Michael Keller
64Patents
10h-index
62Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 8, 1981 → Jun 28, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6576145B2 | Method of separating hydrocarbons from mineral substrates | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 32 | Expired |
| US4952137A | Flare gas burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 29 | Expired |
| US5797332A | Closed loop gasification drying system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 25 | Expired |
| US4900244A | Gas flaring method and apparatus | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 21 | Expired |
| US7264694B2 | Retort heating apparatus and methods | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 15 | Expired |
| US4788918A | Solids incineration process and system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 15 | Expired |
| US4492558A | Smokeless waste gas burning using low pressure staged steam | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 13 | Expired |
| US6951248B2 | Method of separating oil from geological formations | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 11 | Expired |
| US4652232A | Apparatus and method to add kinetic energy to a low pressure waste gas flare burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Expired |
| US5649820A | Flare burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 10 | Expired |
| US7719219B2 | Wizard for configuring a motor drive system | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US4901652A | Accumulating and conveying incinerator ash | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 10 | Expired |
| US4457696A | Large capacity air-powered smokeless flare | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 9 | Expired |
| US4573906A | Shielded smoke suppressing flare gas burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 7 | Expired |
| US9146685B2 | Marking local regions and providing a snapshot thereof for asynchronous mirroring | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US9927955B2 | Generating a configuration page for rendering in a graphical user interface (GUI) for managing provisioning of storage resources in a storage system | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US4579521A | Flare gas burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US9535415B2 | Software, systems, and methods for mobile visualization of industrial automation environments | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US9567896B2 | Method for modifying combustion chamber in a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine and resulting engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Active |
| US6840760B1 | Gas-assisted flare burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Expired |
| US4922838A | Thermal processor for solid and fluid waste materials | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US4637793A | Flare gas burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Expired |
| US4798150A | Apparatus for handling ash | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 4 | Expired |
| US7229547B2 | Retort heating systems and methods of use | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 4 | Expired |
| US9348564B2 | Intelligent device framework | Physics | 3 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.