Inventor

Roby Bearden, Jr.

Inventor

Baton Rouge, LA, US

Overview

1976–2018

Patent span

Chemistry

Primary field (CPC C)

Patents· 101 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

C10Gprimary

C10GCracking hydrocarbon oils60%

B01JChemical or physical processes, e.g. catalysis or colloid chemistry17%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests9%

C10BDestructive distillation of carbonaceous materials for production of gas, coke, tar, or similar materials5%

C07CAcyclic or carbocyclic compounds2%

C10JProduction of producer gas, water-gas, synthesis gas from solid carbonaceous material, or mixtures containing these gases2%

B01DSeparation1%

C01BNon-metallic elements1%

C01DCompounds of alkali metals, i.e. lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, or francium1%

C01FCompounds of the metals beryllium, magnesium, aluminium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, thorium, or of the rare-earth metals1%

PatentTitleYear

10,035,959Slurry hydroconversion using enhanced slurry catalysts2018 9,849,446Slurry hydroconversion catalysts2017 8,894,845'Alkali metal hydroprocessing of heavy oils with enhanced removal of coke products'2014 8,778,173'Process for producing a high stability desulfurized heavy oils stream'2014 8,696,890'Desulfurization process using alkali metal reagent'2014 8,404,106'Regeneration of alkali metal reagent'2013 7,981,276'Desulfurization of petroleum streams utilizing a multi-ring aromatic alkali metal complex'2011 7,862,708'Process for the desulfurization of heavy oils and bitumens'2011 6,712,955'Slurry hydroprocessing using bulk multimetallic catalysts'2004 6,511,937'Combination slurry hydroconversion plus solvent deasphalting process for heavy oil upgrading wherein slurry catalyst is derived from solvent deasphalted rock'2003 6,488,840'Mercaptan removal from petroleum streams (Law950)'2002 6,210,564'Process for desulfurization of petroleum feeds utilizing sodium metal'2001 6,086,751'Thermal process for reducing total acid number of crude oil'2000 6,013,176'Method for decreasing the metals content of petroleum streams'2000 5,935,421'Continuous in-situ combination process for upgrading heavy oil'1999 5,928,502'Process for reducing total acid number of crude oil'1999 5,914,030'Process for reducing total acid number of crude oil'1999 5,891,325'Process for reducing total acid number of crude oil'1999 5,820,750'Thermal decomposition of naphthenic acids'1998 5,795,464'Conversion of the organic component from tar sands to lower boiling products'1998 5,695,632'Continuous in-situ combination process for upgrading heavy oil'1997 5,620,591'Hydroconversion process with plug-flow molybdenum catalyst concentrate preparation'1997 5,597,474'Production of hydrogen from a fluid coking process using steam reforming'1997 5,472,596'Integrated fluid coking paraffin dehydrogenation process'1995 5,447,622'Integrated catalytic cracking and olefin producing process using staged backflow regeneration'1995 5,437,782'Integrated fluid coking/paraffin dehydrogenation process'1995 5,435,905'Integrated fluid coking paraffin dehydrogenation process'1995 5,430,217'Integrated fluid coking paraffin dehydrogenation process'1995 5,430,216'Integrated fluid coking paraffin dehydrogenation process'1995 5,414,181'Integrated catalytic cracking and olefin producing process'1995 5,228,981'Coal as an additive to accelerate thermal cracking in coking'1993 5,108,581'Hydroconversion of heavy feeds by use of both supported and unsupported catalysts'1992 5,094,737'Integrated coking-gasification process with mitigation of bogging and slagging'1992 5,053,376'Method of preparing a sulfided molybdenum catalyst concentrate'1991 5,039,392'Hydroconversion process using a sulfided molybdenum catalyst concentrate'1991 4,992,163'Cat cracking feed preparation'1991 4,988,434'Removal of metallic contaminants from a hydrocarbonaceous liquid'1991 4,954,240'Combination coking and hydroconversion process'1990 4,952,306'Slurry hydroprocessing process'1990 4,882,036'Combination coking and hydroconversion process'1989 4,793,916'Coal liquefaction process'1988 4,765,882'Hydroconversion process'1988 4,762,607'Hydroconversion process with combined temperature and feed staging'1988 4,750,985'Combination coking and hydroconversion process'1988 4,740,489'Method of preparing a hydroconversion sulfided molybdenum catalyst concentrate'1988 4,740,295'Hydroconversion process using a sulfided molybdenum catalyst concentrate'1988 