Inventor · Sugar Land, TX, US

E. Lawrence Kimble

12Patents
8h-index
11Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 18, 1998 → Jun 30, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6250105A Dual multi-component refrigeration cycles for liquefaction of natural gas Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 54 Expired
US6751985B2 Process for producing a pressurized liquefied gas product by cooling and expansion of a gas stream in the supercritical state Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 40 Expired
US6212891A Process components, containers, and pipes suitable for containing and transporting cryogenic temperature fluids Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US6209350A Refrigeration process for liquefaction of natural gas Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 22 Expired
US6564580B2 Process for recovering ethane and heavier hydrocarbons from methane-rich pressurized liquid mixture Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 14 Expired
US6192705A Reliquefaction of pressurized boil-off from pressurized liquid natural gas Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 11 Expired
US6829901B2 Single point mooring regasification tower Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired
US6560988B2 Unloading pressurized liquefied natural gas into standard liquefied natural gas storage facilities Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Expired
US6257017A Process for producing a displacement gas to unload pressurized liquefied gas from containers Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Expired
US6672104B2 Reliquefaction of boil-off from liquefied natural gas Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Expired
US10365037B2 Heating component to reduce solidification in a cryogenic distillation system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10274252B2 Purge to intermediate pressure in cryogenic distillation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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