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William M. Sweeney — 37 Patents

Chevron: 37 patents #70 of 4,788Top 2%
Wappingers Falls, NY: #46 of 884 inventorsTop 6%
New York: #2,983 of 115,490 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #88,321 of 4,157,543Top 3%
37 Patents All Time
William M. Sweeney has been granted 37 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chevron. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in November 1987. William M. Sweeney ranks #88,321 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.1%). Patent records list William M. Sweeney in Wappingers Falls, NY, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 37 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
4704217 Gasoline crankcase lubricant Benjamin H. Zoleski, Rodney L. Sung, Wheeler C. Crawford 1987-11-03 $10,864,000
4670021 Detergent and corrosion inhibiting additive and motor fuel composition containing same Edward C. Nelson 1987-06-02 $34,451,000
4575382 Thermal stabilized vegetable oil extended diesel fuels Donald R. Lachowicz 1986-03-11 $9,264,000
4557848 Crankcase lubricant Rodney L. Sung, Benjamin H. Zoleski, Wheeler C. Crawford 1985-12-10 $7,873,000
4539014 Low flash point diesel fuel of increased conductivity containing amyl alcohol 1985-09-03 $7,706,000
4539013 Process for treating gasoline or gasohol by contact with KF or K.sub.2 CO.sub.3 1985-09-03 $7,706,000
4530802 Di-hydrocarbyl phosphate quaternary amine salts with an amide of an amino carboxylic acid Rodney L. Sung, Benjamin J. Kaufman 1985-07-23 $41,322,000
4514311 Wear-resistant aircraft engine lubricating oil Rodney Lu-Dai Sung, Benjamin H. Zoleski 1985-04-30 $5,426,000
4482354 Middle distillate hydrocarbon compositions containing thermal stability additive Rodney L. Sung, Wheeler C. Crawford 1984-11-13 $11,513,000
4460379 Stabilized middle distillate fuel composition Rodney L. Sung, Wheeler C. Crawford 1984-07-17 $14,999,000
4444566 Stabilized middle distillate fuel composition Wheeler C. Crawford, Rodney L. Sung 1984-04-24 $5,404,000
4435186 Alcohol fuels containing wear-inhibiting amounts of reaction products of amines and phosphate esters of phosphonic acids Rodney L. Sung, Benjamin J. Kaufman 1984-03-06 $4,749,000
4430093 Diesel fuel additive Robert H. Jenkins, Jr. 1984-02-07 $12,017,000
4416667 Methanol, ethanol, or gasohol fuel containing as a wear-inhibiting additive a reaction product of an ether-amine with a phosphate or a substituted phosphonic acid Benjamin J. Kaufman, Rodney L. Sung 1983-11-22 $7,930,000
4412845 Ethanol or gasohol fuel composition containing as inhibitor a reaction product of itaconic acid and mono-oleyl-1,3-diaminopropane Benjamin J. Kaufman 1983-11-01 $13,656,000
4409001 Gasoline compositions containing amino alkanoic acids as detergents Rodney L. Sung, Wheeler C. Crawford 1983-10-11 $8,833,000
4405338 Extended aviation jet fuel stabilized with phenoaldehyde amine derivatives Robert H. Jenkins, Jr. 1983-09-20 $14,152,000
4397655 Novel process for preparing diesel fuel 1983-08-09 $43,865,000
4395267 Novel method of extending a hydrocarbon fuel heavier than gasoline 1983-07-26 $24,065,000
4392867 Amino corrosion inhibitor for alcohols Rodney L. Sung 1983-07-12 $5,234,000
4392866 Etheramine corrosion inhibitor for alcohols Rodney L. Sung, George J. Sidote 1983-07-12 $5,234,000
4391610 Liquid hydrocarbon fuel containing a corrosion inhibitor, dialkoxylated alkyl polyoxyalkyl primary amine Rodney L. Sung, Wheeler C. Crawford 1983-07-05 $23,118,000
4390417 Method for dewatering non-aqueous liquids 1983-06-28 $6,173,000
4390344 Gasohol maintained as a single mixture by the addition of an acetal, a ketal or an orthoester 1983-06-28 $6,173,000
4378973 Diesel fuel containing cyclohexane, and oxygenated compounds 1983-04-05 $19,797,000