4,637,870'Hydrocracking with phosphomolybdic acid and phosphoric acid'1987 4,637,871'Hydrocracking with aqueous phosphomolybdic acid'1987 4,604,190'Hydrocracking with chromic acid and an aliphatic polyhydroxy compound'1986 4,579,838'Catalysts and hydroconversion processes utilizing the same'1986 4,578,182'Catalysts and hydroconversion processes utilizing the same'1986 4,569,751'Combination coking and hydroconversion process'1986 4,569,752'Combination coking and hydroconversion process'1986 4,567,156'Oil soluble chromium catalyst'1986 4,557,822'Hydroconversion process'1985 4,548,700'Hydroconversion process'1985 4,537,676'Reducing metal content of oil feeds'1985 4,425,225'Reducing metal content of oil feeds'1984 4,424,110'Hydroconversion process'1984 4,409,093'Process for reducing coke formation in heavy feed catalytic cracking'1983 4,400,262'Fluid coking with the addition of polymetaphosphoric acid catalysts'1983 4,372,840'Process for reducing coke formation in heavy feed catalytic cracking'1983 4,372,841'Process for reducing coke formation in heavy feed catalytic cracking'1983 4,370,220'Process for reducing coke formation in heavy feed catalytic cracking'1983 4,369,106'Coal liquefaction process'1983 4,357,229'Catalysts and hydrocarbon treating processes utilizing the same'1982 4,348,270'Catalysts and hydrocarbon treating processes utilizing the same'1982 4,330,392'Hydroconversion process'1982 4,313,818'Hydrocracking process utilizing high surface area catalysts'1982 4,298,454'Hydroconversion of an oil-coal mixture'1981 4,295,995'Catalysts hydrocarbon treating processes'1981 4,295,996'Catalysts for hydrocarbon treating processes'1981 4,280,896'Passivation of cracking catalysts'1981 4,280,895'Passivation of cracking catalysts'1981 4,244,839'High surface area catalysts'1981 4,226,742'Catalyst for the hydroconversion of heavy hydrocarbons'1980 4,204,943'Combination hydroconversion, coking and gasification'1980 4,196,072'Hydroconversion process'1980 4,192,735'Hydrocracking of hydrocarbons'1980 4,178,227'Combination hydroconversion, fluid coking and gasification'1979 4,169,038'Combination hydroconversion, fluid coking and gasification'1979 4,149,959'Coal liquefaction process'1979 4,134,825'Hydroconversion of heavy hydrocarbons'1979 4,127,470'Hydroconversion with group IA, IIA metal compounds'1978 4,123,350'Process for desulfurization of residua with sodamide-hydrogen and regeneration of sodamide'1978 4,120,779'Process for desulfurization of residua with sodamide-hydrogen and regeneration of sodamide'1978 4,119,528'Hydroconversion of residua with potassium sulfide'1978 4,111,787'Staged hydroconversion of an oil-coal mixture'1978 4,094,765'Coal liquefaction process'1978 4,087,348'Desulfurization and hydroconversion of residua with alkaline earth metal compounds and hydrogen'1978 4,077,867'Hydroconversion of coal in a hydrogen donor solvent with an oil-soluble catalyst'1978 4,076,613'Combined disulfurization and conversion with alkali metals'1978 4,067,799'Hydroconversion process'1978 4,066,530'Hydroconversion of heavy hydrocarbons'1978 4,055,483'Hydrorefining of heavy oil with hydrogen and aluminum alkyl compound'1977 4,051,015'Hydroconversion of heavy hydrocarbons using copper chloride catalyst'1977 4,017,381'Process for desulfurization of residua with sodamide-hydrogen and regeneration of sodamide'1977 4,007,109'Combined desulfurization and hydroconversion with alkali metal oxides'1977 4,007,110'Residua desulfurization with sodium oxide and hydrogen'1977 4,003,823'Combined desulfurization and hydroconversion with alkali metal hydroxides'1977 3,976,559'Combined catalytic and alkali metal hydrodesulfurization and conversion process'1976

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1976–2001Patents assigned to EXXON RESEARCH ENGINEERING CO (90)· patent assignee history

1976–2018Based in Baton Rouge, LA, US· patent location history

2002–2018Patents assigned to EXXONMOBIL RES & ENG CO (11)· patent assignee history

2013–2018Patents assigned to BEARDEN JR ROBY (4)· patent assignee history

2013–2014Patents assigned to LETA DANIEL P (3)· patent assignee history

2013–2014Patents assigned to VANN WALTER D (3)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
EXXON RESEARCH ENGINEERING CO	90	1976–2001
EXXONMOBIL RES & ENG CO	11	2002–2018
BEARDEN JR ROBYself	4	2013–2018
LETA DANIEL P	3	2013–2014
VANN WALTER D	3	2013–2014

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Baton Rouge, LA, US	101	1976–2018