Rafael Espinoza
65Patents
18h-index
58Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 2, 1996 → May 23, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7541310B2 | Silica-alumina catalyst support, catalysts made therefrom and methods of making and using same | Performing Operations; Transporting | 98 | Active |
| US5733839A | Catalysts | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 75 | Expired |
| US6747066B2 | Selective removal of oxygen from syngas | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 70 | Expired |
| US7071239B2 | Fischer-Tropsch processes and catalysts using stabilized supports | Performing Operations; Transporting | 49 | Expired |
| US6278034A | Hydrogenation of hydrocarbons | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 47 | Expired |
| US7078439B2 | Systems and methods for catalyst/hydrocarbon product separation | Performing Operations; Transporting | 43 | Expired |
| US7022741B2 | Gas agitated multiphase catalytic reactor with reduced backmixing | Performing Operations; Transporting | 43 | Expired |
| US7341976B2 | Stabilized boehmite-derived catalyst supports, catalysts, methods of making and using | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 39 | Expired |
| US7045554B2 | Method for improved Fischer-Tropsch catalyst stability and higher stable syngas conversion | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 32 | Expired |
| US6875339B2 | Octane improvement of a hydrocarbon stream | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 29 | Expired |
| US6958363B2 | Hydrogen use in a GTL plant | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Expired |
| US7323100B2 | Combination of amorphous materials for hydrocracking catalysts | Performing Operations; Transporting | 27 | Expired |
| US7012104B2 | Fischer-Tropsch processes and catalysts made from a material comprising boehmite | Performing Operations; Transporting | 24 | Expired |
| US7449496B2 | Stabilized boehmite-derived catalyst supports, catalysts, methods of making and using | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 23 | Active |
| US6872753B2 | Managing hydrogen and carbon monoxide in a gas to liquid plant to control the H2/CO ratio in the Fischer-Tropsch reactor feed | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 19 | Expired |
| US7056857B2 | Fischer-tropsch catalysts using multiple precursors | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 18 | Expired |
| US7402612B2 | Stabilized transition alumina catalyst support from boehmite and catalysts made therefrom | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 18 | Expired |
| US6403660B1 | Production of hydrocarbons | Performing Operations; Transporting | 18 | Expired |
| US6800664B1 | Conjoined reactor system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 17 | Expired |
| US6946493B2 | Managing hydrogen in a gas to liquid plant | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Expired |
| US7232848B2 | Gas agitated multiphase reactor with stationary catalyst solid phase | Performing Operations; Transporting | 15 | Expired |
| US7012103B2 | Commercial fischer-tropsch reactor | Performing Operations; Transporting | 14 | Expired |
| US7176160B2 | Method for forming a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst using a boehmite support | Performing Operations; Transporting | 13 | Expired |
| US6962947B2 | Pressure swing catalyst regeneration procedure for Fischer-Tropsh catalyst | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US7276540B2 | Supports for high surface area catalysts | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.