| Top Inventors for class "Distillation: apparatus" |
| Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps in this class |
| 1 | Andrew A. Schnellinger | US | Merrimack, NH | May 23, 2013 / 20130126430 - Systems, Apparatus, and Methods for a Water Purification System | 5 |
| 2 | Otis L. Clapp | US | Epping, NH | Mar 29, 2012 / 20120073950 - Water Vapor Distillation Apparatus, Method and System | 5 |
| 3 | Prashant Bhat | US | Manchester, NH | Mar 29, 2012 / 20120073950 - Water Vapor Distillation Apparatus, Method and System | 5 |
| 4 | Dean Kamen | US | Bedford, NH | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130010825 - SENSOR APPARATUS SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS | 5 |
| 5 | Stanley B. Smith, Iii | US | Raymond, NH | Mar 29, 2012 / 20120073950 - Water Vapor Distillation Apparatus, Method and System | 5 |
| 6 | Ruben F. Lah | US | South Jordan, UT | Feb 07, 2013 / 20130032465 - COKE DRUM BOTTOM DE-HEADING SYSTEM | 4 |
| 7 | Christopher C. Langenfeld | US | Nashua, NH | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130092461 - MOTION CONTROL OF A TRANSPORTER | 4 |
| 8 | Michael C. Cheiky | US | Thousand Oaks, CA | Aug 16, 2012 / 20120205230 - BIOMASS REACTOR | 3 |
| 9 | Ryan K. Larocque | US | Pepperell, MA | Jan 12, 2012 / 20120006670 - WATER VAPOR DISTILLATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM | 3 |
| 10 | Jiang-Feng Liu | CN | Shenzhen City | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130058016 - COVER ASSEMBLY AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME | 3 |
| 11 | William H. Zebuhr | US | Nashua, NH | Dec 13, 2012 / 20120312521 - Beverage Cooling Device | 3 |
| 12 | Zheng Shi | CN | Shenzhen City | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130058016 - COVER ASSEMBLY AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME | 3 |
| 13 | Robert R. Wright | US | Big Canoe, GA | Apr 19, 2012 / 20120090978 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING FEEDWATER | 2 |
| 14 | Fumiaki Sato | JP | Tokyo | Sep 27, 2012 / 20120241306 - COAL REFORMING SYSTEM | 2 |
| 15 | Shucheng Zhu | CN | Nanyang | May 23, 2013 / 20130126330 - VERTICAL PYROLYSIS EQUIPMENT FOR COAL MATERIAL | 2 |
| 16 | Bernard F. Duesel, Jr. | US | Goshen, NY | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130037223 - LIQUID CONCENTRATOR | 2 |
| 17 | Ryan Larocque | US | Pepperell, MA | Mar 29, 2012 / 20120073950 - Water Vapor Distillation Apparatus, Method and System | 2 |
| 18 | Johan Van Walsem | US | Acton, MA | Feb 21, 2013 / 20130046075 - PROCESS FOR GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE PRODUCTION | 2 |
| 19 | Jose Maria Vidal Lancis | ES | Vilasser De Mar | Apr 21, 2011 / 20110089016 - PURIFICATION OF AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF ORGANIC ACIDS | 2 |
| 20 | Margarita Camprubi Vila | ES | Sabadell | Apr 21, 2011 / 20110089016 - PURIFICATION OF AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF ORGANIC ACIDS | 2 |
| 21 | Robert E. Bailie | US | The Woodlands, TX | Apr 19, 2012 / 20120090978 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING FEEDWATER | 2 |
| 22 | Yizu Zhu | US | Lexington, MA | Nov 29, 2012 / 20120298498 - FRACTIONAL CONDENSATION PROCESSES, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS | 2 |
| 23 | Bin Niu | CN | Shandong | Nov 11, 2010 / 20100282590 - INDUSTRIAL CONTINUOUS CRACKING DEVICE OF PLASTICS | 2 |
