicals: 1 patents #10 of 28Top 40%
Muncie, IN: #8 of 234 inventorsTop 4%
Indiana: #1,002 of 33,936 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
William A. Smith has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chevron. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in March 2015. William A. Smith ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list William A. Smith in Muncie, IN, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8993473 Modified trilobe shape for maleic anhydride catalyst Larry E. Melde 2015-03-31 $31,332,000
8940915 Solvent for recovery of maleic anhydride from a gas stream Yury Chernyak 2015-01-27 $29,911,000
6133484 Methods for decomposing esters and purifying alcohols John F. Knifton, John R. Sanderson, James Douglas Goshinska, Mark A. Mueller 2000-10-17
5939592 Methods for decomposing esters and purifying alcohols John F. Knifton, John R. Sanderson 1999-08-17
5620568 Extractive distillation of propylene oxide using propanol Mark A. Mueller 1997-04-15 $122,885,000
5464505 Use of propylene oxide adducts in the purification of propylene oxide by extractive distillation Michael W. Peters, Mark A. Mueller, William K. Culbreth, III 1995-11-07 $20,654,000
5436376 Production of tertiary butyl alcohol Yu-Hwa E. Sheu, John R. Sanderson, Mark A. Mueller 1995-07-25 $8,578,000
5414145 Production of tertiary butyl alcohol from isobutane Yu-Hwa E. Sheu, John R. Sanderson, Mark A. Mueller 1995-05-09 $7,145,000
5340446 Purification of propylene oxide by cosolvent extractive distillation William P. Nelson 1994-08-23 $7,639,000
5262017 Plural stage purification of propylene oxide Robert A. Meyer, Mark A. Mueller, Gregory B. Demoll 1993-11-16 $17,234,000
5232559 Separation of molybdenum David L. Miller, Robert A. Meyer 1993-08-03 $15,221,000
5191143 Preparation of isobutylene Wei-Yang Su, Roya Tooloian 1993-03-02 $11,273,000
5157163 Purification of methyl tertiary-butyl ether Roya Tooloian 1992-10-20 $9,277,000
5127997 Purification of propylene oxide by liquid extraction Robert A. Meyer, Eileen T. Nguyen 1992-07-07 $12,648,000
5128492 Precipitation of molybdenum Robert A. Meyer, Edward T. Marquis 1992-07-07 $12,648,000
5107067 Catalytic reaction of propyelne with tertiary butyl hydroperoxide Edward T. Marquis, Kenneth P. Keating, John R. Sanderson 1992-04-21 $9,521,000
5106458 Method for the purification of propylene oxide Robert A. Meyer, Eileen T. Nguyen 1992-04-21 $9,521,000
4971661 Purification of propylene oxide using an aqueous acetone extractive distillatin agent Robert A. Meyer, Kenneth P. Keating, Robert M. Steinberg 1990-11-20 $10,401,000
4891437 Olefin epoxidation of olefins in a polar medium Edward T. Marquis, Kenneth P. Keating, John F. Knifton, John R. Sanderson, Jonathan Lustri 1990-01-02 $14,168,000
4810809 Ditertiary butyl peroxide recovery John R. Sanderson, Robert A. Meyer, Edward T. Marquis 1989-03-07 $12,448,000
4691034 Purification of propylene oxide by treatment with calcium hydroxide in glycerol or sugar water John R. Sanderson, Edward T. Marquis, Kenneth P. Keating 1987-09-01 $20,181,000
4691035 Purification of propylene oxide by treatment with a selected base and inert salt John R. Sanderson, Edward T. Marquis, Kenneth P. Keating 1987-09-01 $20,181,000
4654427 Synthesis of molybdenum oxide/alkanol complexes Edward T. Marquis, John R. Sanderson, Kenneth P. Keating 1987-03-31 $14,297,000
4650886 Synthesis of ammonium molybdate/alkanol complexes Edward T. Marquis, John R. Sanderson, Kenneth P. Keating 1987-03-17 $13,141,000
4626596 Synthesis of molybdenum/alkylene glycol complexes useful as epoxidation catalysts Edward T. Marquis, Kenneth P. Keating, John R. Sanderson 1986-12-02 $29,327,000