Inventor · Arlington Heights, IL, US

Paul R. Cottrell

27Patents
9h-index
30Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 6, 1987 → Oct 19, 2005

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6395664B1 Process for reactivating a deactivated dehydrocyclodimerization catalyst with water Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Expired
US5012021A Process for the production of alkylaromatic hydrocarbons using solid catalysts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US4861930A Combination process for the conversion of a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 aliphatic hydrocarbon Chemistry; Metallurgy 27 Expired
US5151392A Moving bed regeneration process with separate dispersion and chloriding steps Chemistry; Metallurgy 22 Expired
US5227566A Process for the dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5087792A Process for the dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US6657096B2 Dehydrocyclodimerization process with catalyst reactivation Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US5457077A Moving bed regeneration process with combined drying and dispersion steps Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US5321192A Dehydrogenation process Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Expired
US6472577B1 Process for increasing the yield and selectivity of a dehydrogenation process using side-by-side reaction zones Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US6218589A Method for improving the operation of a propane-propylene splitter Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Expired
US6884400B1 Reaction and regeneration system Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US6969496B2 Apparatus with increased yield and selectivity using side-by-side reaction zones Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Expired
US5352848A Nitrile removal in an etherification process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6107526A Process for producing ethyl tertiary butyl ether Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US5569790A Process for removal of nitriles from etherification feedstocks Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US5672772A Process for removal of nitriles from etherification feedstocks Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US7585803B1 Catalyst regeneration method Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US5847230A Nitrile removal in an etherification process Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US4732665A High severity catalytic reforming process Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US6271428A Process for the purification of a diolefin hydrocarbon stream Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US5792899A Process for the management of polynuclear aromatic compounds produced in a hydrocarbon dehydrogenation reaction zone Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US5370786A Method for operating a continuous conversion process employing solid catalyst particles Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired
US5990361A Process for producing ethyl tertiary butyl ether by catalytic distillation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US6194626A Process for the purification of a diolefin hydrocarbon stream from a naphtha steam cracker Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired

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