| 24 | Basim Ahmad Abussaud | SA | Dhahran | May 31, 2012 / 20120132512 - GASEOUS DENSITY CONVECTIVE DESALINATION AND COOLING SYSTEM | 2 |
| 25 | Setsuo Omoto | JP | Tokyo | Sep 27, 2012 / 20120241306 - COAL REFORMING SYSTEM | 2 |
| 26 | Michael A. Schultz | US | Chicago, IL | Jun 07, 2012 / 20120141333 - APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING CATALYTIC PRODUCT | 2 |
| 27 | Jeremy M. Swerdlow | US | Vienna, VA | Jun 23, 2011 / 20110147194 - WATER VENDING APPARATUS | 2 |
| 28 | Friedrich Alt | US | Irvine, CA | Oct 18, 2012 / 20120261248 - MULTI-STAGE FLASH EVAPORATOR | 2 |
| 29 | Jihad Hassan Al-Sadah | SA | Dhahran | May 31, 2012 / 20120132512 - GASEOUS DENSITY CONVECTIVE DESALINATION AND COOLING SYSTEM | 2 |
| 30 | Yeong Min Jeon | KR | Daejeon | Dec 15, 2011 / 20110303525 - WASTE TIRE RECYCLING SYSTEM | 2 |
| 31 | Marc Wagner | FR | Saint Maur Des Fosses | Dec 08, 2011 / 20110296866 - Method For Trapping Carbon Dioxide By Cryocondensation | 2 |
| 32 | Hisao Makino | JP | Kanagawa | May 06, 2010 / 20100108600 - METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF WATER-CONTAINING MATERIAL | 1 |
| 33 | Robert Henry Weed | US | North Wales, PA | May 12, 2011 / 20110108405 - GASIFICATION PLANT WITH TOTAL ZERO DISCHARGE OF PLANT PROCESS WATERS | 1 |
| 34 | Shinya Tachibana | JP | Tokyo | Jun 23, 2011 / 20110147193 - COAL REFORMING PLANT | 1 |
| 35 | Peter Feher | US | Suwanee, GA | Mar 08, 2012 / 20120055776 - Multi effect distiller with falling film evaporator and condenser cells | 1 |
| 36 | Joachim Berger | DE | Bous | Sep 06, 2012 / 20120222950 - Sealing device for a coking plant charged with a coal cake | 1 |
| 37 | Sarel Johannes Rautenbach | ZA | Stellenbosch | Mar 18, 2010 / 20100065414 - WATER HEATING AND DISTILLATION ARRANGEMENT | 1 |
| 38 | Phillippe Grigoletto | FR | Villeparisis | Jun 16, 2011 / 20110139598 - DISTILLATION COLUMN WITH FIREBREAK DEVICE | 1 |
| 39 | Fumiaki Numajiri | JP | Tokyo | Sep 25, 2008 / 20080230366 - LIQUID CONDENSATION SYSTEM | 1 |
| 40 | Masaru Noro | JP | Kyoto City | Nov 19, 2009 / 20090283398 - Distillation apparatus | 1 |
| 41 | Sung Kyu Lee | KR | Daejeon | Feb 23, 2012 / 20120045574 - HIGH SENSITIVE GAS SENSOR USING CARBON MATERIALS CONTAINING IONIC METAL CATALYST AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | 1 |
| 42 | Clay R. Sutton | US | Redondo Beach, CA | Aug 25, 2011 / 20110206563 - CIRCULATING FLUID BED REACTOR WITH IMPROVED CIRCULATION | 1 |
| 43 | Zhiguo Du | CN | Beijing | Jun 17, 2010 / 20100147672 - TUBULAR CRACKING FURNACE | 1 |
| 44 | Christian Finck | NL | Amsterdam | Mar 22, 2012 / 20120067713 - HEAT EXCHANGER UNIT AND THERMOTECHNICAL SYSTEM | 1 |
| 45 | Peter Johnstone | AU | Victoria | Nov 08, 2012 / 20120280142 - WATER DISINFECTION BY ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION IN SOLAR ENERGY | 1 |
| 46 | Max Hoetzl | US | Maumee, OH | Jan 24, 2013 / 20130020190 - Rotary Retort System | 1 |
| 47 | Sumer Johal | US | Walnut Creek, CA | Oct 27, 2011 / 20110259727 - SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO COMBUSTIBLE BIOMATERIALS | 1 |
| 48 | Greg Merz | US | Gahanna, OH | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130037403 - RESERVOIR MODULE FOR A RECYCLER ASSEMBLY | 1 |
| 49 | Brian Johnson | US | Land O' Lakes, FL | Jul 08, 2010 / 20100170776 - MULTI-PHASE SELECTIVE MASS TRANSFER THROUGH A MEMBRANE | 1 |
| 50 | Esa Tamminen | FI | Espoo | Oct 27, 2011 / 20110259728 - Section of a separation column, separation column and a method of operation | 1 |
