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Leo D. Brown — 24 Patents

ExxonMobil: 24 patents #420 of 10,161Top 5%
Baytown, TX: #5 of 279 inventorsTop 2%
Texas: #5,446 of 125,132 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
Leo D. Brown has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at ExxonMobil. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in March 2015. Leo D. Brown ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list Leo D. Brown in Baytown, TX, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8968555 Desulfurization of heavy hydrocarbons and conversion of resulting hydrosulfides utilizing copper sulfide Daniel P. Leta, Jonathan M. McConnachie, James R. Bielenberg, Chris A. Wright 2015-03-03 $121,004,000
8696889 Desulfurization of heavy hydrocarbons and conversion of resulting hydrosulfides utilizing a transition metal oxide James R. Bielenberg, Jonathan M. McConnachie, Daniel P. Leta, Chris A. Wright 2014-04-15 $302,243,000
8404106 Regeneration of alkali metal reagent Jorge Soto, Daniel P. Leta, Lu Han, Walter D. Vann, Mark A. Greaney +5 more 2013-03-26 $203,545,000
8398848 Desulfurization of heavy hydrocarbons and conversion of resulting hydrosulfides utilizing copper metal Jonathan M. McConnachie, Daniel P. Leta, James R. Bielenberg, Chris A. Wright 2013-03-19 $65,652,000
8147676 Delayed coking process Michael Siskin, David T. Ferrughelli, Martin L. Gorbaty, Simon R. Kelemen 2012-04-03 $124,635,000
7871510 Production of an enhanced resid coker feed using ultrafiltration Daniel P. Leta, Michael Siskin 2011-01-18 $215,560,000
7871511 Method to alter coke morphology using either polynuclear aromatic compounds or functionalized lignin Ramesh Varadaraj, Michael Siskin 2011-01-18 $215,560,000
7837879 Visbreaking yield enhancement by ultrafiltration Daniel P. Leta 2010-11-23 $71,934,000
7815790 Upgrade of visbroken residua products by ultrafiltration Daniel P. Leta, David T. Ferrughelli, Stephen M. Cundy, MaryKathryn Lee, Copper E. Haith +1 more 2010-10-19 $87,946,000
7794587 Method to alter coke morphology using metal salts of aromatic sulfonic acids and/or polysulfonic acids Ramesh Varadaraj, Michael Siskin, Cornelius H. Brons 2010-09-14 $94,606,000
7708864 Method for refinery foulant deposit characterization Glen B. Brons, Himanshu Monty Joshi, Raymond Kennedy, Tom Bruno, Thomas M. Rudy 2010-05-04 $157,922,000
7704376 Fouling inhibition of thermal treatment of heavy oils Ramesh Varadaraj, Michael Siskin, Maa S. Maa 2010-04-27 $365,835,000
7686940 Acoustic agglomeration to reduce fouling in thermal conversion processes Glen E. Phillips, Michael Siskin 2010-03-30 $132,368,000
7658838 Delayed coking process for producing free-flowing coke using polymeric additives Ramesh Varadaraj, Michael Siskin 2010-02-09 $304,952,000
7645375 Delayed coking process for producing free-flowing coke using low molecular weight aromatic additives Ramesh Varadaraj, Michael Siskin, Christopher P. Eppig, Cornelius H. Brons 2010-01-12 $199,856,000
7594989 Enhanced thermal upgrading of heavy oil using aromatic polysulfonic acid salts Ramesh Varadaraj 2009-09-29 $323,855,000
7306713 Delayed coking process for producing free-flowing coke using a substantially metals-free additive Michael Siskin, Martin L. Gorbaty, Christopher P. Eppig, David T. Ferrughelli, Simon R. Kelemen 2007-12-11 $407,637,000
7303664 Delayed coking process for producing free-flowing coke using a metals-containing additive Michael Siskin, Christopher P. Eppig, Martin L. Gorbaty, Simon R. Kelemen, David T. Ferrughelli +1 more 2007-12-04 $459,969,000
7160437 Method for determining the source of fouling in thermal conversion process units Peter S. Maa, William N. Olmstead, Michael Siskin 2007-01-09 $252,942,000
6723230 Regeneration of iron-based hydrogen sulfide sorbents Jingguang Chen, William C. Baird, Jr., Gary B. McVicker, Edward S. Ellis, Michele S. Touvelle +2 more 2004-04-20 $212,535,000
6649043 Regeneration of hydrogen sulfide sorbents Jingguang Chen, William C. Baird, Jr., Gary B. McVicker, Edward S. Ellis, Michele S. Touvelle +2 more 2003-11-18 $120,208,000
5278121 Multimetallic sulfide catalyst containing noble metals for hydrodenitrogenation Gopal H. Singhal, X. B. Cox, III, Thomas R. Halbert 1994-01-11 $31,686,000
5252199 Hydrotreating process using novel multimetallic sulfide catalysts Gophal H. Singhal, X. B. Cox, III, Thomas R. Halbert 1993-10-12 $70,827,000
4260421 Cement production from coal conversion residues James M. Eakman, Nicholas C. Nahas, LeRoy R. Clavenna 1981-04-07 $55,985,000