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Riley B. Needham — 40 Patents

COConocophillips: 35 patents #5 of 954Top 1%
UKUniversity Of Kansas: 26 patents #5 of 743Top 1%
PPPhillips Petroleum: 4 patents #360 of 1,401Top 30%
Bartlesville, OK: #36 of 1,143 inventorsTop 4%
Oklahoma: #126 of 12,736 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #78,579 of 4,157,543Top 2%
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Showing 26–40 of 40 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9139762 Swellable polymer with cationic sites Ahmad Moradi-Araghi, James H. Hedges, David R. Zornes, Huili Guan, Jenn-Tai Liang +4 more 2015-09-22
9139760 Crosslinked swellable polymer Ahmad Moradi-Araghi, David R. Zornes, James H. Hedges, Everett L. Johnston, Faye L. Scully 2015-09-22
8691736 Swellable polymer with cationic sites Ahmad Moradi-Araghi, James H. Hedges, David R. Zornes, Huili Guan, Jenn-Tai Liang +4 more 2014-04-08
8669214 Swellable polymer with anionic sites Ahmad Moradi-Araghi, James H. Hedges, David R. Zornes, Huili Guan, Jenn-Tai Liang +4 more 2014-03-11
8648018 Crosslinked swellable polymer Ahmad Moradi-Araghi, David R. Zornes, James H. Hedges, Everett L. Johnston, Faye L. Scully 2014-02-11
8607867 Oil recovery process Partha S. Sarathi, Robert S. Redman 2013-12-17
8444887 Methods and systems for conversion of molten sulfur to powder sulfur Michael E. Vienot, Lee Chin 2013-05-21
8389446 Swellable polymers with hydrophobic groups Ahmad Moradi-Araghi, James H. Hedges, David R. Zornes, Huili Guan, Jenn-Tai Liang +4 more 2013-03-05
8353340 In situ combustion with multiple staged producers Partha S. Sarathi, Wayne R. Dreher, Abhishek Dutta 2013-01-15
8079417 Wireline retrievable dsg/downhole pump system for cyclic steam and continuous steam flooding operations in petroleum reservoirs Dennis C. Wegener, David R. Zornes, Partha S. Sarathi 2011-12-20
4630678 In-situ formation of polyvalent metal ions for crosslinking polymers within carbonate rock-containing reservoirs Naim A. Mumallah, Donald D. Bruning 1986-12-23
4580504 Method and apparatus for the recovery of hydrocarbons David H. Beardmore 1986-04-08
4515093 Method and apparatus for the recovery of hydrocarbons David H. Beardmore 1985-05-07
4231428 Well treatment method Charles Thomas, Donald R. Wier 1980-11-04
4187910 CO.sub.2 removal from hydrocarbon gas in water bearing underground reservoir Archie J. Cornelius 1980-02-12