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E. Lawrence Kimble — 12 Patents

ExxonMobil: 12 patents #956 of 10,161Top 10%
Sugar Land, TX: #274 of 1,869 inventorsTop 15%
Texas: #12,706 of 125,132 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
E. Lawrence Kimble has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at ExxonMobil. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in July 2019. E. Lawrence Kimble ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list E. Lawrence Kimble in Sugar Land, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2001.peak 52001: 5 patents20012003: 2 patents20032004: 3 patents20042019: 2 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10365037 Heating component to reduce solidification in a cryogenic distillation system Jaime A. Valencia, Ransdall K. Smith, Scott D. Kelman 2019-07-30 $103,491,000
10274252 Purge to intermediate pressure in cryogenic distillation Jaime A. Valencia, Scott D. Kelman 2019-04-30 $280,552,000
6829901 Single point mooring regasification tower Richard B. Harley, Ronald R. Bowen 2004-12-14 $191,247,000
6751985 Process for producing a pressurized liquefied gas product by cooling and expansion of a gas stream in the supercritical state Ronald R. Bowen, Moses Minta, H. Gary Winningham 2004-06-22 $151,732,000
6672104 Reliquefaction of boil-off from liquefied natural gas Ronald R. Bowen, James R. Rigby 2004-01-06 $121,408,000
6564580 Process for recovering ethane and heavier hydrocarbons from methane-rich pressurized liquid mixture Ronald R. Bowen, Moses Minta 2003-05-20 $314,646,000
6560988 Unloading pressurized liquefied natural gas into standard liquefied natural gas storage facilities James R. Rigby, Ronald R. Bowen 2003-05-13 $302,636,000
6257017 Process for producing a displacement gas to unload pressurized liquefied gas from containers 2001-07-10 $293,180,000
6250105 Dual multi-component refrigeration cycles for liquefaction of natural gas 2001-06-26 $396,573,000
6212891 Process components, containers, and pipes suitable for containing and transporting cryogenic temperature fluids Moses Minta, Lonny R. Kelley, Bruce T. Kelley, James R. Rigby, Robert E. Steele 2001-04-10 $783,138,000
6209350 Refrigeration process for liquefaction of natural gas 2001-04-03 $419,707,000
6192705 Reliquefaction of pressurized boil-off from pressurized liquid natural gas 2001-02-27 $570,670,000