C07C 4/14
Splitting taking place at an aromatic-aliphatic bond
Official title: splitting taking place at an aromatic-aliphatic bond
C07C4/14 (Splitting taking place at an aromatic-aliphatic bond) appears on 257 US grants and 156 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C07C- Granted patents
- 257
- Published applications
- 156
- Assignees
- 88
- Inventors
- 491
- Latest grant
- 6 Jan 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 4 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 5 | 9 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 |
| 2015 | 7 | 15 |
| 2016 | 8 | 14 |
| 2017 | 7 | 5 |
| 2018 | 10 | 17 |
| 2019 | 12 | 17 |
| 2020 | 9 | 7 |
| 2021 | 17 | 12 |
| 2022 | 10 | 8 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for producing light aromatic hydrocarbons6 Jan 2026US 12,516,255 B2China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
- Processes for converting C8 aromatic hydrocarbons9 Sep 2025US 12,410,111 B2ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
- Systems and methods for reforming a heavy aromatic stream11 Feb 2025US 12,221,407 B2Virent, Inc.
- Hydrodearylation reactor10 Dec 2024US 12,161,987 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Methods for producing xylenes with limited ethylbenzene production24 Sep 2024US 12,098,121 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Conversion of a hydrocarbon feedstock derived from oxygen-rich biomass into aromatic isocyanates23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209166 A1Ifp Energies Nouvelles
- Heavy aromatic conversion for increased btx production15 May 2025US 2025/0154081 A1Uop LLC
- Catalyst for producing c8 aromatic hydrocarbon having reduced ethylbenzene content and preparation method thereof8 May 2025US 2025/0144605 A1SK Innovation Co., Ltd.
- Process for producing cresol and xylene21 Nov 2024US 2024/0383829 A1China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
- Method for producing light aromatic hydrocarbons14 Nov 2024US 2024/0376390 A1China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Synthetic porous crystalline MCM-68, its synthesis and use81US 6,049,018 AMobil Corporation · 2000
- Zeolites76US 5,108,579 AImperial Chemical Industries PLC · 1992
- Zeolites61US 5,385,718 AImperial Chemical Industries PLC · 1995
- Zeolite NU-85 catalyst61US 5,464,799 AImperial Chemical Industries PLC · 1995
- Catalytic disproportionation/transalkylation utilizing a C9+ aromatics feed57US 5,030,787 AMobil Oil Corporation · 1991