Inventor · Arlington Heights, IL, US

Keith A. Couch

35Patents
5h-index
47Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: May 27, 1993 → Dec 19, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7048782B1 Apparatus and process for power recovery Performing Operations; Transporting 37 Expired
US7935314B2 Apparatus for mixing regenerated and carbonized catalyst Chemistry; Metallurgy 18 Active
US5371488A Tension sensing security apparatus and method for fencing Physics 16 Expired
US7757493B2 Fluid catalytic cracking steam pressure letdown power recovery system and process Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 13 Active
US6979360B1 Apparatus and process for preventing coke accumlation in a centripetal separator Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US8323477B2 Process for mixing regenerated and carbonized catalyst Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Active
US7686944B2 Process for recovering power from FCC product Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Active
US7727380B2 Process for heating regeneration gas Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Active
US7585470B2 Apparatus for mixing in fluidized beds Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Active
US7972565B2 Stripping apparatus with multi-sloped baffles Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active
US9238209B2 Advanced elevated feed distribution apparatus and process for large diameter FCC reactor risers Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active
US7758820B2 Apparatus and process for regenerator mixing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8062507B2 Stripping process with multi-sloped baffles Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US8246914B2 Fluid catalytic cracking system Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US8124020B2 Apparatus for preventing metal catalyzed coking Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US7682576B2 Apparatus for recovering power from FCC product Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US10851315B1 Processes for increasing an octane value of a gasoline component Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US10829698B2 Power recovery from quench and dilution vapor streams Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US8007728B2 System, apparatus, and process for cracking a hydrocarbon feed Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US8124822B2 Process for preventing metal catalyzed coking Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US8575053B2 Process for regenerator mixing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7727486B2 Apparatus for heating regeneration gas Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US11708537B2 Integrated process for the conversion of crude to olefins Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US7947860B2 Dividing wall separation in light olefin hydrocarbon processing Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US9328293B2 Fluid catalytic cracking process Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active

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