| 51 | Diderot De Arruda Aniz | BR | Sao Paulo, Sp | Feb 23, 2012 / 20120043196 - VERSATILE DISTILLATION CELL | 1 |
| 52 | Hironobu Inamasu | JP | Hyogo | Mar 15, 2012 / 20120061316 - BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT METHOD | 1 |
| 53 | Stephen M. Ent | US | Derry, NH | Jan 12, 2012 / 20120006670 - WATER VAPOR DISTILLATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM | 1 |
| 54 | Daniel L. Claycamp | US | West Frankfort, IL | Dec 13, 2012 / 20120312905 - Grain Fraction Endosperm Recovery System | 1 |
| 55 | Joachim Carl | DE | Stein | Aug 05, 2010 / 20100193345 - ROTARY EVAPORATOR | 1 |
| 56 | Limin Song | US | West Windsor, NJ | May 24, 2012 / 20120130026 - MITIGATION OF ELASTOMER REACTOR FOULING USING MECHANICAL VIBRATION | 1 |
| 57 | Christopher John Webb | GB | Newbury | May 17, 2012 / 20120121477 - THERMAL GASIFICATION REACTOR FOR PRODUCING HEAT ENERGY FROM WASTE | 1 |
| 58 | Eugene Thiers | US | San Mateo, CA | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130056193 - HEAT TRANSFER INTERFACE | 1 |
| 59 | Chung-Chien Chang | TW | Longtan Township | Mar 12, 2009 / 20090065345 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PURIFYING 1,4-BIS (BROMODIFLUOROMETHYL) BENZENE | 1 |
| 60 | Yoshiro Suzuki | JP | Yokkaichi-Shi | Nov 06, 2008 / 20080271984 - Handling Device and Producing System of Easy-to-Polymerize Compound | 1 |
| 61 | Vicente Montesinos Alonso | ES | Valencia | Jul 15, 2010 / 20100175982 - Installation for Production of Biodiesel | 1 |
| 62 | Edek Choros | AU | Queensland | Dec 25, 2008 / 20080314726 - Hybrid Energy System | 1 |
| 63 | Narnsun Ku | KR | Nonsan | Aug 23, 2012 / 20120211347 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURING FRACTIONATION TRAYS | 1 |
| 64 | Keith Frederick Briegel | US | Houston, TX | Apr 02, 2009 / 20090084667 - Process for manufacturing high purity methacrylic acid | 1 |
| 65 | Willem Luloff Rautenbach | ZA | Stellenbosch | Mar 18, 2010 / 20100065414 - WATER HEATING AND DISTILLATION ARRANGEMENT | 1 |
| 66 | Kenyo Miyata | JP | Tokyo | Sep 27, 2012 / 20120241307 - NMP DISTILLING APPARATUS | 1 |
| 67 | James Scott Kain | US | Houston, TX | Aug 04, 2011 / 20110186489 - GASIFICATION GREY WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS | 1 |
| 68 | Christopher M. Doelling | US | Belle Mead, NJ | Aug 18, 2011 / 20110197797 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF ACTIVATED CARBON | 1 |
| 69 | Vamberto Ferreira De Melo | BR | Belo Horizonte | Dec 01, 2011 / 20110290633 - REACTOR FOR THE CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF CHARCOAL | 1 |
| 70 | Harvey Bohr | US | Bonnots Mill, MO | Sep 25, 2008 / 20080230365 - Recycling of tires, rubber and other organic material through vapor distillation | 1 |
| 71 | Carl R. Palmer | US | Cary, NC | Aug 19, 2010 / 20100206709 - Method and Apparatus for Separating Volatile Components from Feed Material | 1 |
| 72 | Donald Alan Ebert | US | Friendswood, TX | Apr 02, 2009 / 20090084667 - Process for manufacturing high purity methacrylic acid | 1 |
| 73 | Geoffrey Poole | US | San Marcos, CA | Jul 09, 2009 / 20090173616 - Water Ionizing System | 1 |
| 74 | Kenneth E. Deline | US | Avon, CO | Nov 15, 2012 / 20120288599 - Grain endosperm extraction system | 1 |
| 75 | Gerhard A. Lahnstein | DE | Brohl-Lutzing | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130068606 - FLUID AGITATOR FOR USE IN AN IMMERSION COOLER | 1 |
