Inventor · Bath, GB

John H. Brophy

22Patents
10h-index
38Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 28, 1985 → Feb 11, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5336826A Oxidation of methane over heterogeneous catalysts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Expired
US7118920B2 Multiphasic microchannel reactions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US4652688A Process for the production of hydrocarbons from hetero-substituted methanes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US4665270A Process for the production of hydrocarbons from hetero-substituted alkanes Chemistry; Metallurgy 34 Expired
US7294734B2 Process for converting a hydrocarbon to an oxygenate or a nitrile Performing Operations; Transporting 28 Expired
US4705906A Selective hydrogenation of acetylene Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US8100996B2 Process for upgrading a carbonaceous material using microchannel process technology Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US4767569A Process for producing synthesis gas by partial combustion of hydrocarbons Chemistry; Metallurgy 14 Expired
US7604781B2 Microchannel apparatus capable of separating phases and methods of using same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US4758375A Conversion process Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US4726913A Conversion process Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US8747656B2 Process and apparatus employing microchannel process technology Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US7405338B2 Dehydrogenation reactions in narrow reaction chambers and integrated reactors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US7402719B2 Catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation, and microchannel reactors for catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US9108904B2 Process for converting a hydrocarbon to an oxygenate or a nitrile Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Active
US7744829B2 Microchannel reactors for catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US7754935B2 Dehydrogenation reactions in narrow reaction chambers and integrated reactors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US8338325B2 Tethered catalyst processes in microchannel reactors and systems containing a tethered catalyst or tethered chiral auxiliary Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US9926496B2 Process and apparatus employing microchannel process technology Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8106249B2 Catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation, and microchannel reactors for catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9695368B2 Process and apparatus employing microchannel process technology Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US5387668A Process for preparing polyketones Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired

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