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Robert A. Crane — 21 Patents

ExxonMobil: 21 patents #489 of 10,161Top 5%
Monroeville, NJ: #2 of 19 inventorsTop 15%
New Jersey: #3,775 of 69,400 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Robert A. Crane has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at ExxonMobil. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in September 2012. Robert A. Crane ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Robert A. Crane in Monroeville, NJ, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8263519 Sour service dewaxing catalyst without separate hydrogenation function Christine N. Elia, Mohan Kalyanaraman, Michel Daage, Stephen H. Brown, Lei Zhang +6 more 2012-09-11 $89,729,000
7799962 Process for aromatic alkylation Jihad M. Dakka, John S. Buchanan, Christine N. Elia, Xiaobing Feng, Larry L. Iaccino +4 more 2010-09-21 $90,814,000
7655823 Manufacture of xylenes from reformate Gary D. Mohr, John S. Buchanan, Jihad M. Dakka, Xiaobing Feng, Larry L. Iaccino +1 more 2010-02-02 $219,190,000
7626066 Conversion of unsaturated chemicals to oligomers Stephen H. Brown, Robert J. Saxton, William A. Weber 2009-12-01 $224,281,000
7485763 Using a catalyst having two different zeolites for transalkylation of a C9+ aromatic feed John S. Buchanan, Ronald J. Cimini, Wenyih F. Lai, Jose G. Santiesteban, David A. Stachelczyk +3 more 2009-02-03 $957,470,000
7453018 Process for aromatic alkylation Jihad M. Dakka, John S. Buchanan, Christine N. Elia, Xiaobing Feng, Larry L. Iaccino +4 more 2008-11-18 $565,761,000
7439204 Process for producing catalysts with reduced hydrogenation activity and use thereof Timothy McMinn, Ronald J. Cimini, Andrew M. Hiester, Teresa Ann Jurgens-Kowal, Gary D. Mohr 2008-10-21 $424,272,000
7396967 Manufacture of xylenes using reformate Larry L. Iaccino, Jeevan S. Abichandani, John S. Buchanan, Jihad M. Dakka, Xiaobing Feng +2 more 2008-07-08 $312,508,000
7326818 Selectivation of molecular sieve catalysts and use therof in hydrocarbon conversion Jean W. Beeckman, William G. Borghard, Arthur W. Chester, Owen C. Feeley, John C. Fried +2 more 2008-02-05 $321,779,000
7271118 Xylenes isomerization catalyst system and use thereof Brenda A. Raich, Christine N. Elia, Teresa Ann Jurgens-Kowal, Gary D. Mohr, David L. Stern 2007-09-18 $313,320,000
7205446 Conversion of unsaturated chemicals to oligomers Stephen H. Brown, Robert J. Saxton, William A. Weber 2007-04-17 $283,918,000
7186873 Manufacture of xylenes by reactive distillation of reformate Xiaobing Feng, John S. Buchanan, Jihad M. Dakka, Larry L. Iaccino, Gary D. Mohr 2007-03-06 $393,614,000
7176339 Manufacture of xylenes using reformate Larry L. Iaccino, Jeevan S. Abichandani, John S. Buchanan, Jihad M. Dakka, Xiaobing Feng +2 more 2007-02-13 $333,060,000
7148391 Heavy aromatics processing John S. Buchanan, Ronald J. Cimini, Frank Wenyih Lai, Jose G. Santiesteban, David A. Stachelczyk +3 more 2006-12-12 $318,891,000
7115538 Ethylbenzene conversion catalyst and process John S. Buchanan, Doron Levin, Daria N. Lissy, Gary D. Mohr, David L. Stern 2006-10-03 $299,448,000
6884916 Conversion of unsaturated chemicals to oligomers Stephen H. Brown, Robert J. Saxton, William A. Weber 2005-04-26 $201,326,000
6398947 Reformate upgrading using zeolite catalyst Jeffrey S. Beck, Vinaya Kapoor, David L. Stern, John Thurtell 2002-06-04 $439,160,000
6258962 Process for producing alkylene carbonates J. Scott Buchanan, Clarence D. Chang, Lorenzo C. DeCaul, Zhaozhong Jiang, Jose G. Santiesteban +1 more 2001-07-10
6049018 Synthetic porous crystalline MCM-68, its synthesis and use David C. Calabro, Jane C. Cheng, Charles T. Kresge, Sandeep Dhingra, Michael A. Steckel +2 more 2000-04-11
6028238 Xylene isomerization Jeffrey S. Beck, Jocelyn A. Kowalski, Daria N. Lissy, Mark Mathias, David L. Stern 2000-02-22
5973193 Ethyl acetate synthesis from ethylene and acetic acid using solid acid catalysts Stephen H. Brown, Lorenzo De Caul 1999-10-26 $164,902,000