Inventor · Boulogne-sur-Mer, FR

Bernard Torck

18Patents
11h-index
32Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 16, 1976 → Nov 30, 1998

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4270929A Process for producing gasoline of high octane number, in particular lead-free gasoline Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US6207115A Process and plant for the conversion of olefinic C4 cuts to polyisobutene and to propylene Chemistry; Metallurgy 41 Expired
US5898091A Process and plant for the conversion of olefinic C.sub.4 and C.sub.5 cuts to an ether and to propylene Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US5849978A Liquid catalyst for aliphatic alkylation Chemistry; Metallurgy 30 Expired
US4268701A Process for producing high octane gasoline and particularly lead-free gasoline Chemistry; Metallurgy 29 Expired
US5877365A Process and plant for the conversion of olefinic C.sub.4 cuts to polyisobutene and to propylene Chemistry; Metallurgy 22 Expired
US4361422A Hydrogenation and etherification of an unsaturated C.sub.5 hydrocarbon cut to increase its octane number and decrease its mono-olefin content Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US6159433A Plant for the conversion of olefinic C.sub.4 and C.sub.5 cuts to an ether and to propylene Performing Operations; Transporting 16 Expired
US4267393A Process for producing ethers by reacting olefins with alcohols Chemistry; Metallurgy 15 Expired
US4647703A Process for producing a hydrocarbon cut of high octane number by etherification of olefins Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US4324924A Process for removing isobutene from a C.sub.4 cut and producing methyl tert-butyl ether Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US4395580A Process for producing an olefin by decomposition of the corresponding ether Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US4024203A Oligomerization of unsaturated hydrocarbons with acid catalysts Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US4664675A Process for upgrading olefinic gasolines by etherification Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US4366327A Process for producing ethers by reacting olefins with alcohols Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US4268700A Process for producing gasoline of high octane number and particularly lead free gasoline, from olefininc C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 cuts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US4310710A Process for manufacturing and recovering methyl tert.butyl ether Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US6096939A Aliphatic alkylation utilizing a liquid catalyst Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired

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