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James D. Bell — 3 Patents

ExxonMobil: 3 patents #3,063 of 10,161Top 35%
Toronto, CA: #2,646 of 9,482 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #1,328,092 of 4,157,543Top 35%
3 Patents All Time
James D. Bell has been granted 3 US patents while listed as an inventor at ExxonMobil. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in July 2001. James D. Bell ranks #1,328,092 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 31.9%). Patent records list James D. Bell in Toronto, ON, CA.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2001Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1990.peak 11990: 1 patents19901991: 1 patents19912001: 1 patents2001

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–3 of 3 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6258255 Method for enhancing asphalt properties Mary Josephine Gale, Lyle E. Moran, Biddanda U. Achia 2001-07-10 $293,180,000
5059299 Method for isomerizing wax to lube base oils Ian A. Cody, Theodore H. West, William A. Wachter, Biddanda U. Achia 1991-10-22 $96,325,000
4909927 Extraction of hydrocarbon oils using a combination polar extraction solvent-aliphatic-aromatic or polar extraction solvent-polar substituted naphthenes extraction solvent mixture 1990-03-20 $70,870,000