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Dennis E. O'Brien — 25 Patents

UOUop: 18 patents #163 of 1,854Top 9%
ExxonMobil: 8 patents #1,392 of 10,161Top 15%
Houston, TX: #720 of 21,073 inventorsTop 4%
Texas: #5,166 of 125,132 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Dennis E. O'Brien has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Uop. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in March 2010. Dennis E. O'Brien ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Dennis E. O'Brien in Houston, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2010Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 1982.peak 51980: 1 patents19801981: 2 patents1982: 5 patents19821983: 4 patents1986: 1 patents19861999: 1 patents2000: 2 patents20002002: 4 patents2004: 1 patents20042007: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents2010

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7687677 Process for recovering thermal energy from a reactor effluent stream Joseph E. Zimmermann, Douglas G. Stewart 2010-03-30
7528290 Apparatuses and methods for separating butene-1 from a mixed C4 feed Joseph E. Zimmermann 2009-05-05
7339088 Alkylbenzene refining process and apparatus Douglas G. Stewart, Bipin V. Vora 2008-03-04
7267746 Dividing wall distillation column control apparatus James W. Harris, Steven P. Rosenblum, Michael A. Schultz, Douglas G. Stewart 2007-09-11
6762334 Alkylaromatic process with removal of aromatic byproducts using efficient distillation Douglas G. Stewart 2004-07-13
6483002 Integrated fractional distillation for adsorptive separation process 2002-11-19
6479720 Alkylaromatic process using efficient prefractionation Dennis H. Bielinski, Zhanping Xu 2002-11-12
6417420 Alkylaromatic process with removal of aromatic byproducts using efficient distillation Douglas G. Stewart 2002-07-09
6407303 Isomerization process with adsorptive separation and integrated fractional distillation Lynn H. Rice 2002-06-18
6137021 Conversion of an HF alkylation unit Steven F. Eshelman 2000-10-24
6069285 Alkylaromatic process using a solid alkylation catalyst and a benzene rectifier Thomas R. Fritsch, Steven F. Eshelman 2000-05-30
5983476 Conversion of an HF alkylation unit Steven F. Eshelman 1999-11-16
4568392 Well treating fluid Charles R. Dawson, Norman N. Li 1986-02-04 $23,826,000
4397354 Method of using a well treating fluid Charles R. Dawson, Norman N. Li 1983-08-09 $32,183,000
4384793 Temperature profile monitoring method and apparatus 1983-05-24
4381417 Catalytic dehydrogenation process Bipin V. Vora, Norman H. Scott 1983-04-26
4381418 Catalytic dehydrogenation process Steve A. Gewartowski 1983-04-26
4364821 Fluid contacting process 1982-12-21
4361658 Process for polymeric gelation Robert D. Lundberg, Henry S. Makowski, Robert R. Klein 1982-11-30 $8,050,000
4333817 Separation of normally gaseous hydrocarbons from a catalytic reforming effluent and recovery of purified hydrogen 1982-06-08
4322329 Process for controlled gelation of polymeric solution (C-971) Robert D. Lundberg, Henry S. Makowski, Robert R. Klein 1982-03-30 $21,701,000
4313862 Process for gelation of polymeric solution (C-1042) Robert D. Lundberg, Henry S. Makowski, Robert R. Klein 1982-02-02 $12,017,000
4307063 Fluid contacting apparatus 1981-12-22
4282130 Process for controlled gelation of polymeric solution (C-669) Robert D. Lundberg, Henry S. Makowski, Robert R. Klein 1981-08-04 $23,693,000
4183406 Method of treating a borehole using gellable polymers Robert D. Lundberg, Henry S. Makowski, Robert R. Klein 1980-01-15 $11,371,000