Inventor · Baton Rouge, LA, US

Peter S. Maa

21Patents
11h-index
28Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 26, 1975 → May 23, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5055181A Hydropyrolysis-gasification of carbonaceous material Chemistry; Metallurgy 56 Expired
US5338441A Liquefaction process Chemistry; Metallurgy 46 Expired
US4485008A Liquefaction process Chemistry; Metallurgy 37 Expired
US4831003A Catalyst composition and process of making Performing Operations; Transporting 26 Expired
US4189371A Multiple-stage hydrogen-donor coal liquefaction process Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US5795464A Conversion of the organic component from tar sands to lower boiling products Chemistry; Metallurgy 22 Expired
US4113602A Integrated process for the production of hydrocarbons from coal or the like in which fines from gasifier are coked with heavy hydrocarbon oil Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US4123347A Coal liquefaction process Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US4092235A Treatment of coal by alkylation or acylation to increase liquid products from coal liquefaction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US4022680A Hydrogen donor solvent coal liquefaction process Chemistry; Metallurgy 15 Expired
US4338182A Multiple-stage hydrogen-donor coal liquefaction Chemistry; Metallurgy 14 Expired
US5096569A Catalytic hydropyrolysis of carbonaceous material with char recycle Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US5294349A Coal depolymerization and hydroprocessing Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US4338184A Coal conversion in the presence of added alkali metal compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US4322283A Coal conversion in the presence of added hydrogen sulfide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US4313816A Staged temperature coal conversion process Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US4283267A Staged temperature hydrogen-donor coal liquefaction process Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US4824558A Coal liquefaction process with metal/iodine cocatalyst Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US7419585B2 Process for upgrading residua Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US9994778B2 Direct coal liquefaction process and system Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US7160437B2 Method for determining the source of fouling in thermal conversion process units Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired

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