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Robert J. Ross — 51 Patents

DODonlar: 17 patents #2 of 21Top 10%
USUSDA: 13 patents #17 of 2,828Top 1%
Eastman Kodak: 6 patents #1,782 of 8,114Top 25%
PEPerceptron: 5 patents #12 of 65Top 20%
Ncr: 4 patents #559 of 3,019Top 20%
MUMitsubishi Electric & Electronics Usa: 2 patents #2 of 23Top 9%
WUWashington State University: 2 patents #59 of 252Top 25%
UMUniversity of Minnesota: 1 patents #1,216 of 2,951Top 45%
MIMeyer Sound Laboratories, Incorporated: 1 patents #27 of 49Top 60%
DADepartment Of Agriculture: 1 patents #5 of 110Top 5%
MUMichigan Technological University: 1 patents #44 of 94Top 50%
Boulder, CO: #58 of 5,018 inventorsTop 2%
Colorado: #404 of 40,980 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #51,932 of 4,157,543Top 2%
51 Patents All Time
Robert J. Ross has been granted 51 US patents while listed as an inventor at Donlar. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in April 2025. Robert J. Ross ranks #51,932 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.2%). Patent records list Robert J. Ross in Boulder, CO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 1998.peak 61986: 1 patents19861988: 2 patents1989: 1 patents1991: 1 patents19911994: 2 patents1995: 4 patents1996: 5 patents19961997: 4 patents1998: 6 patents1999: 6 patents19992000: 2 patents2001: 4 patents2002: 3 patents20022003: 1 patents2006: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082012: 2 patents2014: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152021: 1 patents2023: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 51 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12275256 Contoured surface printing Stephen Spurgeon 2025-04-15
11701905 Contoured surface printing Stephen Spurgeon 2023-07-18
11120669 Media depository Joshua Bruce, Fredrik L. N. Kallin, Abhay Fernandez, Mathew Joseph, Ahmed Mezil 2021-09-14
9115685 Tidal stream generator 2015-08-25
8875991 Pathway selection Frederik Kallin 2014-11-04
8113511 Document deskewing module with a moving track bottom and methods of operating a document deskewing module Fredrik L. N. Kallin 2012-02-14
8113426 Check processing module for a self-service check depositing terminal Fredrik L. N. Kallin, Frank B. Dunn, Owen H. Wilson 2012-02-14
7418866 Method and apparatus for evaluation of standing timber Xiping Wang, Nigel James Sharplin, Peter Charles Stratton Carter 2008-09-02
7043990 System for and method of performing evaluation techniques on a log or round timber Xiping Wang, James A. Mattson, John Erickson, John Forsman, Earl A. Geske +1 more 2006-05-16
6551007 Joint for connecting wood members Gary J. Lichtenberg, John Erickson, Dwight Flach 2003-04-22
6467352 Method and apparatus for on-line monitoring of log sawing Mark E. Schafer 2002-10-22 $245,000
6399715 Solution polymerizing aspartic acid and monomer to form succinimide copolymer Grigory Mazo, James F. Kneller, Jacob Mazo 2002-06-04
6380804 Method and apparatus for switching stages of a multistage amplifier quickly between operational modes 2002-04-30
6310519 Method and apparatus for amplifier output biasing for improved overall temperature stability 2001-10-30
6295907 Method and apparatus for on-line monitoring of log sawing Mark E. Schafer 2001-10-02 $185,000
6276209 System and method of assessing the structural properties of wooden members using ultrasound Mark E. Schafer, John Erickson, Rodney C. DeGroot 2001-08-21 $217,000
6197897 Production of succinimide copolymers in cyclic carbonate solvent Grigory Mazo, James F. Kneller, Jacob Mazo 2001-03-06
6092418 Method and apparatus for detecting and characterizing splits in logs Mark E. Schafer 2000-07-25 $349,000
6029522 Ultrasonic apparatus for characterizing wooden members Mark E. Schafer 2000-02-29 $785,000
5998492 Super-absorbing polymeric networks Joseph P. Haar, Jr. 1999-12-07 $13,000
5939522 Production of polysuccinimide and polyaspartate in thioether solvents Grigory Mazo, Jacob Mazo, Barney Vallino 1999-08-17 $21,000
5939517 Production of succinimide copolymers in cyclic carbonate solvent Grigory Mazo, James F. Kneller, Jacob Mazo 1999-08-17 $21,000
5907057 Production of D,L-aspartic acid Grigory Mazo, Jacob Mazo, Barney Vallino 1999-05-25 $84,000
5872285 Production of D,L-aspartic acid Grigory Ya Mazo, Jacob Mazo, Barney Vallino 1999-02-16 $111,000
5861356 Method and composition for enhanced plant productivity comprising fertilizer and cross-linked polyamino acid Larry P. Koskan, Abdul R. Y. Meah, J. Larry Sanders 1999-01-19 $75,000