Inventor · Kingsport, TN, US

Mark Rule

98Patents
17h-index
56Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 16, 1981 → Mar 17, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6465066B1 Packaged potable liquid and packaging for potable liquid Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 99 Expired
US6279505A Plastic containers with an external gas barrier coating Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US4786713A Copoly(arylene sulfidex-disulfide) Chemistry; Metallurgy 63 Expired
US6223683A Hollow plastic containers with an external very thin coating of low permeability to gases and vapors through plasma-assisted deposition of inorganic substances and method and system for making the coating Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Expired
US4391985A Process for the separation of isophthalic acid from terephthalic acid Chemistry; Metallurgy 54 Expired
US6808753B2 Multilayer polymeric/inorganic oxide structure with top coat for enhanced gas or vapor barrier and method for making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US6274212A Method to decrease the acetaldehyde content of melt-processed polyesters Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US6599569B1 Plastic containers with an external gas barrier coating, method and system for coating containers using vapor deposition, method for recycling coated containers, and method for packaging a beverage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US4792642A Process for preparing iodinated aromatic compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 34 Expired
US4481314A Infrared radiation absorbent anthraquinone derivatives in polyester compositions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US4795737A Process for the iodination of aromatic compounds over solid catalysts Chemistry; Metallurgy 28 Expired
US5104965A Process for the preparation of crystalline poly(ethylene terephthalate) Chemistry; Metallurgy 25 Expired
US4746758A Processes for preparing iodinated aromatic compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US7041350B1 Polyester composition and articles with reduced acetaldehyde content and method using hydrogenation catalyst Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US4945155A Preparation of low color copoly(arylene sulfide) by heating copoly(arylene sulfide) Chemistry; Metallurgy 19 Expired
US4792600A Process for the preparation of copoly(arylene sulfide) with aromatic nitro compound catalyst Chemistry; Metallurgy 19 Expired
US6319576A Method to increase the crystallization rate of polyesters Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US4814525A Vapor phase bromination of aromatic compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 15 Expired
US6811826B2 Multilayer polymeric/zero valent material structure for enhanced gas or vapor barrier and UV barrier and method for making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US6569479B2 Process for reduction of acetaldehyde and oxygen in beverages contained in polyester-based packaging Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US4855393A Process for the preparation of copoly(arylene sulfide) Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US4446303A Process for preparing high molecular weight polyesters Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US4952671A Terminated copoly(arylene sulfide) Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US4863710A Oxidation hydrolysis of iodoalkanes Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Expired
US4826956A Process for the preparation of copoly(arylene sulfide) using an oxygen-containing gas Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Expired

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