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John V. O'Brien — 14 Patents

KSKoch Process Systems: 7 patents #2 of 7Top 30%
CHChart: 3 patents #11 of 79Top 15%
CIChart Industries: 1 patents #10 of 29Top 35%
MPMiller Pipeline: 1 patents #2 of 12Top 20%
PIProcess Systems International: 1 patents #3 of 5Top 60%
Chevron: 1 patents #2,625 of 4,788Top 55%
Shrewsbury, MA: #112 of 938 inventorsTop 15%
Massachusetts: #8,931 of 88,656 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
John V. O'Brien has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Koch Process Systems. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in July 2013. John V. O'Brien ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list John V. O'Brien in Shrewsbury, MA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1983 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1984.peak 31983: 1 patents19831984: 3 patents1986: 1 patents19861987: 1 patents1988: 1 patents19881991: 1 patents1993: 1 patents19932001: 2 patents2002: 1 patents20022004: 1 patents2013: 1 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8480879 Process for improving lubricating qualities of lower quality base oil John M. Rosenbaum, Brent K. Lok, David C. Kramer, Stephen J. Miller 2013-07-09 $75,963,000
6758060 Separating nitrogen from methane in the production of LNG 2004-07-06
6336344 Dephlegmator process with liquid additive 2002-01-08 $334,000
6333445 Cryogenic separation process for the recovery of components from the products of a dehydrogenation reactor 2001-12-25
6289693 Cryogenic and membrane synthesis gas production 2001-09-18 $1,134,000
5176002 Method of controlling vapor loss from containers of volatile chemicals Robert A. Wojnarowski 1993-01-05
4993875 Pipe sealing and anti-corrosion system James J. Nicholson, Erwin P. Miller, Daniel P. Walsh, Steve Bowles 1991-02-19
RE32600 Distillative separation employing bottom additives James M. Ryan 1988-02-16
4681612 Process for the separation of landfill gas Arthur S. Holmes, Richard Hopewell 1987-07-21
RE32068 Distillative separation employing bottom additives James M. Ryan 1986-01-21
4451274 Distillative separation of methane and carbon dioxide 1984-05-29
4444576 Energy-saving distillative separation using low-temperature heat input James M. Ryan 1984-04-24
4428759 Distillative separation employing bottom additives James M. Ryan 1984-01-31
4383842 Distillative separation of methane and carbon dioxide 1983-05-17