Inventor · Allentown, PA, US

Ravi Kumar

49Patents
26h-index
65Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 5, 1982 → Jan 22, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4711645A Removal of water and carbon dioxide from atmospheric air Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 156 Expired
US4770676A Recovery of methane from land fill gas Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 134 Expired
US4472178A Adsorptive process for the removal of carbon dioxide from a gas Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 84 Expired
US5354346A Purge effluent repressurized adsorption process Performing Operations; Transporting 80 Expired
US5486227A Integrated process for purifying and liquefying a feed gas mixture with respect to its less strongly adsorbed component of lower volatility Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US4477265A Argon purification Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 61 Expired
US5328503A Adsorption process with mixed repressurization and purge/equalization Chemistry; Metallurgy 56 Expired
US5411578A Vacuum swing adsorption process with mixed repressurization and provide product depressurization Performing Operations; Transporting 55 Expired
US4892565A Adsorptive separation utilizing multiple adsorption beds Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Expired
US4913709A Adsorption process for recovering two high purity gas products from multicomponent gas mixtures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US4915711A Adsorptive process for producing two gas streams from a gas mixture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US5429666A VSA adsorption process with continuous operation Performing Operations; Transporting 45 Expired
US4813977A Adsorptive nitrogen generation utilizing multiple adsorption beds Performing Operations; Transporting 42 Expired
US4914218A Adsorptive process for separating multicomponent gas mixtures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US5248322A Depressurization effluent repressurized adsorption process Performing Operations; Transporting 39 Expired
US5026406A Adsorptive process for producing two gas streams from a gas mixture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US5980857A Production of carbon monoxide from syngas Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US5073356A Integrated processes for the production of carbon monoxide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US5258060A Adsorptive separation using diluted adsorptive phase Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US5330561A Extended vacuum swing adsorption process Chemistry; Metallurgy 34 Expired
US5540758A VSA adsorption process with feed/vacuum advance and provide purge Performing Operations; Transporting 34 Expired
US5980611A Air purification process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US5294247A Adsorption process to recover hydrogen from low pressure feeds Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US5266102A O.sub.2 VSA process with low O.sub.2 capacity adsorbents Performing Operations; Transporting 29 Expired
US7871457B2 Carbon dioxide production method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active

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