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Brian Ball — 4 Patents

AMAmax: 1 patents #59 of 180Top 35%
NGNewmont Gold: 1 patents #8 of 16Top 50%
Golden, CO: #317 of 1,256 inventorsTop 30%
Colorado: #10,815 of 40,980 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
Brian Ball has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at Amax. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in May 1990. Brian Ball ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list Brian Ball in Golden, CO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 1990Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1990.peak 21982: 1 patents19821984: 1 patents19841990: 2 patents1990

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
4923510 Treatment of refractory carbonaceous sulfide ores for gold recovery Gopalan Ramadorai, Ronald L. Atwood, Rong Wan, Sevket Acar 1990-05-08
4902345 Treatment of refractory carbonaceous and sulfidic ores or concentrates for precious metal recovery Rong Wan 1990-02-20 $32,053,000
4463885 Ski carrier strap Joel E. Ball 1984-08-07
4366050 Scheelite flotation Eric J. Olin, Harry B. Carson 1982-12-28 $12,455,000