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Michael C. Romer — 85 Patents

ExxonMobil: 49 patents #134 of 10,161Top 2%
Merck: 28 patents #299 of 9,382Top 4%
Hoechst Gmbh: 2 patents #1,574 of 4,020Top 40%
SCSchering: 2 patents #1,083 of 2,442Top 45%
TSTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.: 1 patents #662 of 1,364Top 50%
MAMannesmann Vdo Ag: 1 patents #175 of 414Top 45%
IEInternational Standard Electric: 1 patents #147 of 567Top 30%
Tomball, TX: #1 of 577 inventorsTop 1%
Texas: #624 of 125,132 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #20,018 of 4,157,543Top 1%
85 Patents All Time
Michael C. Romer has been granted 85 US patents while listed as an inventor at ExxonMobil. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in December 2025. Michael C. Romer ranks #20,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.48%). Patent records list Michael C. Romer in Tomball, TX, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 85 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12497874 Electric submersible pump (ESP) system and method Michael C. Tschauner, Billy-Bob K. Walker 2025-12-16
12252983 Plunger lift systems and related methods Michael C. Tschauner, Christopher C. Frazier, Andrew D. McFadden, Salvador G. Vela, III, Billy-Bob K. Walker +1 more 2025-03-18
12139972 Capacitive cable for a downhole electro-hydraulic tool P. Matthew Spiecker, Peter A. Gordon, Dragan B. Stojkovic 2024-11-12 $1,427,484,000
12038065 Magnetorheological dampener system for protecting well equipment 2024-07-16 $597,943,000
11952887 Plunger lift systems and related methods Michael C. Tschauner, Christopher C. Frazier, Andrew D. McFadden, Salvador G. Vela, III, Billy-Bob K. Walker +1 more 2024-04-09 $523,785,000
11879308 Methods for in-situ application of a coating agent to production tubing using a plunger lift system Giovanni Grasso 2024-01-23 $1,258,276,000
11808142 Hydrocarbon wells including tracer systems and methods of tracing a flow path of lift gas within a hydrocarbon well utilizing a radioactive tracer Gaston L. Gauthier, Tony W. Hord 2023-11-07 $477,427,000
11762117 Downhole tools and methods for detecting a downhole obstruction within a wellbore Timothy G. Benish, Rami Jabari 2023-09-19 $397,227,000
11708758 Hydrocarbon wells and methods of probing a subsurface region of the hydrocarbon wells Rami Jabari, P. Matthew Spiecker 2023-07-25 $452,204,000
11668167 Protecting gas lift valves from erosion Rosmer Maria Brito Jurado, Tony W. Hord 2023-06-06 $606,808,000
11555388 Self-adjusting gas lift system Dragan B. Stojkovic, Federico G. Gallo 2023-01-17 $431,863,000
11555378 Self-destructible frac ball enclosed within a destructible ball retainer Timothy J. Hall 2023-01-17 $431,863,000
11555396 System and method for measuring discharge parameters relating to an electric submersible pump Wilfried Manfoumbi 2023-01-17 $431,863,000
11555392 Methods of completing a hydrocarbon well Rami Jabari, P. Matthew Spiecker, Michael T. Hecker, Timothy J. Hall 2023-01-17 $431,863,000
11519260 Rod pump position measurement employing wave-based technologies Tony W. Hord 2022-12-06 $716,593,000
11414941 Lock mandrel with spring-loaded locking collar Santos D. Ortiz, George R. King 2022-08-16 $298,731,000
11408275 Downhole plugs including a sensor, hydrocarbon wells including the downhole plugs, and methods of operating hydrocarbon wells Rami Jabari, P. Matthew Spiecker 2022-08-09 $804,426,000
11365613 Electrical submersible pump motor adjustment Stuart G. Luyckx, Matthew J. Tenny 2022-06-21 $640,064,000
11326444 Hydrocarbon wells and associated methods that utilize radio frequency identification tags and flowable interrogators to interrogate the hydrocarbon wells Rami Jabari, P. Matthew Spiecker 2022-05-10 $357,630,000
11326426 Hydrocarbon wells including gas lift valves and methods of providing gas lift in a hydrocarbon well David A. Howell, Rosmer Maria Brito Jurado, Federico G. Gallo 2022-05-10 $357,630,000
11286748 Pump-through standing valves, wells including the pump-through standing valves, and methods of deploying a downhole device Randy C. Tolman 2022-03-29 $365,020,000
11268341 Wellbore plugs that include an interrogation device, hydrocarbon wells that include the wellbore plugs, and methods of operating the hydrocarbon wells Rami Jabari, Timothy J. Hall, P. Matthew Spiecker 2022-03-08 $564,560,000
11268358 Downhole completion assemblies and methods of completing a hydrocarbon well Rami Jabari, P. Matthew Spiecker, Michael T. Hecker, Timothy J. Hall 2022-03-08 $564,560,000
11255190 Hydrocarbon wells and methods of interrogating fluid flow within hydrocarbon wells Ted A. Long, Tony W. Hord 2022-02-22 $234,051,000
11105384 Magnetorheological braking for well tubulars Jeff H. Moss 2021-08-31 $260,937,000