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Robert C. Welch — 8 Patents

ExxonMobil: 8 patents #1,392 of 10,161Top 15%
Baton Rouge, LA: #263 of 1,896 inventorsTop 15%
Louisiana: #815 of 10,876 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Robert C. Welch has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at ExxonMobil. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in January 2013. Robert C. Welch ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Robert C. Welch in Baton Rouge, LA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2005.peak 22000: 1 patents20002003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents20042005: 2 patents20052007: 1 patents20072009: 1 patents20092013: 1 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8349267 Crude oil pre-heat train with improved heat transfer Ian A. Cody, Amar S. Wanni, James E. Feather, Mark A. Greaney, Limin Song +1 more 2013-01-08 $133,798,000
7537686 Inhibitor enhanced thermal upgrading of heavy oils Ramesh Varadaraj, Christopher P. Eppig, Douglas W. Hissong 2009-05-26 $347,832,000
7244352 Selective hydroprocessing and mercaptan removal Thomas R. Halbert, Craig A. McKnight, John P. Greeley, Bruce R. Cook, Garland B. Brignac +1 more 2007-07-17 $684,254,000
6913688 Multi-stage hydrodesulfurization of cracked naphtha streams with interstage fractionation John C. Coker, Garland B. Brignac, Thomas R. Halbert, John G. Matragrano, Brij Gupta +1 more 2005-07-05 $516,867,000
6843905 Low-sulfur fuel Gordon F. Stuntz, Thomas R. Halbert 2005-01-18 $116,700,000
6736962 Catalytic stripping for mercaptan removal (ECB-0004) Bruce R. Cook, Richard H. Ernst, William E. Winter, Richard A. Demmin, Charles A. Euker, Jr. 2004-05-18 $138,883,000
6610197 Low-sulfur fuel and process of making Gordon F. Stuntz, Thomas R. Halbert 2003-08-26 $215,322,000
6123832 Fluid catalytic cracking process for converting hydrocarbon mixtures Teh C. Ho, Shun C. Fung, Gordon F. Stuntz, Daniel P. Leta 2000-09-26 $397,799,000