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Brien A. Stears — 20 Patents

Dow Global Technologies: 20 patents #136 of 4,534Top 3%
GRGeorgia Tech Research: 1 patents #1,150 of 2,755Top 45%
Seabrook, TX: #18 of 291 inventorsTop 7%
Texas: #6,926 of 125,132 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Brien A. Stears has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at Dow Global Technologies. The first was granted in 2012 and the most recent in July 2025. Brien A. Stears ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Brien A. Stears in Seabrook, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2012 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2017.peak 42012: 1 patents20122014: 1 patents20142016: 2 patents20162017: 4 patents20172018: 2 patents20182019: 2 patents20192020: 2 patents20202022: 2 patents20222023: 2 patents20232025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12351552 Methods for producing olefins Lin Luo, Yang Yang, Adrianus Koeken, Luis Bollmann, Andrzej Malek +1 more 2025-07-08
12344577 Methods for dehydrogenating hydrocarbons Kevin Blann, Alexey Kirilin, Andrzej Malek, Victor J. Sussman, Matthew T. Pretz +4 more 2025-07-01
11845721 Processes and systems for separating carbon dioxide in the production of alkanes Barry B. Fish, Peter E. Groenendijk, Andrzej Malek, Davy L.S. Nieskens 2023-12-19
11724974 Methods for dehydrogenating hydrocarbons Kevin Blann, Alexey Kirilin, Andrzej Malek, Victor J. Sussman, Matthew T. Pretz +4 more 2023-08-15
11377403 Processes and systems for separating carbon dioxide in the production of alkanes Barry B. Fish, Peter E. Groenendijk, Andrzej Malek, Davy L.S. Nieskens 2022-07-05
11220469 Processes for improving the efficiency of hydrocarbon production Barry B. Fish, Peter E. Groenendijk, Davy L.S. Nieskens, Andrzej Malek 2022-01-11
10808999 Process for increasing ethylene and propylene yield from a propylene plant Isa K. Mbaraka, William L. Jackson, Martin A. Cogswell, Mark A. Siddoway 2020-10-20
10589242 Fluid catalytic reactors which include flow directors Matthew T. Pretz, Mark W. Stewart, Ben J. Freireich, Madhusudhan Kodam 2020-03-17
10507448 Methods for designing scaled-up fluid catalytic reactors Matthew T. Pretz, Ben J. Freireich, Madhusudhan Kodam 2019-12-17
10392319 Propane dehydrogenation sulfur management Matthew T. Pretz, Lin Luo, Mark W. Stewart 2019-08-27
10065905 Reactivating propane dehydrogenation catalyst Matthew T. Pretz, Lin Luo, Susan Domke, Howard W. Clark, Richard A. Pierce +6 more 2018-09-04
9884314 Catalyst composition and reactivation process useful for alkane dehydrogenations Lin Luo 2018-02-06
9834496 Reactivating propane dehydrogenation catalyst Matthew T. Pretz, Lin Luo, Susan Domke, Howard W. Clark, Richard A. Pierce +6 more 2017-12-05
9776170 Heterogeneous alkane dehydrogenation catalyst Mark P. Kaminsky, Andrzej Malek, Lin Luo, Isa K. Mbaraka, Devon C. Rosenfeld 2017-10-03
9758454 Process for hydrogenating dichloroisopropyl ether Daniela Ferrari, Yu Liu 2017-09-12
9687765 Process and apparatus for minimizing attrition of catalyst particles Matthew T. Pretz, Mark W. Stewart, Don F. Shaw, Madhusudhan Kodam, Ben J. Freireich 2017-06-27 $13,230,000
9512049 Process for the production of alkenes and/or aromatic compounds Max M. Tirtowidjojo, William J. Kruper, Jr., Kurt F. Hirsekorn, Debashis Chakraborty 2016-12-06 $46,498,000
9346011 Hollow fiber carbon molecular sieve membrane and preparation and use thereof William J. Koros, Liren Xu, Mark K. Brayden, Marcos V. Martinez 2016-05-24 $39,096,000
8674149 Oxidative mono-halogenation of methane Robert G. Bowman, Eric E. Stangland, Mark Jones, Dean M. Millar, Simon G. Podkolzin +1 more 2014-03-18 $20,687,000
8129436 Mixed alcohol synthesis with enhanced carbon value use Max M. Tirtowidjojo, Barry B. Fish, Hendrik L. Pelt, Dennis W. Jewell, Mark D. Bearden +5 more 2012-03-06 $31,885,000