Mark Rule
98Patents
17h-index
56Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 16, 1981 → Mar 17, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.