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Derek Colman — 29 Patents

TITexas Instruments: 10 patents #1,452 of 12,488Top 15%
BLBp Chemicals Limited: 6 patents #49 of 566Top 9%
BPB.W.N. Vortoil Rights Co. Pty.: 3 patents #2 of 4Top 50%
NDNational Research Development: 2 patents #124 of 1,071Top 15%
IAIneos Europe Ag: 1 patents #62 of 152Top 45%
ILInnovene Europe Limited: 1 patents #7 of 17Top 45%
BPBritish Petroleum: 1 patents #145 of 360Top 45%
BABp Corporation North America: 1 patents #351 of 812Top 45%
Salcombe, GB: #1 of 7 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
Derek Colman has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at Texas Instruments. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in December 2013. Derek Colman ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list Derek Colman in Salcombe, GB.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1986.peak 31980: 1 patents19801981: 2 patents1986: 3 patents19861988: 3 patents1989: 2 patents19891990: 1 patents1991: 1 patents19911992: 1 patents1994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents1999: 2 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 2 patents20012005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062009: 2 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 2 patents2013: 1 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8608089 Nozzle for use in fluidized catalytic cracking Joseph Wayne Wilson, Jeffrey S. Smith 2013-12-17
8040973 Transmitter including pre-distortion Michael S. Harwood, Andre Szczepanek 2011-10-18 $7,298,000
7894491 Data transfer circuit Sean Batty, Bhajan Singh 2011-02-22 $5,235,000
7807860 Autothermal cracking process and reactor Michael John Alexander Matthewman, Ian Allan Beattie Reid, Vaughan Clifford Williams, William Terence Woodfin 2010-10-05
7535285 Band-gap voltage reference circuit 2009-05-19 $15,118,000
7519484 Power supply monitor Andrew Joy, Tom Leslie 2009-04-14 $8,277,000
7074838 Process for the catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons Trevor John Hesketh, Ian Allan Beattie Reid, William Terence Woodfin 2006-07-11
6881874 Process for the catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons Trevor John Hesketh, Ian Allan Beattie Reid, William Terence Woodfin 2005-04-19 $259,744,000
6288269 Apparatus for introducing fluid into a process stream 2001-09-11
6187881 Process for polymerizing olefins Pascal Metzinger, Bob Nater 2001-02-13 $162,380,000
6057475 Process for the production of acetic acid Jeremy B. Cooper, Andrew Richard Lucy 2000-05-02 $220,791,000
5973219 Isobutene polymerization process James M. Kerr 1999-10-26 $197,273,000
5959482 Controlled slew rate bus driver circuit having a high impedance state Frank Fattori, Marco Corsi 1999-09-28 $30,079,000
5439991 Method of mixing heterogeneous systems William Tallis 1995-08-08 $9,036,000
5289043 Switching system for selectively enabling electrical power to be applied to plural loads Andrew Marshall, Philip J. Cavanagh, David P. Dale 1994-02-22 $8,909,000
5120445 Mixing apparatus and method 1992-06-09 $16,719,000
5001537 Semiconductor device for electrical overstress protection Vijay K. Pathak 1991-03-19 $3,726,000
4977476 Semiconductor switch Andrew Marshall, Philip J. Cavanagh, David P. Dale 1990-12-11 $6,543,000
4849107 Cyclone separator Martin T. Thew 1989-07-18
4810382 Cyclone separator Martin T. Thew 1989-03-07
4793924 Cyclone separator Martin T. Thew 1988-12-27
4764287 Cyclone separator Martin T. Thew 1988-08-16
4722796 Cyclone separator Martin T. Thew 1988-02-02
4629555 Cyclone separator Martin T. Thew 1986-12-16
4604640 Darlington transistors David R. Cotton 1986-08-05 $5,002,000