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James E. Borland — 54 Patents

ETEthyl: 51 patents #2 of 494Top 1%
ALAlbemarle: 2 patents #165 of 439Top 40%
Baton Rouge, LA: #9 of 1,896 inventorsTop 1%
Louisiana: #26 of 10,876 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #46,969 of 4,157,543Top 2%
54 Patents All Time
James E. Borland has been granted 54 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ethyl. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in February 1995. James E. Borland ranks #46,969 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.1%). Patent records list James E. Borland in Baton Rouge, LA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 1995Bar chart with a peak of 23 patents in 1992.peak 231987: 1 patents19871988: 2 patents19881989: 7 patents19891991: 9 patents19911992: 23 patents19921993: 8 patents19931994: 3 patents19941995: 1 patents1995

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 54 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5391326 Granular laundry detergent Kim R. Smith, Terry Crutcher, Joe D. Sauer 1995-02-21 $2,408,000
5359139 Tertiary amine treatment Kim R. Smith, Joe D. Sauer 1994-10-25 $2,597,000
5292955 Amine oxide complexes Kim R. Smith, Joe D. Sauer 1994-03-08 $1,930,000
5292954 Amine oxide composition and process Joe D. Sauer, Kim R. Smith 1994-03-08 $1,930,000
5254291 Surfactant compositions Terry Crutcher, Joe D. Sauer, Kim R. Smith 1993-10-19 $1,728,000
5254735 Process for preparing solid amine oxides Kim R. Smith, Y.-D. Mark Chen, Rebecca Smith, Joe D. Sauer 1993-10-19 $1,728,000
5238609 Amine oxide-containing compositions Kim R. Smith, Terry Crutcher, Joe D. Sauer 1993-08-24 $5,391,000
5238595 Detergent builder Terry Crutcher, Joe D. Sauer, Kim R. Smith 1993-08-24 $5,391,000
5207951 Amine oxide surfactant compositions Joe D. Sauer, Kim R. Smith, Terry Crutcher 1993-05-04 $1,946,000
5208374 Amine oxide process Fred J. Impastato, Kim R. Smith 1993-05-04 $1,946,000
5196128 Laundry rinse containing N-octadecyl-N,N-dimethylamine oxide and N-dihydrogenatedtallow-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride Terry Crutcher, Kim R. Smith, Joe D. Sauer, Jeffrey W. Perine 1993-03-23 $3,318,000
5196582 Preparation of solid quaternary ammonium halides Kim R. Smith, Jeffrey W. Perine, Joe D. Sauer 1993-03-23 $3,318,000
5167864 Amine oxide surfactant compositions Terry Crutcher, Joe D. Sauer, Kim R. Smith 1992-12-01 $7,013,000
5167873 Binary surfactant mixtures Terry Crutcher, Jeffrey W. Perine, Joe D. Sauer, Kim R. Smith 1992-12-01 $7,013,000
5167874 Surfactant mixtures Terry Crutcher, Joe D. Sauer, Kim R. Smith 1992-12-01 $7,013,000
5164121 Pourable composition containing an amine oxide -polyethylene glycol mixture Kim R. Smith, Joe D. Sauer 1992-11-17 $3,537,000
5164120 Surfactant mixtures Terry Crutcher, Jeffrey W. Perine, Joe D. Sauer, Kim R. Smith 1992-11-17 $3,537,000
5164117 Ternary surfactant mixtures Joe D. Sauer, Kim R. Smith, Terry Crutcher 1992-11-17 $3,537,000
5164118 Ternary surfactant mixtures Joe D. Sauer, Kim R. Smith, Terry Crutcher 1992-11-17 $3,537,000
5160658 Surfactant compositions Kim R. Smith, Terry Crutcher, Joe D. Sauer 1992-11-03 $21,214,000
5136092 Process for treating tertiary amines Joe D. Sauer, Kim R. Smith 1992-08-04 $3,583,000
5130488 Process for preparing tert-amine oxides Kim R. Smith 1992-07-14 $10,396,000
5120873 Process for preparing solid betaines Jeffrey W. Perine, Joe D. Sauer, Kim R. Smith 1992-06-09 $4,522,000
5120469 Amine oxide composition and process Kim R. Smith, Joe D. Sauer 1992-06-09 $4,522,000
5118852 Tert-amine treatment Kim R. Smith, Joe D. Sauer 1992-06-02 $4,718,000