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L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme à Directoire et Conseil de Surveillance pour l'Étude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude

345Patents
21Active
345Granted
43Portfolio score

Filing activity: Feb 29, 1996 → Mar 20, 2009 · 21 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6520176B1 Portable oxygen concentrator Chemistry; Metallurgy 145 Expired
US7284362B2 Integrated air separation and oxygen fired power generation system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 126 Expired
US6402813B2 Process for purifying a gas by adsorption of the impurities on several active carbons Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 120 Expired
US7143606B2 Combined air separation natural gas liquefaction plant Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 103 Expired
US6646564B1 System and method for remote management of equipment operating parameters Physics 89 Expired
US6607584B2 Adsorbent with improved mass transfer for a VSA or PSA process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 79 Expired
US7192626B2 Methods for producing silicon nitride films and silicon oxynitride films by thermal chemical vapor deposition Electricity 75 Expired
US6454562B1 Oxy-boost control in furnaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 72 Expired
US7025801B2 Method for controlling a unit for the treatment by pressure swing adsorption of at least one feed gas Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Expired
US6695686B1 Method and device for generating a two-phase gas-particle jet, in particular containing CO2 dry ice particles Performing Operations; Transporting 63 Expired
US6517609B1 Installation for the cyclic treatment of fluid by adsorption with valves with improved sealing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Expired
US7255727B2 Method for treating at least one feed gas mixture by pressure swing adsorption Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 60 Expired
US6508860B1 Gas separation membrane with organosilicon-treated molecular sieve Performing Operations; Transporting 54 Expired
US6474264B1 Method of improving fish breeding conditions operating in ozonated water Human Necessities 54 Expired
US7019159B2 Hexakis(monohydrocarbylamino) disilanes and method for the preparation thereof Chemistry; Metallurgy 53 Expired
US7497896B2 Method of treating a gas mixture comprising propane and propylene Chemistry; Metallurgy 47 Expired
US6387212B1 Process for obtaining fibers integral with calcium carbonate particles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US6612113B2 Integrated method of air separation and of energy generation and plant for the implementation of such a method Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 45 Expired
US6550234B2 Integrated air-separation/energy-generation process and plant for implementing such a process Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 44 Expired
US6663805B1 Process for making hollow fiber mixed matrix membranes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US6439235B1 Oxygen therapy equipment with a device for respiratory assistance without a nose tube Human Necessities 40 Expired
US6402809B1 Management of an air purification system with thermal regeneration Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US6929246B2 Expansion valve fitted with a connector that is designed for the connection of a user socket Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US6475657B1 Ceramic membrane which is in an oxide ion conductor based on yttrium-stabilized zirconia Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US7482286B2 Method for forming dielectric or metallic films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired

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