| 76 | Rick Henry Cabados | US | Encinitas, CA | Mar 17, 2011 / 20110064787 - Detoxifying patch | 1 |
| 77 | Dinh-Cuong Vuong | US | Houston, TX | May 12, 2011 / 20110108405 - GASIFICATION PLANT WITH TOTAL ZERO DISCHARGE OF PLANT PROCESS WATERS | 1 |
| 78 | Chrsitopher C. Langenfeld | US | Nashua, NH | Apr 29, 2010 / 20100101929 - Water Vending Apparatus | 1 |
| 79 | Masazumi Takahashi | JP | Tokyo | May 06, 2010 / 20100108600 - METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF WATER-CONTAINING MATERIAL | 1 |
| 80 | Gregory Mark Paxton | AU | Queensland | Jun 03, 2010 / 20100132926 - DISTRIBUTOR FOR A FLOWABLE MEDIUM | 1 |
| 81 | Geoffrey Hopkins | CA | Greely | Sep 23, 2010 / 20100236915 - MITIGATION OF DEPOSITS AND SECONDARY REACTIONS IN THERMAL CONVERSION PROCESSES | 1 |
| 82 | Roel Guillaume Hubertus Leonardus Bastings | NL | Amsterdam | Apr 19, 2012 / 20120095271 - PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALKYLENE GLYCOL | 1 |
| 83 | Veera Gnaneswar Gude | US | Las Cruces, NM | Jan 22, 2009 / 20090020406 - Desalination Using Low-Grade Thermal Energy | 1 |
| 84 | Bogdan Maleta | UA | Yagotin | Sep 02, 2010 / 20100221156 - Mass exchange contact device | 1 |
| 85 | Helmut Dohle | DE | Bochum | Mar 03, 2011 / 20110048919 - WALL PROTECTOR FOR A HEATING WALL HEAD BETWEEN TWO OVEN CHAMBER OPENINGS OF A COKE OVEN BATTERY | 1 |
| 86 | James E. Douglas | US | El Dorado Hills, CA | Oct 18, 2012 / 20120260435 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRY CLEANING ARTICLES | 1 |
| 87 | Faig Israel | IL | Cessaria | Dec 29, 2011 / 20110315539 - SOLAR POWERED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SLUDGE TREATMENT | 1 |
| 88 | Young-Bae Kim | KR | Jeollanam-Do | Sep 09, 2010 / 20100224478 - METHOD FOR COLLECTING (METH)ACRYLIC ACID AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING (METH)ACRYLIC ACID | 1 |
| 89 | Bradley G. Engle | US | Crown Point, IN | Feb 05, 2009 / 20090032385 - Damper baffle for a coke oven ventilation system | 1 |
| 90 | Feng-Kuei Chen | TW | Tainan City | Aug 25, 2011 / 20110204735 - ELECTRIC CYCLING DYNAMIC SYSTEM | 1 |
| 91 | Steven D. Cross | US | Alamo, CA | Sep 29, 2011 / 20110233043 - MULTIPLE DOSE CONDENSATION AEROSOL DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING CONDENSATION AEROSOLS | 1 |
| 92 | Shigeru Miyahara | JP | Ibaraki | Sep 18, 2008 / 20080223710 - Carbonizing Apparatus | 1 |
| 93 | Claude Alan Nichols | US | Tucson, AZ | Nov 12, 2009 / 20090277769 - Enhanced solar still | 1 |
| 94 | Haruo Shiga | JP | Otaru-Shi | Nov 19, 2009 / 20090283397 - Organic waste treatment system | 1 |
| 95 | Seok Kwan Choi | KR | Daejeon | Jan 21, 2010 / 20100012476 - APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING ACRYLIC ACID | 1 |
| 96 | Shean-Jeng Jong | TW | Longtan Township | Mar 12, 2009 / 20090065345 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PURIFYING 1,4-BIS (BROMODIFLUOROMETHYL) BENZENE | 1 |
| 97 | Gregg S. Meyers | US | Tampa, FL | Aug 19, 2010 / 20100206709 - Method and Apparatus for Separating Volatile Components from Feed Material | 1 |
| 98 | Stuart Robert Cannon | AU | Vic | Sep 25, 2008 / 20080230367 - Water Distillation Device | 1 |
| 99 | Charles Harland | CA | Embrum | May 07, 2009 / 20090114521 - Contaminated solvent recycling system | 1 |
| 100 | Yeou Liang Lin | TW | Guanyin Township | Oct 13, 2011 / 20110247927 - THERMAL PYROLYSIS APPARATUS | 1 |