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Fort McMurray, Canada

Syncrude Canada Ltd.

USPTO Granted Patents = 50

% Expired Patents = 74.0

CIPO Patents = 19

Trademarks = 1

Forward Citations = 93

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107 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

Jonathan Spence (8 out of 12 patents)

Barry Bara (6 out of 12 patents)

Michael Carniato (5 out of 8 patents)

4. Xin Alex Wu (5 out of 9 patents)

5. Richard Paproski (4 out of 4 patents)

6. Jun Long (4 out of 10 patents)

7. Ron Cleminson (4 out of 9 patents)

8. Dan Wolfe (4 out of 5 patents)

9. Soon Won Moon (4 out of 6 patents)

10. Jim Lorentz (4 out of 5 patents)

11. Mark Polak (3 out of 4 patents)

12. Craig McKnight (3 out of 9 patents)

13. Darcy Daugela (3 out of 9 patents)

14. Stefano Chiovelli (3 out of 4 patents)

15. George Cymerman (3 out of 9 patents)

Core Competencies:

Bitumen Extraction

Tailings Treatment

Slurry Processing

Centrifugal Separator

Froth Flotation

Hydrocarbon Recovery

Solvent Extraction

Conveyor Systems

Wear Monitoring

Digital Video Processing

Screen Cloth

NMR Measurement

50 patents: Sort by Forward Citations

1. 12240053 - Friction welding of cladded cemented or sintered carbides to a structural element (2025-03-04),

2. 12017159 - Feedwell for an inclined plate separator (2024-06-25),

3. 11713812 - Centrifugal hydraulic seal (2023-08-01),

4. 11624031 - Tiled screen cloth (2023-04-11),

5. 11590514 - Collectors for treating tailings (2023-02-28),

6. 11461886 - Monitoring wear of double roll crusher teeth by digital video processing (2022-10-04),

7. 11365356 - Process and process line for solvent extraction of bitumen from oil sands (2022-06-21),

8. 11333555 - Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for determining a property of an oil sands ore sample (2022-05-17),

9. 11098253 - Rotary screening of a conditioned oil sand slurry, and an improved rotary screening apparatus (2021-08-24),

10. 10815066 - System and method for correcting conveyor belt misalignment (2020-10-27),

11. 10815061 - Conveyor belt with reinforcing block (2020-10-27),

12. 10712330 - Controlling bitumen recovery from an oil sands ore body by using a predictive ore processability model in producing a blended ore feedstock (2020-07-14),

13. 10703979 - Liquid yield from fluid coking reactors (2020-07-07),

14. 10634630 - Low-field time-domain NMR measurement of oil sands process streams (2020-04-28),

15. 10508241 - Recovery of hydrocarbon diluent from tailings (2019-12-17),

Company Overview

Syncrude Canada Ltd., headquartered in Fort McMurray, specializes in the development and application of advanced oil sands technologies. The company focuses on innovative methods for bitumen extraction, including slurry processing and solvent extraction, aimed at enhancing hydrocarbon recovery while minimizing environmental impact. Syncrude is also engaged in tailings treatment and employs techniques such as froth flotation and centrifugal separation to optimize resource utilization and sustainability in oil sands operations.

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Oct 20 2026

50 Patents

#1 in Fort McMurray

#280 in Canada

#14,024 in the World

Fort McMurray, Canada

Syncrude Canada Ltd.

Forward Citations = 93

107 inventors:

Jonathan Spence (8 out of 12 patents)

Barry Bara (6 out of 12 patents)

Michael Carniato (5 out of 8 patents)

4. Xin Alex Wu (5 out of 9 patents)

5. Richard Paproski (4 out of 4 patents)

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Company Patent Portfolio: Syncrude Canada Ltd.. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/company/syncrude-canada

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