Robert D. Reed
60Patents
17h-index
19Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 11, 1974 → May 30, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4227897A | Apparatus for recovery of flared condensible vapors | Performing Operations; Transporting | 57 | Expired |
| US4257763A | Low NOx burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 51 | Expired |
| US4347052A | Low NOX burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 45 | Expired |
| US4257762A | Multi-fuel gas burner using preheated forced draft air | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 31 | Expired |
| US4025282A | Apparatus to burn liquid fuels in a gaseous fuel burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 28 | Expired |
| US4245980A | Burner for reduced NOx emission and control of flame spread and length | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 27 | Expired |
| US4157239A | Molecular seal improvement action | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 26 | Expired |
| US4080883A | Airrester | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 24 | Expired |
| US3940234A | Noiseless pms burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 24 | Expired |
| US4240601A | Method for observing the features characterizing the surface of a land mass | Performing Operations; Transporting | 23 | Expired |
| US4162140A | NOx abatement in burning of gaseous or liquid fuels | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 22 | Expired |
| US4089639A | Fuel-water vapor premix for low NOx burning | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 21 | Expired |
| US4035171A | Gas liquid separator for flare systems | Performing Operations; Transporting | 19 | Expired |
| US4149453A | No-plume device | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 19 | Expired |
| US4105394A | Dual pressure flare | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 17 | Expired |
| US4201191A | Liquid fuels vaporization | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 17 | Expired |
| US4033725A | Apparatus for NO.sub.x control using steam-hydrocarbon injection | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 17 | Expired |
| US4034803A | Corrosion resistant tubular air preheater | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US3940988A | Velocity thermocouple | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US4265611A | Control system for purge gas to flare | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 15 | Expired |
| US4323343A | Burner assembly for smokeless combustion of low calorific value gases | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 15 | Expired |
| US4148599A | Method to mix liquid fuels with diluent gas for a gaseous fuel burner | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 13 | Expired |
| US3933420A | Vertically fired burner for waste combustible gases | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 13 | Expired |
| US4166834A | Air injector nozzle for secondary reformer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US4036580A | Turbine-driven air-powered flare | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.