Inventor · Laramie, WY, US

Alan E. Bland

15Patents
7h-index
18Co-inventors
63Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 25, 1990 → May 10, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6517631B2 Method of producing a coal combustion ash composition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 99 Expired
US6334895B1 System for producing manufactured materials from coal combustion ash Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US6808562B2 Stable consolidated combustion ash material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US9181509B2 Efficient low rank coal gasification, combustion, and processing systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US5137753A Pelletizing ash Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US7832475B2 Biogenic methane production enhancement systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US9598653B2 Efficient volatile metal removal from low rank coal in gasification, combustion, and processing systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US8127839B2 Formation pretreatment with biogenic methane production enhancement systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US10557155B2 Methods and systems for biological coal-to-biofuels and bioproducts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9764279B2 Biological reduction of carbon dioxide pollutants systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7625428B2 Bioagent air filtration systems Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Expired
US11174185B2 Methods and systems for multi-stage encapsulation of wastes and production thereof into aggregate products Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9295973B2 CO2 separation using a solid K-Fe sorbent Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10507426B2 Systems and methods for biological conversion of carbon dioxide pollutants into useful products Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10376837B2 Conversion of carbon dioxide utilizing chemoautotrophic microorganisms systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.