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Derek N. Mueller

Examiner (ID: 4201, Phone: (571)270-5913 , Office: P/1772 )

Most Active Art Unit
1772
Art Unit(s)
1772, 1774
Total Applications
534
Issued Applications
434
Pending Applications
1
Abandoned Applications
102

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/819397
Processing of oil by steam addition Nov 20, 2017 Issued
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15/819501
Processing of oil by steam addition Nov 20, 2017 Issued
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15/820143
Process for solvent extraction of oil sand bitumen Nov 20, 2017 Issued
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15/722544
REDUCTION OF ACIDS USING METAL NAPHTHENATE PRECIPITATION Oct 1, 2017 Abandoned
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15/721887
Process for hydroprocessing a hydrocarbon stream Sep 29, 2017 Issued
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15/719884
Conserving fresh wash water usage in desalting crude oil Sep 28, 2017 Issued
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15/720202
METHOD FOR WEAKENING AND REMOVING COKE AND CARBONACEOUS DEPOSITS Sep 28, 2017 Abandoned
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15/720781
SMALL SCALE PRODUCTION OF METHOXY COMPOUNDS Sep 28, 2017 Abandoned
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15/719221
Process and apparatus for two-stage deasphalting Sep 27, 2017 Issued
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15/716997
Asphalt blow still with sectionalized columns Sep 26, 2017 Issued
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15/715711
Process for the treatment of a gasoline by separation into three cuts Sep 25, 2017 Issued
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15/715688
Method for producing a hydrodesulfurization catalyst Sep 25, 2017 Issued
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16/334489
Process for conversion of hydrocarbons Sep 19, 2017 Issued
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15/691932
Methods and systems for proactively monitoring crude quality assurance Aug 30, 2017 Issued
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16/333746
Steam reforming process Aug 28, 2017 Issued
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15/675213
Flexible hydroprocessing of slurry hydrocracking products Aug 10, 2017 Issued
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15/661235
Antifouling and hydrogen sulfide scavenging compositions and methods Jul 26, 2017 Issued
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15/656720
WASTE SYSTEM UTILIZING WASTE HEAT TO REDUCE WATER CONTENT IN WASTE Jul 20, 2017 Abandoned
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15/642382
Purification of crude isophoronediamine by partial condensation in series with total condensation Jul 5, 2017 Issued
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16/099375
Thermal desalination system with multi-effect evaporator and fluidized bed crystallizer Jul 3, 2017 Issued
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