Inventor · Littleton, CO, US

Mark A. Plummer

28Patents
8h-index
13Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 5, 1973 → Feb 24, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4723603A Preventing plugging by insoluble salts in a hydrocarbon-bearing formation and associated production wells Chemistry; Metallurgy 95 Expired
US6736961B2 Removal of sulfur from a hydrocarbon through a selective membrane Chemistry; Metallurgy 28 Expired
US6187172A Viscosity reduction of crude oils and residuums Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US4013125A Flooding with micellar dispersions containing petroleum sulfonates obtained by sulfonating whole or topped crude oil Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US4147638A Sulfonation of crude oils to produce petroleum sulfonates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US4592905A Conversion of hydrogen sulfide to sulfur and hydrogen Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US3997451A Sulfonate blends useful for improved oil recovery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US3964548A Method for oil recovery by flooding with micellar dispersions containing crude oil sulfonates Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Expired
US5180572A Conversion of hydrogen sulfide to sulfur and hydrogen Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US4144266A Sulfonation of crude oils to produce petroleum sulfonates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US3956372A Process for the production of petroleum sulfonate Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US4908064A Road asphalt composition Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US4581128A Hydrocarbon desulfurization process Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US3951828A Process of injecting a micellar dispersion into a subterranean reservoir Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US4505810A Hydrogen tetrachloroaluminate as a co-catalyst with sodium tetrachloroaluminate for the conversion of heavy hydrocarbons Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US4614623A Sulfonation of crude oils with gaseous SO.sub.3 to produce petroleum sulfonates Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US5334363A Process for recovering sulfur and hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US8124347B2 Photosynthetic hydrogen production from the green alga chlamydomonas reinhardth Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active
US5736117A Sulfur debonding agent enhancing sulfur recovery from a hydrogen sulfide conversion process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US4560517A Sulfonation of crude oils with gaseous SO.sub.3 to produce petroleum sulfonates Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US4557803A Cracking process catalyst selection based on cation electronegativity Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US4555327A Cracking with tetrachloroaluminate catalysts and water Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US4504378A Sodium tetrachloroaluminate catalyzed process for the molecular weight reduction of liquid hydrocarbons Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US4147637A Oil recovery by increasing the injectivity index of micellar systems containing crude oil sulfonates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired
US8759058B2 Photosynthetic hydrogen production from the green alga chlamydomonas reinhardii Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active

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