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CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.

2,438Patents
1,956Active
2,438Granted
62Portfolio score

Filing activity: Mar 22, 1984 → Jan 14, 2025 · 491 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4637464A In situ retorting of oil shale with pulsed water purge Fixed Constructions 317 Expired
US8956581B2 Base oil manufacturing plant Chemistry; Metallurgy 233 Active
US6269881A Oil recovery method for waxy crude oil using alkylaryl sulfonate surfactants derived from alpha-olefins and the alpha-olefin compositions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 134 Expired
US5951207A Installation of a foundation pile in a subsurface soil Fixed Constructions 123 Expired
US6554994B1 Upflow reactor system with layered catalyst bed for hydrotreating heavy feedstocks Performing Operations; Transporting 98 Expired
US7069149B2 Process for interpreting faults from a fault-enhanced 3-dimensional seismic attribute volume Physics 98 Expired
US6709644B2 Small crystallite zeolite CHA Chemistry; Metallurgy 97 Expired
US5558851A Preparation of aluminosilicate zeolites Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 93 Expired
US6822126B2 Process for converting waste plastic into lubricating oils Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 92 Expired
US6150577A Method for conversion of waste plastics to lube oil Chemistry; Metallurgy 91 Expired
US5810032A Method and apparatus for controlling the distribution of two-phase fluids flowing through impacting pipe tees Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 89 Expired
US5507345A Methods for sub-surface fluid shut-off Fixed Constructions 87 Expired
US6339182B1 Separation of olefins from paraffins using ionic liquid solutions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US5916529A Multistage moving-bed hydroprocessing reactor with separate catalyst addition and withdrawal systems for each stage, and method for hydroprocessing a hydrocarbon feed stream Performing Operations; Transporting 74 Expired
US6086749A Catalyst and method for hydroprocessing a hydrocarbon feed stream in a reactor containing two or more catalysts Performing Operations; Transporting 72 Expired
US7679990B2 Methods for acquiring and processing seismic data from quasi-simultaneously activated translating energy sources Physics 71 Expired
US6656342B2 Graded catalyst bed for split-feed hydrocracking/hydrotreating Performing Operations; Transporting 70 Expired
US6810332B2 Method for computing complexity, confidence and technical maturity indices for reservoir evaluations Physics 68 Expired
US6957192B1 System and method for automated credit matching Physics 66 Expired
US5958370A Zeolite SSZ-39 Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Expired
US7480206B2 Methods for earth modeling and seismic imaging using interactive and selective updating Physics 65 Expired
US7960598B2 Selective, integrated processing of bio-derived ester species to yield low molecular weight hydrocarbons and hydrogen for the production of biofuels Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Active
US6630066B2 Hydrocracking and hydrotreating separate refinery streams Chemistry; Metallurgy 63 Expired
US8147766B2 Selective, integrated processing of bio-derived ester species to yield low molecular weight hydrocarbons and hydrogen for the production of biofuels Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Active
US7432408B2 Integrated alkylation process using ionic liquid catalysts Chemistry; Metallurgy 61 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.