Inventor · Arlington Heights, IL, US

Daniel N. Myers

37Patents
9h-index
37Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 28, 1984 → Jul 3, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4849091A Partial CO combustion with staged regeneration of catalyst Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US7247233B1 Apparatus and process for minimizing catalyst residence time in a reactor vessel Performing Operations; Transporting 56 Expired
US4988430A Supplying FCC lift gas directly from product vapors Chemistry; Metallurgy 55 Expired
US4710357A FCC combustion zone catalyst cooling apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 48 Expired
US8499702B2 Char-handling processes in a pyrolysis system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Active
US6841133B2 Separation process and apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Expired
US4578366A FCC combustion zone catalyst cooling process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US7601304B1 Distribution apparatus for contact of hydrocarbon compounds with particles Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Active
US6809054B1 FCC spent catalyst distributor Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US6010620A Distribution apparatus and method for short time contact of hydrocarbon compounds with particles Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US7368090B2 FCC spent catalyst distributor Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Active
US8927799B2 Propane dehydrogenation process utilizing fluidized catalyst system Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Active
US6165353A Distribution apparatus and method for patterned feed injection Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US9441887B2 Heat removal and recovery in biomass pyrolysis Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8415264B2 Process for regenerating catalyst in a fluid catalytic cracking unit Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active
US8609566B2 Process for venting a catalyst cooler Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US6156276A Distribution apparatus for short time contact of hydrocarbon compounds with particles Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired
US9422478B2 Char-handling processes in a pyrolysis system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7138558B2 Direct return of oxygenate recycle stream in olefin production process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US7547427B2 Multiple stage separator vessel Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US8293670B2 Process for the production of propylene Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8007729B2 Apparatus for feed preheating with flue gas cooler Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US8513149B2 Method for drying regenerated catalyst in route to a propane dehydrogenation reactor Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US10041667B2 Apparatuses for controlling heat for rapid thermal processing of carbonaceous material and methods for the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7208649B2 External second stage cyclones in olefin production process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired

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