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Thomas B. Dellinger — 16 Patents

ExxonMobil: 16 patents #679 of 10,161Top 7%
Duncanville, TX: #2 of 131 inventorsTop 2%
Texas: #9,126 of 125,132 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
Thomas B. Dellinger has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at ExxonMobil. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in July 1988. Thomas B. Dellinger ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list Thomas B. Dellinger in Duncanville, TX, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
4754819 Method for improving cuttings transport during the rotary drilling of a wellbore 1988-07-05 $42,080,000
4719977 Method of drilling deviated wellbores 1988-01-19 $11,864,000
4697651 Method of drilling deviated wellbores 1987-10-06 $20,621,000
4646855 Method for raising and lowering a drill string in a wellbore during drilling operations 1987-03-03 $13,011,000
4643264 Method for reducing drilling torque in the drilling of a deviated wellbore 1987-02-17 $32,943,000
4577700 Method and system for displacing drilling fluid from a drill string in a well drilling system William G. Boston, James H. Sexton, Robert T. Strong 1986-03-25 $5,520,000
4577701 System of drilling deviated wellbores Wilton Gravley 1986-03-25 $5,520,000
4573540 Method for drilling deviated wellbores Eugene A. Hoppe, Charles E. Jones 1986-03-04 $9,861,000
4431068 Extended reach drilling method Wilton Gravley 1984-02-14 $7,172,000
4428441 Method and apparatus for reducing the differential pressure sticking tendency of a drill string 1984-01-31 $7,326,000
4386665 Drilling technique for providing multiple-pass penetration of a mineral-bearing formation 1983-06-07 $8,681,000
4384483 Preventing buckling in drill string Wilton Gravley, John E. Walraven 1983-05-24 $9,196,000
4384616 Method of placing pipe into deviated boreholes 1983-05-24 $9,196,000
4384625 Reduction of the frictional coefficient in a borehole by the use of vibration Wilbur F. Roper 1983-05-24 $9,196,000
4373592 Rotary drilling drill string stabilizer-cuttings grinder John W. Kelly 1983-02-15 $6,697,000
4246975 Wellbore drilling technique using eccentric tool joints to mitigate pressure-differential sticking 1981-01-27 $25,407,000