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OCCIDENTAL OIL SHALE INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    222
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OCCIDENTAL OIL SHALE INC has a total of 222 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1975. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and Australia. Its main competitors in its focus markets civil engineering, machines and basic materials chemistry are HANS HUNDRIESER, P & V MINING & ENGINEERING LTD and SALEM TOOL CO.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing OCCIDENTAL OIL SHALE INCs patent filings in countries

Patent filings per year

Chart showing OCCIDENTAL OIL SHALE INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Ricketts Thomas E 47
#2 Cha Chang Y 29
#3 French Gordon B 26
#4 Ridley Richard D 21
#5 Hutchins Ned M 14
#6 Burton Iii Robert S 11
#7 Studebaker Irving G 9
#8 Cha Chang Yul 8
#9 Cha C 8
#10 Burton Robert S Iii 7

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US4623444A Upgrading shale oil by a combination process
US4605489A Upgrading shale oil by a combination process
US4560205A Method for control of geometry of fragmented mass in an situ oil shale retort
US4531783A Stability control in underground workings adjacent an in situ oil shale retort
US4533181A Method for forming uniform flow rubble bed
US4595056A Method for fully retorting an in situ oil shale retort
US4552409A In situ oil shale retort with controlled permeability for uniform flow
US4611856A Two-level, horizontal free face mining system for in situ oil shale retorts
US4560206A Method for explosively expanding a pillar
US4513665A Method for loading explosive charges into blastholes formed in a subterranean formation
US4466668A Method of forming an in situ oil shale retort in formation with joints
US4458948A Horizontal free face blasting for minimizing channeling and mounding in situ retort with cusp at intermediate elevation
US4489983A Blasthole spacing for control of particle size
US4449753A Method for bulking full a retort
US4444433A Method for forming an in situ oil shale retort in differing grades of oil shale
US4440447A Method for forming an in situ oil shale retort with explosive expansion towards a horizontal free face
US4453769A In situ oil shale retort having horizontal voids with side pillars
US4402550A Method for forming an in situ oil shale retort with controlled seismic vibration
US4440446A Method for forming a module of in situ oil shale retorts
US4441760A Method for closing a drift between adjacent in situ oil shale retorts