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G. Paull Torrence — 53 Patents

CGCelanese Gmbh: 40 patents #11 of 404Top 3%
HCHoechst Celanese: 13 patents #38 of 871Top 5%
League City, TX: #3 of 561 inventorsTop 1%
Texas: #1,558 of 125,132 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #48,528 of 4,157,543Top 2%
53 Patents All Time
G. Paull Torrence has been granted 53 US patents. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in January 2018. G. Paull Torrence ranks #48,528 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.2%). Patent records list G. Paull Torrence in League City, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2014.peak 101990: 1 patents19901991: 3 patents1992: 3 patents1993: 2 patents19931994: 2 patents1995: 1 patents1998: 1 patents19982000: 1 patents2001: 3 patents2002: 1 patents20022003: 3 patents2004: 1 patents2006: 2 patents20062010: 1 patents2011: 2 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 3 patents2014: 10 patents2015: 5 patents20152016: 3 patents2017: 3 patents2018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 53 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9862669 Process for recovering halogen promoters and removing permanganate reducing compounds Raymond J. Zinobile, Oyeyemi Oyerinde 2018-01-09
9663437 Production of acetic acid with high conversion rate Brian W. Hokkanen, Ronald D. Shaver 2017-05-30
9598342 Production of acetic acid with enhanced catalyst stability Carole M. Le Berre, Duc Hahn Nguyen, Philippe Serp, Philippe Kalck 2017-03-21
9567282 Production of acetic acid with high conversion rate Brian W. Hokkanen, Michael O. Nutt, Tianshu Pan, Ronald D. Shaver 2017-02-14
9409163 Purification of acetic acid product streams Ronald D. Shaver, Greg Blanchard, Brian W. Hokkanen 2016-08-09
9409846 Process for separating product gas using carbonylation processes 2016-08-09
9346734 Removal of aromatics from carbonylation process Ronald D. Shaver, Yaw-Hwa Liu 2016-05-24
9216936 Process for recovering halogen promoters and removing permanganate reducing compounds Raymond J. Zinobile, Oyeyemi Oyerinde 2015-12-22
9056825 Process for recovering halogen promoters and removing permanganate reducing compounds Raymond J. Zinobile, Oyeyemi Oyerinde 2015-06-16
9024061 Methanol carbonylation process with rhodium catalyst and a metallic co-catalyst selected from transition metals, zinc, beryllium, indium, tin, strontium and barium Carole M. Le Berre, Samuel Gautron, Philippe Kalck, Philippe Serp, Nicolas D. Lassauque 2015-05-05
8952196 Removal of aromatics from carbonylation process Ronald D. Shaver, Yaw-Hwa Liu 2015-02-10
8932372 Integrated process for producing alcohols from a mixed acid feed Victor J. Johnston, Lincoln Sarager, Mark O. Scates, Ronald D. Shaver, R. Jay Warner +5 more 2015-01-13
8916727 Production of acetic acid with enhanced catalyst stability Carole M. Le Berre, Duc Hanh Nguyen, Phillipe Gilles Serp, Philippe Kalck 2014-12-23
8877963 Production of acetic acid with high conversion rate Brian W. Hokkanen, Michael O. Nutt, Tianshu Pan, Ronald D. Shaver 2014-11-04
8853467 Integrated process for producing ethanol James H. Zink, Mark O. Scates, Ronald D. Shaver 2014-10-07
8853466 Integrated process for producing ethanol from methanol Mark O. Scates, Ronald D. Shaver, James H. Zink 2014-10-07
8835681 Methanol carbonylation process with rhodium catalyst and a lanthanide metal co-catalyst Carole M. Le Berre, Samuel Gautron, Philippe Kalck, Philippe Serp, Nicolas D. Lassauque 2014-09-16
8829253 Integrated process for producing ethanol from methanol Mark O. Scates, Ronald D. Shaver, James H. Zink 2014-09-09
8785684 Methanol carbonylation process with rhodium catalyst, an iodide salt and a metallic co-catalyst selected from transition metals, indium, strontium, barium, zinc, tin and heteropoly acids Carole M. Le Berre, Samuel Gautron, Philippe Kalck, Philippe Serp, Nicolas D. Lassauque 2014-07-22
8729318 Process for producing ethanol from methyl acetate Andrew Shuff, Brian W. Hokkanen, Tianshu Pan, Mark O. Scates, Ronald D. Shaver 2014-05-20
8697908 Removal of amine compounds from carbonylation process stream containing corrosion metal contaminants Brian W. Hokkanen, Yaw-Hwa Liu 2014-04-15
8664283 Purification of acetic acid product streams Greg Blanchard, Ronald D. Shaver, Brian W. Hokkanen 2014-03-04
8536367 Vinyl ester production from acetylene and carboxylic acid utilizing homogeneous catalyst Barbara F. Kimmich, Hannah E. Toomey, Qiang Yao, Jan Cornelis van der Waal, Michael Doyle 2013-09-17
8461379 Production of acetic acid comprising feeding at least one reactant to a recycle stream Raymond J. Zinobile 2013-06-11
8394988 Production of acetic acid with high conversion rate Brian W. Hokkanen, Michael O. Nutt, Tianshu Pan, Ronald D. Shaver 2013-03-12