Inventor · Ludwigshafen, DE

Hermann Luyken

87Patents
16h-index
93Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 30, 1989 → Feb 26, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7528275B2 Method for the production of adipodinitrile by hydrocyanation of 1,3-butadiene Chemistry; Metallurgy 36 Expired
US6147208A Process for simultaneously preparing caprolactam and hexamethylene diamine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US6462220B1 Method for simultaneous preparation of 6-aminocapronitrile and hexamethylene diamine Chemistry; Metallurgy 30 Expired
US7541486B2 Method for producing 3-pentenenitrile Chemistry; Metallurgy 28 Expired
US7084294B2 Method for the recycling of a Lewis acid Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US7538240B2 Method for the hydrocyanation of butadiene Chemistry; Metallurgy 25 Active
US7439381B2 Hydrocyanation method Chemistry; Metallurgy 25 Expired
US6699960B1 Method for producing polyamides from dinitriles and diamines Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US7521575B2 Sterically hindered chelate phosphinite-phosphite ligand, catalyst, comprising at least one nickel(0) complex stabilized by said ligand and method for production of nitriles Performing Operations; Transporting 22 Expired
US6265602A Method for hydrogenating aliphatic alpha-, omega-dinitriles Chemistry; Metallurgy 22 Expired
US7700795B2 Use of azeotropically dried nickel(ii) halogenides Performing Operations; Transporting 22 Active
US5496941A Process for continuous purification of crude caprolactam prepared from 6-aminocapronitrile Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US7935229B2 Extraction of nickel (0) complexes from nitrile mixtures with reduced rag formation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US6297394A Iron-based catalyst for hydrogenating alpha-, omega-dinitriles Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US7781608B2 Production of 3-pentenenitrile from 1,3-butadiene Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Active
US7816551B2 Method for producing dinitriles Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US6147247A Process for simultaneously preparing 6-aminocapronitrile and hexamethylene diamine Chemistry; Metallurgy 15 Expired
US7147757B2 Method for separating an azepine derivative out of a mixture containing an amine an azepine derivative Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US7612224B2 Isomerisation of cis-2-pentenenitrile to form 3-pentenenitrile in a reactive distillation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US7566800B2 Homogeneous isomerization of cis-2-pentene nitrile to form 3-pentene nitrile Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US7550407B2 System suitable for the hydrocyanation of olefinically unsaturated compounds Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US7705171B2 Process for producing nickel(0)-phosphorus ligand complexes Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Active
US7361778B2 Method for the isomerization of cis-2-pentenenitrile to form trans-3-pentenenitrile Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US7462263B2 Method for purifying hydrocyanic acid Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US7851656B2 Method for producing organic phosphorous compounds containing halogens Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Active

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