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Richard J. Fruehan — 5 Patents

ALAlcoa: 4 patents #172 of 784Top 25%
EAElkem As: 2 patents #14 of 96Top 15%
CUCarnegie Mellon University: 1 patents #637 of 1,507Top 45%
DEDepartment Of Energy: 1 patents #41 of 740Top 6%
EAElkem Asa: 1 patents #22 of 72Top 35%
Murrysville, PA: #178 of 521 inventorsTop 35%
Pennsylvania: #16,056 of 74,527 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
Richard J. Fruehan has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Alcoa. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in October 2010. Richard J. Fruehan ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list Richard J. Fruehan in Murrysville, PA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2010Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2010.peak 21995: 1 patents19952005: 1 patents20052009: 1 patents20092010: 2 patents2010

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7819937 Use of alumina-carbon agglomerates in the carbothermic production of aluminum David J. Roha, Anders Schei, Mark L. Weaver 2010-10-26 $46,494,000
7753988 Use of alumina-carbon agglomerates in the carbothermic production of aluminum David J. Roha, Anders Schei, Mark L. Weaver 2010-07-13 $86,895,000
7556667 Low carbon aluminum production method using single furnace carbothermic reduction operated in batch mode 2009-07-07 $49,409,000
6849101 Method using selected carbons to react with Al2O and Al vapors in the carbothermic production of aluminum Yun Li, Gerald E. Carkin 2005-02-01 $132,529,000
5378260 Two-zone countercurrent smelter system and process James H. Cox, John F. Elliott, deceased 1995-01-03