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Charles E. Payton — 2 Patents

COConoco: 2 patents #177 of 638Top 30%
Houston, TX: #8,734 of 21,073 inventorsTop 45%
Texas: #52,941 of 125,132 inventorsTop 45%
Overall (All Time): #1,709,992 of 4,157,543Top 45%
2 Patents All Time
Charles E. Payton has been granted 2 US patents while listed as an inventor at Conoco. All of these patents were granted in 1983. Charles E. Payton ranks #1,709,992 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 41.1%). Patent records list Charles E. Payton in Houston, TX, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–2 of 2 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
4391336 Acoustic system to guide a coal seam auger Julian B. Coon, James C. Fowler, Kenneth H. Waters 1983-07-05
4380806 Method and apparatus for shear wave logging Kenneth H. Waters, John R. Hopkins 1983-04-19